Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar

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
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I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent folders and apps clear but not the document files.
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I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
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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.
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So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?

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If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.
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Hold down the option key
Right click on Finder in the dock
Relaunch
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Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there...
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 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.
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Because we're here lad. Nobody else. Just us.