Windows 11 How to get rid of 650 GB files in recycle bin

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Hi,I run Windows 11. I have a drive (G) with a capacity of 850 GB that is reserved for OneDrive files. File Explorer says there is 70 GB free space A rough count of files locally availablke is 130 GB, the rest is on demand. S there is ca 650 GB hidden somewhere, taking up space. An ana;ysis with TreeSizeFree showed that the recycle bin on that drive contains 650 GB of files. Also running the command dir g:\$recycle.bin /s /a shows ca 650 files in the recycle bin and 130 GB OneDrive files. Now going to OneDrive settings, manage space reveals that the recycle bin is empty, there is nothing to sa

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