Clear The Recent Items List In Vista
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The Vista Start Menu includes a sub-menu called Recent Items. It’s not a new feature in Vista but it is definitely a useful one because it lets you quickly access a document that you recently opened. When you point to Recent Items, a submenu appears listing the last few documents that you recently opened. I use this feature all the time instead of having to locate the document on my computer somewhere.
Some see this feature as a privacy risk because someone else can possibly see what documents you have been working on. If you know someone else will be using your computer, you can clear the contents of the Recent Items sub-menu using these steps:
- Click the Start button.
- Right click Recent Items.
- Select the Clear Recent Items List option.
[tags]vista, vista tips, windows vista[/tags]
2 Comments
danny mccormick
March 3rd, 2008
at 5:27pm
Hey - I used to have that option on Vista, but now it has disappeared. Any idea how to get it back?
Thanks!!!
Grace
January 24th, 2009
at 9:04pm
Thanks so much for this! I was totally baffled by it ha, I’m such a dunce.