Clear recent files in start-up screen

[AadMetz]

How can I clear the recent files which I see when I'm opening Illustrator 22.1?

[Ton Frederiks · Accepted solution]

Hi Aad,

Preferences > File handling & Clipboard > Number of Recent Files to Display (0-30) : 0

Restart Illustrator.

[AadMetz]

Oke Ton,

But when you give in  a number again, the will show again....:(

[Myra Ferguson]

I found this on Uservoice Clear Recent Files Not Sticky – Adobe Illustrator Feedback , so to clear recent history you'll need to clear Illustrator preferences.

[Ton Frederiks]

AadMetz  wrote

Oke Ton,

But when you give in  a number again, the will show again....:(

Dag Aad,

that's true, an option to Clear Recent files would do that.

Feature request, either add a comment to the bug report that Myra gave or make a new feature request (since it is not seen as a bug, I would do a feature request).

Adobe Illustrator Feedback

[AadMetz]

I will,

tnx Ton.

[mjbelt]

[Ton Frederiks]

You can turn off the Preferences > Show The Home Screen When No Documents Are Open.

[JRS123]

Update Adobe Acrobat Reader to the Latest Version Win-10 Date: 08/06/2025:

Version: 2025.001.20577 (64-bit):

Step 1: Select "Menu"

Step 2: Select "Open Recent Files"

Step 3: Check-Mark all files that you wish to clear.

Step 4: At the lower Right of the Window/Screen is the "Clear" selection.  Click that and it will clear

your selections from history. 🙂