How to Disable or Delete Recent Document List in Microsoft Word or Excel

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This How.com.vn article will guide you on how to disable or delete your recent document list in Microsoft Word or Excel.

  1. Step 1 Open your Microsoft Word or Excel and Click the "Office" icon.
  2. Step 2 Click the "Word Options" button.
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  3. Step 3 From the left menu, click "Advanced".
  4. Step 4 Find the "Display" section.
    Here you can see the "Show the number of recent documents" option.
  5. How.com.vn English: Step 5 Set the counter to 0.
  6. Step 6 Click "OK".
  7. How.com.vn English: Step 7 Now you can see the recent document list is empty.
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    Open all files, then hold the shift key and delete key until all of the files you want to delete have been selected.
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