# Panel Bin Manual

Panel Bin lets you manage your rubbish from the panel.

2015-2021 MATE Documentation Project
2006 GNOME Documentation Project
2005 Davyd Madeley
2004 Michiel Sikkes
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Michiel Sikkes
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Davyd Madeley
GNOME Project

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Panel Bin V2.12
July 2015

MATE Documentation Team

MATE Documentation Project

Panel Bin 2.10
March 2005

Davyd Madeley

GNOME Documentation Project

Panel Bin V2.8
July 2004

Michiel Sikkes

GNOME Documentation Project

This manual describes version 1.10.2 of the Panel Bin applet.

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## Introduction

The Panel Bin applet lets you manage your Bin from the panel.

The bin on your panel acts identically to the bin on your desktop, however it is useful because your panels are always visible.

### Adding Panel Bin to a Panel

To add the Panel Bin applet to a panel, perform the following steps:

1. Right-click on the panel at the place you want to add the applet.

2. Choose Add to Panel.

3. Scroll down the list of items in the Add to Panel dialog, then select Bin.

4. Click Add.

For more information on working with the panel, see the Desktop User Guide.

## Usage

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### Moving Items to Bin

To move items to the Bin, drag them from the file manager to the Panel Bin applet.

### Emptying Bin

To permanently delete all the items in the Bin, right-click on the applet, then choose Empty Bin .

### Opening Bin

To open Bin, right-click on the applet, then choose Open Bin . The Bin window opens in Caja file manager.

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