Clear Recent Files in Illustrator Issue

[mikejmurphy]

Question:

Is there a fix for this?

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Goal:

Clear Recently Open Files in Illustrator CC 2017

The First Steps I Took:

In Menu Bar...Illustrator CC>Preferences>File Handling & Clipboard

Change Number of Recent Files to Display from Default 20 to 0

Close Illustrator

Reopen Illustrator

Fixed!

Next Steps (Change Settings Back):

Open Illustrator Preferences

File Handling & Clipboard

Change Number of Recent Files from 0 to Back to the default of 20

Close Illustrator

Re-Open Illustrator

Problem:

The old history of 20 Recently Opened Files is back.

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STEP1: Preferences>File Handling & Clipboard

Step 3:

Restart Illustrator (Close & Open Again)

Appears as though problem resolved

What I wanted....but,

Step 4:

Go Back to Preferences...File Handling & Clipboard... Change back to 20

Quit Illustrator

Reopen Illustrator

Problem: All of the old history returns

[rterry1]

Right? Photoshop has had a "Clear Recent File List" option under File > Open for a LONG time now, while Illustrator has been missing it for 5+ years. It'd be nice if Adobe would focus on improving/finishing their existing features, rather than releasing a buggy new version every year with features that the overwhelming majority of users won't even use. I'm not at all surprised by any of this, but am continuously amazed by Adobe's incompetence as an "iNdUsTrY lEaDeR".

[Anubhav M]

Hello @rterry1, @chromax,

Sorry to hear about this experience and for the late response. Illustrator currently does not have this functionality. Would you mind upvoting this UserVoice (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/432...) and adding your comments there? Doing this will help us prioritize this feature request, and you will keep getting all the related updates.

Feel free to reach out if you need further assistance. We'd be happy to help.

Thanks,

Anubhav

[Mark Simonson]

If you have one or more recent files in the list you don't want, say, your boss to see that you opened, one simple workaround is to open enough other Illustrator files until the offending one(s) are pushed off the bottom of the list.