Windows 11 Recycle bin shows empty on File Explorer, but WindirStat shows it taking up space

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My C drive was almost full and I tried to clean it up by moving folders to recycle bin and deleting them. While some of the space has been released, My C drive still consumes a lot of space.If I try the "rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin" from an elevated command prompt, I get a sequence of messages like----C:\$Recycle.bin\S-1-5-~4\$R21BCUZ\ONEDRI~1\GOOGLE~1\GOOGLE~2\2018\10\IMG_20181004_190218.jpg - Access is denied.C:\$Recycle.bin\S-1-5-~4\$R21BCUZ\ONEDRI~1\GOOGLE~1\GOOGLE~2\2018\10\IMG_20181008_173827.jpg - Access is denied.C:\$Recycle.bin\S-1-5-~4\$R21BCUZ\ONEDRI~1\GOOGLE~1\GOOGLE~2\2018\10\IMG_201

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