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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
Date: 5 Jul 2024 22:48:51 GMT
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On 2024-07-05, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
> On 7/4/24 1:50 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2024-07-04, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>
>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
>>> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents
>>> folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- and I
>>> don't want to do that.
>>>
>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>> 
>> Why not just right-click the Recents entry in the sidebar and remove it
>> from the sidebar completely?
>> 
> I guess I'll have to do that. Makes it less obvious but there's still a 
> record of every file I've ever opened.

There is a record of most actions you take on your computer. But those
records are accessible in your own macOS account.

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