Monthly Archives: October 2011

Hack: How to disable recently used items list

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Quite a few applications use ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel to keep track of a user’s most recent files. Unfortunately, not every application offers customization options to disable this list. One possible solution, granted, a quite hacky one, is to clear recently-used.xbel and revoke a user’s permission to edit it again. First, remove and re-create the file to clear it You can then edit… Read more »