Clear the recently accessed documents list.
This setting enables you to delete the documents in "Recent Documents" folder.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
The documents, images, programs, or music files you did work on very recently, are displayed by recent documents as they are stored by windows in most recently used files. Normally, the maximum number of files stored is 15 but this can be changed to suit your requirement. This setting enables you to clear all these documents. This can be done through some settings in the windows registry. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. When in recentdocs folder, select all the values in the right-pane and press delete. It will delete the records of all recently accessed documents. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: the recent documents folder can be accessed in new start menu 2-panel display. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
The documents, images, programs, or music files you did work on very recently, are displayed by recent documents as they are stored by windows in most recently used files. Normally, the maximum number of files stored is 15 but this can be changed to suit your requirement. This setting enables you to clear all these documents. This can be done through some settings in the windows registry. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. When in recentdocs folder, select all the values in the right-pane and press delete. It will delete the records of all recently accessed documents. The changes take effect after a restart or logoff. Note: the recent documents folder can be accessed in new start menu 2-panel display. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Next, go to the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs\]</b> key, select all the values from 0 to MRUListEx and ViewStream, right-click and click on "Delete".
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\RecentDocs\]
- Location: Current User
- Data Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value)
- Action Type: Deleted
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