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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: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 08:53:29 -0400
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On 7/5/24 4:45 PM, Alan wrote:
> 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?

You know...them ;-)