[SOLVED] How to clear recent documents in Fedora 15 Gnome 3

[cymbaline42]

How do I clear the list of recent documents in Fedora 15 Gnome 3?

There were a few files that I've already deleted from the system, but when I search for them, they still appear under the 'Recent Documents' list. This is proving to be a bit of a privacy nightmare.

Any suggestions?

[cymbaline42]

Bump

Anyone?

[sonoran]

For GNOME in F15, the list is maintained in your home directory under /.local/share/recently-used.xbel.

[cymbaline42]

Thanks for that.

However, I can't seem to delete or clear that list. When I try to do either, it keeps reappearing and updating itself.

Any way I can get rid of it permanently? I could do this really easily in Gnome 2, this shouldn't really be this hard to accomplish.

[sonoran]

That is annoying.

Apps seem to be getting this data from /usr/share/mime/mime.cache. After deleting that, the recently-used.xbel is recreated, but it's empty.

Whether there is collateral damage, time will tell.

[cymbaline42]

I tried deleting mime.cache and recently-used.xbel but to no avail. The files were still appearing under 'Recent Items' while searching after pressing the 'Windows' key.

I found a workaround though:

I restarted the system under the Forced Fallback Mode. I could now access Places - Recent Documents - Clear Recent Documents. It seems to have done the trick.

While I'm glad I found a workaround, I think it's unnecessarily complicated and I really wish the developers would enable access to the 'Clear Recent Documents' button in future versions of Gnome 3.

[Dangermouse]

To clear recent documents showing when using search just do below

rm ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

now refresh gnome shell (Alt + F2 r + enter)
To stop them altogether from listing

mkdir ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

[mmix]

http://knezevblog.blogspot.com/2010/...le-recent.html

@her###:~$ rm ~/.recently-used.xbel

@her###:~$ touch(1) ~/.recently-used.xbel

@her###:~$ sudo chattr +i(2) ~/.recently-used.xbel //enable

@her###:~$ sudo chattr -i ~/.recently-used.xbel //disable

[Dangermouse]

Originally Posted by mmix

http://knezevblog.blogspot.com/2010/...le-recent.html

Thats is for ubuntu and wont work on fedora as the files are in different places..

[mmix]

you are right. so below action will be fine.

@her###:~$ rm ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

@her###:~$ touch(1) ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

@her###:~$ sudo chattr +i(2) ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel //enable

@her###:~$ sudo chattr -i ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel //disable

[bbneo]

Where *is* recent documents in fedora 15 Gnome 3? I would like to use it, but don't know where it is.

[ubuntuglider]

Here is another one in 2 steps:

- First:

"" > ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

- Second:

sudo chattr +i ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

[pjoh]

just need to make sure nothing that writes to recently-used.xbel is open e.g. gedit, so easiest just to close everything then alt+F2 or in a GNOME Terminal run

rm ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

no need to logout, refresh gnome-shell, chattr etc

[fedora_linux_75]

Originally Posted by cymbaline42

How do I clear the list of recent documents in Fedora 15 Gnome 3?

There were a few files that I've already deleted from the system, but when I search for them, they still appear under the 'Recent Documents' list. This is proving to be a bit of a privacy nightmare.

Any suggestions?

There is an easier way that worked for me. Boot up the computer; however DO NOT LOG in. press ctrl atl f3

then you will see a log in screen for a terminal. log in as the root user.

the type the following

rm /home/YourUserName/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

type:
exit

press: ctrl alt f2 or ctrl alt f1

which ever one works to bring you back to your gui log in.

you should notice your history is wiped clean.

[Dangermouse]

Theres and even easier way just use this extension
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/72/recent-items/