Gnome Files¶
How To Disable Recent Files Manually¶
Create or edit the GTK 3 "settings.ini" by adding two lines to the file as follows.
$ nano ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-recent-files-max-age=0
gtk-recent-files-limit=0
How To Disable Recent Files via Gnome Settings¶
- Open Gnome Settings.
- Go to "Privacy" > "File History & Trash"
- Disable "File History" by left mouse clicking on the toggle button.
- Left mouse click on the "Clear History..." button.
- Close Gnome Settings.