How can I remove the recycle bin icon from the desktop and move it into the taskbar?
It's really annoying to have this one icon in desktop -- I'd much rather have it on the taskbar.
To summarize the article How to Pin the Recycle Bin to the Windows 7 Taskbar :
The article goes on to explain how to place the Recycle Bin on right side or left side of the Taskbar.
To remove it from the desktop in Win7 (so I presume Win8 aswell), you can do this
Right click Desktop -> Personalise -> Change Desktop Items -> Untick Recycle Bin
You can also follow this guide to put into the taskbar.
http://www.techspot.com/guides/196-recycle-bin-on-windows-7-taskbar/
You can remove recycle bin icon from the desktop as "Bali C" has suggested (Confirmed).
Moreover you can move it to the Start Menu (Not to the task bar) by...
Right click on "Recycle Bin Icon", select "Pin to Start"
Hope this helps
In addition to the other answers, should you wish not to have any icon on your desktop at all then right-click on the desktop, go to "View" and untick "Show desktop icons".
You can still get to these icons (including the recycle bin) by opening the desktop shortcut in the Windows Explorer (it's pinned as a favourite by default).
Pin Recycle Bin to File Explorer jump list:
Another way to pin Recycle Bin to Taskbar:
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:RecycleBinFolder
into the Location of the item field. Click Next.Recycle Bin
. Click Finish.%windir%\System32\shell32.dll
into Look for icons in this file field and press Enter to display the icons.Hide Recycle Bin icon on the Desktop:
Clear Recycle Bin check box, and click OK to confirm.
And of course, you can pin Recycle Bin to the Start screen by right-clicking its icon on the desktop and then clicking Pin to Start.