How to Turn off Recent Items in Windows-7

Recent items are very popular list of recently used items in the computer.  In my previous article you have seen how to turn on recent items in Windows-7.

In this article I am showing you how to turn off recent items in Windows-7.

Recent Items folder is located on following path:

C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

Or  (Type following path on Run and hit Enter)

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent

Turn Off Recent Items

Step-1: Right click on the Start button, and click on Properties.

Step-2: Click on Start Menu tab and Uncheck the Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar box under Privacy option.

Step-3:  Click on Customize option under Start Menu tab.

Step-4: Scroll down a little bit and Uncheck the Recent Items box as shown in following figure.

Step-5: click on OK.

Registry entry to turn on recent items in windows-7

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_TrackDocs"=dword:00000001

Step-6: Now delete registry entry if you have created from above script otherwise there is no need to delete registry entry.

• Copy the below mentioned code in notepad and save it as .reg file to the desktop.

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
"Start_TrackDocs"=dword:00000000

• Let’s assume File Name is: Turn_Off_Recent_Items.reg
• Double click on Turn_Off_Recent_Items.reg file or Right click on the Turn_Off_Recent_Items.reg file and click on Merge option.
• It will ask you to Run the Turn_Off_Recent_Items.reg file.
• Now click on Run, Yes, Yes, and OK when prompted.

If you know any other method, please let us know in comment section. Your suggestions are appreciated.