How can I hide the Recycle Bin on Windows Server 2012?

On Windows 8 you can hide the Recycle Bin (and other icons on the desktop) by following Charms bar > Settings > Personalization. But on Server 2012 this returns an empty window with the message "This page is not available in this version of Windows."

Is it possible to hide the Recycle Bin on Windows Server 2012?

The most I have found is an instruction to go to User Config > Administrative > Desktop > Hide recycle icon which I can't find.

If you go to Control Panel and search for desktop common icon, the search will narrow down to one item under Display: Show or hide common icons on the desktop.

From there you can choose to show or hide the Recycle Bin, This PC, etc.

You can use gpedit.msc to accomplish this, just like you are alluding to in your link:

Run gpedit.msc from the run line (WIN+R) on the server. Then go to the settings in the picture above.

Then change it to Enabled.

You'll need to reboot the server afterwards.

(Also you might be able to do the normal Charms/Personalization option if you install the Desktop Experience feature on the server in Add Roles and Features Wizard, but I don't have a server I care to test that out on...)