Photoshop CC. removing files from Recent ?

[Ross12]

How do I remove individual files from the Open Recent "folder" ? or is the only option to remove everything and start again ?

[Silkrooster]

That needs to be done in your file browser. Explorer on Windows or finder on a Mac. It can also be done with Adobe bridge. Find the file then hit the delete key.

[Silkrooster]

You are all welcome.

[davidc63235794]

The file is in the trash but the image remains on the workspace as a recent item - how to remove this image from the workspace?

[FerventDesigns]

I'm still confused. I deleted the file from my Desktop (on a mac) and it still shows in Recent. I click on the photo in Photoshop, I get the missing error, but it doesn't remove the missing file from the Recent list. How do I remove individual files from the recent list without clearing the whole list?

[Shady_Tarek]

Hi,

I choosed to clear the recent files from (Files-Open recent- Clear recent ) but they also have been removed from my Mac drive so, is there any way to recover and restore them? as they are too urgent for me and i wanted only to remove them from the recent list not from my drive.

Appreciate your prompt support.

[mihneas99760732]

"they also have been removed from my Mac drive"

Clear Recent File List​, as the name suggests, does not remove files on disk. You must have removed them somehow else.

[lesb84973448]

I'm not sure what happened. I use MacBook Pro and when I click on File, Open Recent and check on Clear Recent Files, it only removes them from the PS program. I may because I am using them from a flash drive and not from my MacBook. I hope that helps in the future.

[Silkrooster]

Clear recent files, is not suppose to delete any files, only clear the list. You should use finder to delete your files.

[chicinteriordesign]

How do I delete a photo from my "Recent File" list in Photoshop? 

[chicinteriordesign]

I tried your suggestion and it worked, yet it deleted all my files. Is there a way to just delete one file only from "Recent File" list?

[Silkrooster]

You may want to reduce the number that can be shown on the list. Then you can clear the entire list then reopen each file you want on that list then close all. That is really the only work around that I can think of for now.

[chicinteriordesign]

Makes perfect sense. Thank you so much for your quick response.

[walters4110384]

Makes no sense to me. My "Open Recently Edited Files"  presents only a list of FIles. There is no "Clear Recent Files" option. 

Setting the number of files displayed to 0 does not clear anything out. Once that number displayed is reset to N simply results in the first N of the original list being displayed.

[Silkrooster]

Perhaps you are using an older version. I was recently introduced.

[walters4110384]

I bought my Photoshop in January 2017 to run under Windows 10.2 on a new Dell Inspiron laptop with heaps of RAM and dreams of trouble free software.  Of course, it's all wonderful but the amount of my time that's wasted when something doesn't work has gone up exponentially. 

[Silkrooster]

Try resetting the preferences. Ctrl-k to bring up the preference panel, scroll down to bottom of panel and click on reset preference on start.

[ambers40502119]

When you are still on the main screen for "recent", Go to "File" in the top left of the screen,  then select "recent". It will then expand, showing you a list of all recent photos and at the end of the list there will be a link that you can select to clear your recent history.

[tullphd]

I have also been perplexed at searching for a way to just remove individual files from the recent list. Here is an example of why removing just certain files is a good idea, without all the work around that I too have tried.

Say you are working on a specific project which has numerous files. Seeing all these files from the Photoshop recent list is helpful in some forms of archiving. But, if other files were opened during that work log and now they are displayed in the recent list the huge list can be cluttered with several files that were not required or needed in the aforementioned project.

Knocking these few files off the radar so-to-speak should be as easy as eliminating messages or callers from a cell phone.

Then all the total files in that work session will display with easy access for future editing.

Actually these recent lists should be able to to saved like a library that just resides on the computer. So after you clear a recent list and then a client needs more edits, additions, or corrections, you just go to a drop down menu and you clear the present list and reopen the recent list from your recent list quick menus.

The only way to work around this is to organize all the Photoshop files for a project in a project folder, and you open up every file, and then save and close all of them then you will have a recent list with just the files from that folder. Also visible from Bridge.

Since the logical way to organize files is by folders, and to search with Bridge for locating your requested files the recent list can be recycled several times per day if you are busy. This feature of Photoshop might be just referencing the last hour or so of files. If you want to see all of your files in the recent grid just open all the files in that job folder after clearing the recent list.

[Silkrooster]

You're welcome

[Carlos_Oliveras]

Regarding the ability to selectively remove individual files from the recent file list, here's an "Idea" at the Photoshop Family site, you can vote it to increase the chances of it being implemented in future versions:

Photoshop: Ability to remove the files from the recents pain so we can have a better focused look on...

[texxsmith]

Actually it still leaves a visible thumbnail of the file even though it's been deleted. At least in version 22

[model5E75]

This is a stupid design of Adbobe!
Why they don't make a Close-button for every recent file?

[llamadayz]

I'd like to think a little X when you rollover each image would do the trick. Seems pretty tough from a UI standpoint, Adobe might bring us this feature in 2025?