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Photoshop CC. removing files from Recent ?

Community Beginner ,
Feb 12, 2014 Feb 12, 2014

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

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LEGEND , Feb 12, 2014 Feb 12, 2014

If you delete the file on the drive. When you click on the link in the recent list, you will get an error message that it can not find the file and will remove that link from the list.

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LEGEND ,
May 21, 2016 May 21, 2016

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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.

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LEGEND ,
Dec 04, 2016 Dec 04, 2016

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You are all welcome.

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New Here ,
Feb 08, 2017 Feb 08, 2017

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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?

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 27, 2016 Dec 27, 2016

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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?

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New Here ,
Dec 31, 2016 Dec 31, 2016

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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.

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New Here ,
Jan 02, 2017 Jan 02, 2017

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"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.

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Community Beginner ,
May 02, 2017 May 02, 2017

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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.

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LEGEND ,
May 02, 2017 May 02, 2017

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

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Community Beginner ,
May 06, 2017 May 06, 2017

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

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Community Beginner ,
May 06, 2017 May 06, 2017

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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?

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LEGEND ,
May 06, 2017 May 06, 2017

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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.

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Community Beginner ,
May 06, 2017 May 06, 2017

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

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New Here ,
May 13, 2017 May 13, 2017

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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.

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LEGEND ,
May 13, 2017 May 13, 2017

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

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New Here ,
May 13, 2017 May 13, 2017

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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. 

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LEGEND ,
May 13, 2017 May 13, 2017

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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.

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New Here ,
Sep 14, 2017 Sep 14, 2017

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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.

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Community Beginner ,
Dec 28, 2017 Dec 28, 2017

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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.

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LEGEND ,
Jul 07, 2018 Jul 07, 2018

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You're welcome

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Engaged ,
Mar 19, 2019 Mar 19, 2019

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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...

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Community Beginner ,
Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2020

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

 

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New Here ,
Mar 18, 2021 Mar 18, 2021

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

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New Here ,
Apr 03, 2021 Apr 03, 2021

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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?

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