Clear history of recently accessed entries on logoff.
This setting enables you to clear the recently accessed documents list on Start Menu as well as the Internet Explorer URL history, when you log off your system.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
This setting enables you to clear the recently accessed documents list on start menu as well as the internet explorer url history, when you log off your system. This happens because internet explorer and windows share the same data for recently accessed entries. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value clearrecentdocsonexit, if this value does not exists. Now, right-click and modify the value data to 1 which can clear the recent list. However, if you to view the recent documents in future, change the value to 0. The changes take effect after a logoff. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.
This setting enables you to clear the recently accessed documents list on start menu as well as the internet explorer url history, when you log off your system. This happens because internet explorer and windows share the same data for recently accessed entries. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a dword value clearrecentdocsonexit, if this value does not exists. Now, right-click and modify the value data to 1 which can clear the recent list. However, if you to view the recent documents in future, change the value to 0. The changes take effect after a logoff. 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".

Second, go to the <b>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]</b> key, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "ClearRecentDocsOnExit".

Second, right-click on the 'ClearRecentDocsOnExit' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.
Registry Entries
- back to top- Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
- Location: Current User
- Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit
- Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
- Enabled Value: 1
- Disabled Value: 0
- Action Type: Add an Entry
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