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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 13:45:54 -0700
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On 2024-07-05 13:36, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> 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...
> 

Privacy from whom, exactly?