Question: I just pressed `Delete` on a file on one of my drives. It surprisingly didn't ask me whether I really wanted to move it to the trash bin, but just did it instantly. This is new behaviour, no? I have certainly not made any such changes.

Just to make sure, I tried several times on my desktop, with both a text document and a directory. Same thing. Just immediately blasted to the trash can. Very scary when I've been relying on the question to prevent me from deleting data by accident since... um... Windows 95?

I noticed an update to Windows 10 the other day. Was this changed in it? If so, *why*?!

Answer: 
Windows Update is capable of changing settings without prior notice.

If this setting was changed, here are the places to look, where this
confirmation could have been disabled.

* Right-click the Recycle Bin, select Properties and verify that
"Display delete confirmation dialog" is set.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZLyr2.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZLyr2.png)
* Run `gpedit.msc` and navigate to  

`User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\File Explorer`.  

Verify the setting of the policy named
"Display confirmation dialog when deleting files".

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tQPDr.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tQPDr.png)
* Run `regedit` and navigate to the key  

`HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer`.
Right-click the right pane, select *New > DWORD (32-bit) Value*
and name this as `ConfirmFileDelete`.
The value data should be `1` to enable.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jjZiA.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jjZiA.png)

Reference (and source of the images):
[How to Enable or Disable Delete Confirmation Dialog on Windows 10?](https://appuals.com/enable-or-disable-delete-confirmation-dialog-on-windows-10/)
I see the same exact behavior on my machine (19043.1526).

I can only guess that they decided that the dialog was pointless because you can get the files back.

I myself do not find the dialog pointless.. often.. I am like ***"OH SHOOT! -- WHOOPS -- CANCEL"..***

To put the behavior back the way it was, right click on the recycle bin -> Properties -> Check "Display Delete Confirmation Dialog".

Yes, I agree that this was bad to change the default without asking but Microsoft will do what Microsoft does. :P