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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 08:46:17 -0400 Organization: B Company, 24th Regiment of Foot Lines: 42 Message-ID: <v6beap$3qdad$1@dont-email.me> References: <v66m4r$2rji7$1@dont-email.me> <RCHhO.40$pVB9.24@fx34.iad> <v69lc9$3e6gu$1@dont-email.me> <v69le5$3dqr0$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:46:18 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="fb93552b0a1cc20becf4463b1727b8a5"; logging-data="4011341"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX181RgRy9+rB7g3DF/Ubidki" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ooKV2qVo35C0jGH3U70o5kuUAes= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <v69le5$3dqr0$1@dont-email.me> Bytes: 2558 On 7/5/24 4:35 PM, Alan wrote: > On 2024-07-05 13:34, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote: >> On 7/4/24 9:02 PM, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2024-07-04 13:28, Colour Sergeant Bourne 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? >>> >>> If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder. >>> >>> Hold down the option key >>> Right click on Finder in the dock >>> Relaunch >>> >>> >> Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there... >> > > Why do you care? > > Do you use the "Recents" sidebar item? No, I don't use it. I just happened to click on Recents and was surprised to see every file I've used going back several presidential administrations. -- Because we're here lad. Nobody else. Just us.