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Subject: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
From: Colour Sergeant Bour
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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 17:28 UTC

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I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from Finder/Favorites/Recents
in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac

I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
folders and apps clear but not the document files.

I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the sidebar,
but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.

I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents folder,
it also deletes them from their original location-- and I don't want to
do that.

So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?

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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
From: Jolly Roger
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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 17:50 UTC
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On 2024-07-04, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>
> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>
> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>
> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents
> folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- and I
> don't want to do that.
>
> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?

Why not just right-click the Recents entry in the sidebar and remove it
from the sidebar completely?

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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
From: Your Name
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On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>
> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from Finder/Favorites/Recents
> in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>
> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>
> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>
> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents folder,
> it also deletes them from their original location-- and I don't want to
> do that.
>
> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?

The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder", so
the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you cannot
clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added to
overbloat MacOS.

The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder
Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.

If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making your
own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days so that
you can define the timeframe.

Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
From: Alan Browne
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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 01:02 UTC
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On 2024-07-04 13:28, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from Finder/Favorites/Recents
> in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>
> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>
> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the sidebar,
> but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>
> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents folder,
> it also deletes them from their original location-- and I don't want to
> do that.
>
> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?

If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.

Hold down the option key
Right click on Finder in the dock
Relaunch

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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
From: Colour Sergeant Bour
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: B Company, 24th Regiment of Foot
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 20:34 UTC
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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 16:34:17 -0400
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On 7/4/24 9:02 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2024-07-04 13:28, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>
>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>
>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>
>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
>> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents
>> folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- and I
>> don't want to do that.
>>
>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>
> If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.
>
> Hold down the option key
> Right click on Finder in the dock
> Relaunch
>
>
Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there...

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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
From: Alan
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Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 20:35 UTC
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On 2024-07-05 13:34, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> On 7/4/24 9:02 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
>> On 2024-07-04 13:28, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>
>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original location--
>>> and I don't want to do that.
>>>
>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>
>> If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.
>>
>> Hold down the option key
>> Right click on Finder in the dock
>> Relaunch
>>
>>
> Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there...
>

Why do you care?

Do you use the "Recents" sidebar item?

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From: bourne@rorke.za (Colour Sergeant Bourne)
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Subject: Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar
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On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>
>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>
>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>
>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>
>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
>> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents
>> folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- and I
>> don't want to do that.
>>
>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>
> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder", so
> the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you cannot
> clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added to
> overbloat MacOS.
>
> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder
> Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>
> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making your
> own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days so that
> you can define the timeframe.
>
It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of
every file I've ever opened...

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On 7/4/24 1:50 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2024-07-04, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>
>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>
>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>
>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
>> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents
>> folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- and I
>> don't want to do that.
>>
>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>
> Why not just right-click the Recents entry in the sidebar and remove it
> from the sidebar completely?
>
I guess I'll have to do that. Makes it less obvious but there's still a
record of every file I've ever opened.

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On 2024-07-05 13:38, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> On 7/4/24 1:50 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2024-07-04, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>
>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
>>> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents
>>> folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- and I
>>> don't want to do that.
>>>
>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>
>> Why not just right-click the Recents entry in the sidebar and remove it
>> from the sidebar completely?
>>
> I guess I'll have to do that. Makes it less obvious but there's still a
> record of every file I've ever opened.
>

If that's your worry, you'll have to do more than that...

....because that is exactly the sort of thing that the whole Spotlight
system can do regardless of whether you keep the Recents item in the
sidebar or not.

I'd have to look up the precise syntax, but anyone can create a
Spotlight query that says "show me all files opened since <date>"

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On 2024-07-05 13:36, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>>
>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>
>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original location--
>>> and I don't want to do that.
>>>
>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>
>> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder",
>> so the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you
>> cannot clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added
>> to overbloat MacOS.
>>
>> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder
>> Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>>
>> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making your
>> own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days so that
>> you can define the timeframe.
>>
> It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of
> every file I've ever opened...
>

Privacy from whom, exactly?

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On 2024-07-05, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
> On 7/4/24 9:02 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
>>
>> If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.
>>
>> Hold down the option key Right click on Finder in the dock Relaunch
>>
> Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there...

My suggestion was to remove the Recents item from the sidebar, which
means they wouldn't be there anymore.

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On 2024-07-05, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
> On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>
>> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder",
>> so the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you
>> cannot clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added
>> to overbloat MacOS.
>>
>> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder
>> Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>>
>> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making
>> your own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days
>> so that you can define the timeframe.
>>
> It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of
> every file I've ever opened...

Unless you are sharing your account with someone else (which is
unnecessary with macOS), there is no privacy issue here.

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On 2024-07-05, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
> On 7/4/24 1:50 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2024-07-04, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>
>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
>>> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents
>>> folder, it also deletes them from their original location-- and I
>>> don't want to do that.
>>>
>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>
>> Why not just right-click the Recents entry in the sidebar and remove it
>> from the sidebar completely?
>>
> I guess I'll have to do that. Makes it less obvious but there's still a
> record of every file I've ever opened.

There is a record of most actions you take on your computer. But those
records are accessible in your own macOS account.

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On 2024-07-05 20:36:04 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
> On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
>> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>>
>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from Finder/Favorites/Recents
>>> in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>
>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>
>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to Trash,
>>> or drag them there, and while that clears them from the Recents folder,
>>> it also deletes them from their original location-- and I don't want to
>>> do that.
>>>
>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>
>> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder", so
>> the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you cannot
>> clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added to
>> overbloat MacOS.
>>
>> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder
>> Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>>
>> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making your
>> own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days so that
>> you can define the timeframe.
>
> It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of
> every file I've ever opened...

There's only two ways around that:

1. Add your entire drive or Documents folder(s) to the
Privacy tab in the Spotlight ... but then you can't
use Spotlight to find them either.

2. Less usefully, rename documents to include the . character
at the start, then MacOS sees them as "invisible" and
won't include them in Recents (or Spotlight searches, nor
be easily visible in the Finder or Open / Save windows).

I'm not sure if either works for files already in the Recents "smart"
folder, but it should stop any new files from being included there.

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On 7/5/24 4:35 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-07-05 13:34, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>> On 7/4/24 9:02 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
>>> On 2024-07-04 13:28, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>>
>>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>>
>>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>>
>>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original location--
>>>> and I don't want to do that.
>>>>
>>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>>
>>> If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.
>>>
>>> Hold down the option key
>>> Right click on Finder in the dock
>>> Relaunch
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there...
>>
>
> Why do you care?
>
> Do you use the "Recents" sidebar item?

No, I don't use it.

I just happened to click on Recents and was surprised to see every file
I've used going back several presidential administrations.

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On 7/5/24 4:45 PM, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-07-05 13:36, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>> On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>>>
>>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>>
>>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>>
>>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>>
>>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original location--
>>>> and I don't want to do that.
>>>>
>>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>>
>>> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder",
>>> so the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you
>>> cannot clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple added
>>> to overbloat MacOS.
>>>
>>> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the Finder
>>> Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>>>
>>> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making
>>> your own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days
>>> so that you can define the timeframe.
>>>
>> It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of
>> every file I've ever opened...
>>
>
> Privacy from whom, exactly?

You know...them ;-)

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On 7/5/24 6:45 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2024-07-05, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
>> On 7/4/24 9:02 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>
>>> If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.
>>>
>>> Hold down the option key Right click on Finder in the dock Relaunch
>>>
>> Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there...
>
> My suggestion was to remove the Recents item from the sidebar, which
> means they wouldn't be there anymore.
>
Yes, thanks, good suggestion-- that's what I ended up doing. I think
your above was mistakenly to my reply to Alan Brown, not yours.

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On 2024-07-06 05:53, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> On 7/5/24 4:45 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-07-05 13:36, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>>> On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original location--
>>>>> and I don't want to do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>>>
>>>> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart folder",
>>>> so the files listed there are not taking up any extra space and you
>>>> cannot clear them. It's another useless and buggy gimmick Apple
>>>> added to overbloat MacOS.
>>>>
>>>> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the
>>>> Finder Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>>>>
>>>> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making
>>>> your own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days
>>>> so that you can define the timeframe.
>>>>
>>> It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record of
>>> every file I've ever opened...
>>>
>>
>> Privacy from whom, exactly?
>
> You know...them ;-)
>

No... ...I really don't.

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On 2024-07-06 05:46, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
> On 7/5/24 4:35 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-07-05 13:34, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>>> On 7/4/24 9:02 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>> On 2024-07-04 13:28, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>>>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3 iMac
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original location--
>>>>> and I don't want to do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>>>
>>>> If JR's suggestion doesn't do it ... try relaunching Finder.
>>>>
>>>> Hold down the option key
>>>> Right click on Finder in the dock
>>>> Relaunch
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks, tried it- unfortunately files still there...
>>>
>>
>> Why do you care?
>>
>> Do you use the "Recents" sidebar item?
>
> No, I don't use it.
>
> I just happened to click on Recents and was surprised to see every file
> I've used going back several presidential administrations.
>

So? It's only presenting information that is already a part of each file
whether or not that particular facility for viewing them exists.

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On 2024-07-06, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
> On 7/5/24 4:45 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-07-05 13:36, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>>> On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>>>>
>>>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3
>>>>> iMac
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>>>
>>>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original
>>>>> location-- and I don't want to do that.
>>>>>
>>>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>>>
>>>> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart
>>>> folder", so the files listed there are not taking up any extra
>>>> space and you cannot clear them. It's another useless and buggy
>>>> gimmick Apple added to overbloat MacOS.
>>>>
>>>> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the
>>>> Finder Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>>>>
>>>> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making
>>>> your own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days
>>>> so that you can define the timeframe.
>>>>
>>> It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record
>>> of every file I've ever opened...
>>
>> Privacy from whom, exactly?
>
> You know...them ;-)

Where's your evidence that this information is accessible by them?

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On 7/6/24 3:52 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2024-07-06, Colour Sergeant Bourne <bourne@rorke.za> wrote:
>> On 7/5/24 4:45 PM, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-07-05 13:36, Colour Sergeant Bourne wrote:
>>>> On 7/4/24 5:16 PM, Your Name wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-07-04 17:28:59 +0000, Colour Sergeant Bourne said:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’m unable to clear 1,000+ document files from
>>>>>> Finder/Favorites/Recents in the Sidebar on my fully updated M3
>>>>>> iMac
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’ve tried Apple Icon/Recent Items/Clear Menu with no joy. Recent
>>>>>> folders and apps clear but not the document files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I’ve tried Finder/Go/Recents, or just clicking Recents from the
>>>>>> sidebar, but don’t see any way to Clear the document files.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can select the documents in the Recent folder and hit Move to
>>>>>> Trash, or drag them there, and while that clears them from the
>>>>>> Recents folder, it also deletes them from their original
>>>>>> location-- and I don't want to do that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So....how to clear (not delete) documents from the Recents Folder?
>>>>>
>>>>> The "Recents" folder is basically just a system-made "smart
>>>>> folder", so the files listed there are not taking up any extra
>>>>> space and you cannot clear them. It's another useless and buggy
>>>>> gimmick Apple added to overbloat MacOS.
>>>>>
>>>>> The easiest option is to just ignore it and turn it off in the
>>>>> Finder Preferences / remove it from the Finder windows' sidebar.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you really need such a feature, you would be better off making
>>>>> your own "smart" folder to list files opened within the last X days
>>>>> so that you can define the timeframe.
>>>>>
>>>> It's more a privacy thing-- not wanting an easily available record
>>>> of every file I've ever opened...
>>>
>>> Privacy from whom, exactly?
>>
>> You know...them ;-)
>
> Where's your evidence that this information is accessible by them?
>
There was a coded message in the arrangement of the pepperoni slices on
an extra large Costco pizza. The cashier tried to mix them up when I was
checking out but I stopped her. Same issue at the exit door but I
prevailed again ;-)

Subject	Author
Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Jolly Roger
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Alan
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Jolly Roger
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Your Name
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Alan
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Alan
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Jolly Roger
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Jolly Roger
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Your Name
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Alan Browne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Alan
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Alan
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Jolly Roger
Re: Clear Documents From RECENTS in Finder/Favorites/Sidebar	Colour Sergeant Bourne