The default size for the recycle bin is 10% of your drive space; which can be several gigabytes. To reduce the size the recycle bin takes up:

1. Right click on the recycle bin icon
2. Select ‘Properties’
3. Drag the slider to a lower percentage. We keep ours at 2%.

You can check out how much space is taken up on each drive by clicking on the tab - ‘Space reserved’ is how much the recycle bin is using.