Comments on: Ubuntu Guide For Windows Users: Clear And Disable Recent Documents

By: Shane Omac

Shane Omac — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:26:43 +0000

Thanx Alot Simple Fix

By: MValdez

MValdez — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:48:28 +0000

But chattr is only for ext2/3/4 file systems, not for RaiserFS or any other.

The easier way, is just to create a directory named ".recently-used.xbel".

mkdir ~/.recently-used.xbel

Regards,

By: Zhomart

Zhomart — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:54:01 +0000

Thank you very much for this tip. It's work!

By: Izkata

Izkata — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:59:48 +0000

So why not just lock the screen when you walk away? That file is in your home directory, and shouldn't be readable to others, and the feature in the menu works for the current user, so…

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:52:29 +0000

Bob, the chattr command makes the file immutable, so it can't be added to. It is not simply hiding things, it is not ADDING things to the file, so privacy works.

By: Watching The Net

Watching The Net — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:58:49 +0000

@dreasis

Your welcome : -)

By: dreasis

dreasis — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:24:11 +0000

This is an invaluable article. Every time I put Ubuntu onto a new machine, I come back to this site by googling "disable recent ubuntu windows."

Thank you for putting forth the time and effort to make this available to the public.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:06:07 +0000

"…when you do enable Recent Documents, all documents that you accessed when it was disabled, will be visible."

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So you're saying that after applying this tweak, Ubuntu STILL tracks used documents? And all someone needs to do is re-enable it, and a list of all recently opened docs will STILL be there? Is that right? If that is correct, it's worse than doing nothing! It is setting up Ubuntu to track you without leaving any evidence.

This is nuts. There should be an option to disable this anti-privacy "feature" – period. Security (as in privacy) seems to have a very low priority at Ubuntu. This is the type of thing that is immediately obvious to Windows users, and it needs to be fixed.

By: Abhisek

Abhisek — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:40:46 +0000

Beats me why could nt we do it with the third command only…