A very useful guide if you share your computer or laptop with another person and for confidentiality reasons you want to disable recent files in File Explorer on Windows 10.
File Explorer in Windows 10 differentiates through its default display mode from previous systems, replacing Libraries (Windows Vista and Windows 7) or this PC (Windows 8). These can still be accessed from Navigation Panel (left side). In the Home folder, you can find both the favorite folders set by the system, as well as the folders and files recently accessed by the users.
Even if this feature can be useful for users, giving them quick access to the recently used files and folders, those who frequently share the computer with others will probably want to disable them in Home, to protect their privacy.
How to turn off your recent files in File Explorer on Windows 10
Una dintre metodele prin care poți dezactiva această afișare în File Explorer pe Windows 10 este să utilizezi proprietățile Taskbar and Start Menu, debifând opțiunea “Store and display recently opened items in the Start menu and the taskbar” din tab-ul Start Menu.
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However, using this option, you will no longer be able to access the recently opened folders and files from Start Menu or Taskbar. If you want to turn off their display only in the Home folder, but you can still access them from the start or taskbar, follow the instructions below (before using this method, make sure you make a backup or a Restore Point to return to the system default settings):
1. Deschide Registry Editor (tastează “regedit” în Run și apasă Enter), apoi navighează către cheia:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HomeFolder\NameSpace\DelegateFolders.2. Sub DelegateFolders, you will find three entrances (on the left), each corresponding to a folding category or files displayed in Home: the first entry is related to recently accessed folders, the second of recently accessed files, and the third to favorite folders.
3. To turn off the display of folders and files recently accessed in File Explorer, delete the first two entries below Delegatefolders (if you want to disable your favorite folders, you can delete the third entry).
After this step, you have managed to disable your recent files in File Explorer on Windows 10.
If you will later want to reafd the recently accessed folders and files, use the registers backup or the restore point before making the changes. Success!
Note: To back up only for the Delegatefolders key (below which are the three entries corresponding to the recently accessed folders, recently accessed files and favorite folders), right -click it and select Export.
