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From: Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za>
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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 16:36:04 -0400
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On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>
>> 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?
> 
> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder", so 
> the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you cannot 
> clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added to 
> overbloat MacOS.
> 
> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder 
> Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
> 
> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making your 
> own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days so that 
> you can define the timeframe.
> 
It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of 
every file I've ever opened...

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