To disable recent documents and remove/clear your most recent documents, it’s actually a pretty simple process. The most recent list of documents was removed by default in Windows 7, but it still exists in the jumplist. To disable recent documents and remove/clear your most recent documents, open the Start Menu and type “cmd” (without the quotes) and hit enter.

Clear Recent Documents Windows 7 & 8

If you want to see a list of recent documents in Windows 7 and 8, you can do so by checking the box for “Recent Items” under the Start Menu tab in Customize. ..

If that is not checked, then you will not see the recent documents in the Start Menu like shown below: If that is not checked, then you will not see any recent documents in the Start Menu.

If you enable Recent Items in the Start menu, you’ll see a list of recent documents when you right-click on a program in the taskbar. This is called the jumplist and it basically includes a customized menu for each program. ..

Clearing the jumplist:

  1. Open the Start menu and click on the “Settings” icon.
  2. Click on “System” in the left column of the Settings window.
  3. Under “Storage,” click on “Jumplists.”
  4. In the Jumplists window, clear the check box next to any list you want to remove items from.
  5. Click on “OK” to save your changes and close the Settings window. Preventing Windows from showing recent documents:
  6. Open Windows Explorer (Windows key + E).
  7. In Windows Explorer, right-click on a blank area of your hard drive (or in File Explorer, right-click on an empty folder).
  8. Select “Properties.”
  9. Under “General,” click on “Advanced.”
  10. In the Advanced Properties window, under “Performance,” click on “Settings for history tracking.” [Note: If you’re using Windows 10 Fall Creators Update or later, this setting is located under System > Advanced > Performance.]
  11. In the History Tracking Settings window, uncheck the box next to “Show recent documents.” ..

To clear the jumplist permanently in Windows 7, you need to use the following steps:

  1. Open the Start screen and type “cmd” into the search bar.
  2. Type “netstat -an” and press Enter.
  3. The netstat output will show you how many connections are active on your computer and how many documents are currently being accessed. If there are any jumplists listed, they will be cleared automatically when you run netstat -an.

-The default is to have the Start Menu at the bottom of the screen. This is what most people use, and it works fine for most applications. -You can also choose to have the Start Menu at the top of the screen. This is more user-friendly, but some applications don’t like having a lot of space at the top of their screen.

Setting the number of recent items to zero will stop Windows from displaying a list of recently opened documents. When you right-click on a program from your taskbar, the list will be gone. ..

Secondly, if you want to remove all of your documents from Word, you’ll have to go through the File menu and select “Delete Document.” ..

In the Display section, under Fonts, click on the drop-down menu and select Courier New. Click on OK. Now open a document and try printing it. ..

To disable the “Show this number of Recent Documents” option in Word, change the value to 0. ..

In order to keep your list of recent items as accurate as possible, set the number of recent items to 0. This will ensure that you see the list when you right-click on Word, for example.

You can’t right-click on Start and choose Properties to change how Windows stores its history. To prevent Windows from storing the history altogether, you must right-click on Start and select Properties again. This time, don’t click on Customize!

Under the Privacy section, you can choose to have Windows stop storing recently opened items in the Start menu and taskbar. This will prevent Windows from keeping a history of your documents recently opened in different programs. However, individual programs may still store a list of recent documents, which has to be cleared manually. ..

Clear Recent Documents Windows XP & Vista

  1. Open the Start menu and type “cmd”.
  2. Type “netstat -an” and press Enter.
  3. The netstat output will show you the current state of your network connections. If you see any connections that are associated with your computer, such as a connection to your ISP, then those connections will be listed in the netstat output. If you don’t see any connections that are associated with your computer, then the netstat output will show you nothing.
  4. In this example, I am going to delete a connection that is associated with my computer but not my ISP so that the netstat output will show me nothing: cmd>netstat -an no Connections: (none) (none)

Then, on the General tab, click on the Startup Options button: In the Startup Options dialog box, click on the “Disable startup items” checkbox: Now, click on the OK button to close the Startup Options dialog box: Now, right-click on your computer and choose Properties: On the General tab, click on the Startup Items button: In the Startup Items dialog box, click on the “Disable startup items” checkbox: Now, click on the OK button to close the Startup Items dialog box:

In the Customize dialog box, you can change the Start Menu and Taskbar properties. The Start Menu tab contains the following properties: Start Menu: This property sets the location of the Start Menu. You can drag and drop items into the Start Menu to create a custom Start Menu. Taskbar: This property sets how tasks are displayed on the taskbar. You can set it to show all tasks, only some tasks, or only certain tasks at a time.

On the Advanced tab, you can change the start menu’s layout. You can choose to have a traditional Start Menu or a Customized Start Menu. A Customized Start Menu is more user-friendly and allows you to customize every aspect of the start menu, including its color, font, and style.

To clear the most recent list of documents, click Clear List. If you do not want Windows to record your recent documents at all, uncheck the List my most recently opened documents box. ..

The Start Menu for most recent documents has been removed, and nothing will be recorded. If you have any questions, post a comment! Enjoy!