P: Ability to remove specific files from the "recent" pane of the Home Screen [2018]

It's disappointing this hasn't been implemented yet. It would take a junior developer just a couple of days to implement if they were given the preferences file syntax. In the meantime, the app I talked about here over 2 years ago still works beautifully for me with no changes since I created it. It's Windows only, but it's here if anyone would like to use it on a PC.

In addition to what I already commented 2 years ago (ability to individually remove files from "recent"), it would also be nice a "pin" option so that files that you want to always be there, stay at the top. I know we now have "Projects", but still, for general use documents, this would make more sense to me at least.

agree, right-click "remove" would be great. 

It will "remove" a recent from the list with a little hacky work-around that we shouldn't have to deal with, but if the recent file can't be found, it will magically remove itself from the list when you click on it. I'll mouse over the recent file then go to where it is stored in my computer and either move it somewhere else or modify its name slightly. (Or simply delete it when I probably dont need it anymore at all) Then when I click on the recent file, it tells me it can't find it and removes itself from the list. I'll then go return the file to the name I wanted it to have, or move it back to the folder i wnated it in originally.

in short.

1) In Photoshop: Mouse over unwanted "recent" and note its file path.

2) In File Exploreer: Go to the file path location and change what the recent path was looking for. (ie: rename/remove/or delete the image file)

3) In Photoshop: Go click on the "recent" and it tells you it can't find it and it's now gone from recent files

4) (optional) In File Explorer: Go return the image file to what/where you wanted it originally

For whatever reason, opening files using a script does not populate the recent items list or home screen.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/scripts-to-save-amp-restore-photoshop-sessions/m-p/14239969#U14946306

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/how-to-open-a-number-of-images-but-one-at-a-time/m-p/13804564#U15090907

https://gist.github.com/MarshySwamp/8778d55f6fe5f18635fb4660dc485e58

You would think Right click - Remove from List but no

Delete or move the file

Then select it from Adobe Home

Error then it dissappears

The recent files list in Photoshop is extremely helpful! However, there are some items that I do not want to show in that list in case someone is looking over my shoulder (for varying reasons: confidentiality, too graphic, etc). Currently, the only option to remove items is to clear the whole list. That's not ideal since that list is very useful and clearing that list renders that list useless. I usually just want to remove one item from the list, so being able to remove individual items would be an extremely useful feature.

It's incredibly frustrating knowing that any competent programmer could implement such a simple, necessary feature in an hour. Yet, users are left to rely on hacky workarounds because Adobe seems oblivious to our needs.

It's a hack, but if the file(s) get removed or deleted on teh drive, the reference in "recents" becomes null. So when you attempt to open then via recents after purposely moving or deleting them, Adobe (at least PhotoShop) removes the entry for the "recent" item.

After pressing Escape > Close the file (missed this step, sorry)

Then,

Click once again on the file in the recent list you would like to have removed and you then get the error message

Click OK, then the file is gone from the list. No need to close and restart Photoshop.

This is a great workaround.

I have also found: Click on the file in the recent list you would like to remove.

Once the file is open >Save as

In Windows, the file's location folder is opened and simply add a "1" or anything you prefer in the file name.

Press Escape.

Click once again on the file in the recent list you would like to have removed and you then get the error message

Click OK, then the file is gone from the list. No need to close and restart Photoshop.

Why oh why can't Adobe listen to their customers ? 

You can remove individual files from the recent list in Acrobat.