Comments on: How to clear or delete my recent documents in Windows

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:12 +0000

Thank you so much for making this easy to understand. Worked first go! Recent documents are now all gone!

By: sunil

sunil — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:47:05 +0000

The suggestion was really helpful! I needed to clear my recent documents! Thanks a lot.

By: Raja

Raja — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:42:44 +0000

Thanks for providing useful suggestions .

By: Dave Vandermus

Dave Vandermus — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:41:33 +0000

The problem with the built-in option where you uncheck the check box is that this does not work with the classic start menu. I’ve even tried changing the start menu format and then unchecking the option, but as soon as I go back to the classic start menu, it starts tracking recent documents again.

By: FK Woo

FK Woo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:56:30 +0000

Hi,
Can someone tell me how to automatically clear the “my recent documents” after each Windows session.
I find manually clearing it at end of each session too tedious and i am a forgetful guy.:(
I am not a technie , so a simple step by step guide or screen shots would be greatly appreciated.

THANK YOU!!

21 Nov

By: st3po2000

st3po2000 — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:15:15 +0000

You must modify the Windows XP Registry to stop XP from keeping track of your recent documents. The start menu options above dont stop the shortcuts from being stored under your profile folder.

Registry Key is
HCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Add DWORD value named NoRecentDocsHistory with Data Value of 1 to above, save, and reboot.

MS Tweak UI has a Recent Documents function, as well. Available from Microsoft.

By: chinapapa

chinapapa — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:46:15 +0000

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By: Dinesh

Dinesh — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:38:26 +0000

Its easy way to clear documents. Excellent

By: akishore

akishore — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:15:22 +0000

Vaibhav, I agree! If you have CCleaner, it clears out your recent documents and browser history also. Thanks.

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:45:34 +0000

I think the better solution is to run utility like CCleaner once a week or so. This will take care of your recent documents, and the recent files captured by other programs like Word, Excel etc.