How to delete recent documents?

Not all users know how to handle a personal computer at the level they would like. Everyone has secrets: someone visits forbidden sites, someone uses the computer for other purposes than work time, someone just secretive and does not like when third-party users learn about the manipulations performed on the PC.

The main enemy of secretive users is the recent documents. Some users turn off the function, but those who know about its existence. The same goes for browsers. When working with the Internet, all pages visited are stored in the history.

To exclude its formation, you can configure the WEB browser in a special way. Another way is to permanently delete the history so that other users do not have access to the resources that you visited.

On a Windows 7 computer, the most recent documents are configured as follows.
In the "Start" menu, properties are invoked with the right mouse button. In the window that appears, click the "Settings" button and go to the "Advanced" tab. Here you should find the "Recent Documents" section and set or clear the check box. A check mark indicates the list of documents, and its absence excludes this function.

In order to enter the list of documents, you need to call up the Start menu and go to the folder of recent documents. If you want to delete the generated files, then just select a part of the list or the entire list and press the Delete key.

In case of problems, the recent documents of Windows 7 are backed up with help for solving problems. To eliminate them, you can use a special link. In the new file download dialog, click the button with the name "Run" and follow the instructions of the operating system troubleshooting wizard that appeared.

Unfortunately, the wizard is only available in English, so you must have basic knowledge to use the opportunity. However, the developers of the operating system offer an alternative option to restore normal operation when the function "Recent documents" fails.

If you can not delete the list in the usual way, you can use the same dialog box with which you can configure the formation of documents. To do this, on the "Advanced" tab, you need to go to the section of recent documents and click the button to clear the list. It should be noted that no text and multimedia files are deleted, and only the "Recent Documents" list will be cleared.
If there was a need to create a list of programs that will or, conversely, do not add information to the list of recent documents, for convenience, you need to use the search for the Start menu and configure the utilities accordingly.

If you can not solve the problems with displaying the list of documents yourself, it's better to contact technical support in any convenient way. The specialists will answer all the questions and give recommendations.
It is important not to oversaturate the computer's registry with a large number of programs that are created for supposedly comfortable working with the OS. Some of them are malicious and are designed to deceive users, and not to help solve problems.