And voila! No recently opened files should show up after that.
Enter ‘0’ into the box next to Documents in Recently Used List. Step 2: On the Preferences pane, click the Documents side-tab. Step 1: Pull down the Edit menu, and then click Preferences. There’s a built-in option that lets you modify the number of items displayed on the list - reducing it to zero effectively disables the Recent list. If you don’t like Recent files populating a list of every file you open, then you can configure Adobe Acrobat to stop showing them. Click it, and then click Clear List on the confirmation pop-up to flush out the entire list. There’s a Clear Recent option to the lower-right corner of the window. Then you may uncheck the items that you want to keep on the list.Īdditionally, you can also choose to clear the entire list immediately. That prompts the application to select all items on the list. If you have lots of items within the list and want to remove the majority of them, make selecting them less of a chore by clicking the box right underneath Recent. You can also pick multiple items and remove all of them in a single go. Click Remove From Recent to get rid of the shortcut. You should see a separate pane appear on the screen. Next, click the box that shows up to the left side of the listing to select it. On the Recent list, hover over the shortcut that you want to delete. That said, there are multiple ways of removing the shortcuts. So if you remove them, the Recent list on all connected devices gets wiped automatically. However, syncing is limited only to shortcuts that point to files located within the Adobe Document Cloud - those items have a cloud-shaped icon. Note: Remove Recent FilesĪdobe Acrobat syncs your Recent list among devices (desktops and mobiles) where you’re signed in with your Adobe ID. The process is similar across each version. And if required, you can choose to disable the list from displaying any of your recent files as well. On a desktop, all Adobe Acrobat DC versions let you easily remove shortcuts from the Recent list. So let’s see how you should go about removing any items within this list, and also what you must do to disable the feature altogether.