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

By: Zia

Zia — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:40:37 +0000

UPDATE:

Here's the .clean_cache bash script i put in my Ubuntu 11.04 $HOME folder:

#!/bin/bash
rm -rf $HOME/.adobe/*
rm -rf $HOME/.dvdcss/*
rm -rf $HOME/.icedtea/*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/*
rm -rf $HOME/.macromedia/*
rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache/*
rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/OfflineCache/*
rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/startupCache/*
rm -rf $HOME/.thumbnails/*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
touch $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite
zeitgeist-daemon –replace

I then go to "Startup Applications" and add $HOME/.clean_cache so at every startup i have Recent Documents, Firefox Cache and other Cache places fully cleaned.

By: Zia

Zia — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:06:07 +0000

Here's the .clean_cache bash script i put in my Ubuntu 11.04 $HOME folder:

#!/bin/bash
rm -rf $HOME/.adobe/*
rm -rf $HOME/.dvdcss/*
rm -rf $HOME/.icedtea/*
# rm -rf $HOME/.java/deployment/cache/*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/gvfs-metadata/*
rm -rf $HOME/.macromedia/*
rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache/*
rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/OfflineCache/*
rm -rf $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/startupCache/*
rm -rf $HOME/.thumbnails/*
cp $HOME/.local/share/recently-used_xbel.txt $HOME/.local/share/recently-used.xbel
rm $HOME/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite
zeitgeist-daemon –replace

Here's the recently-used_xbel.txt text i put in my Ubuntu 11.04 $HOME/.local/share folder:

This recently-used_xbel.txt is the original recently-used.xbel that comes installing Ubuntu just renamed as recently-used_xbel.txt

I then go to "Startup Applications" and add $HOME/.clean_cache so at every startup i have recent documents and Firefox cache fully cleaned.

By: d

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:31:32 +0000

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By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:28:35 +0000

I have always had a hard time with English:

and copy it from there to my home directory through the terminal

By: Kenneth

Kenneth — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:20:20 +0000

I was looking to make a script that would clear different caches but be able to have Ubuntu still have history if we want, but I am new to scripting and don't have anything together yet.

Clear Recent Documents,
copy .recently-used.xbel to desktop,
((((now this part is for testing reasons as an example:
open a text file and close it, look at recently used to see that it was recorded by gnome.))))

Go delete .recently-used.xbel and replace it with the copy from your desktop and go look at recently used.

Now all I need is to decide where to put the copy of .recently-used.xbel and to figure out how to copy it from the directory I decide to put it in to my home directory through the terminal so I can put that command in the script I am thinking about writing.

By: afk_cz

afk_cz — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:55:38 +0000

or there is another way – delete the file and create the same one but like directory, not file. works flawlessly

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:12:44 +0000

This is pointless, if all the files you've oppened re-appear when you re-enable it, then it means ubutnu is tracking what files you've opened somewhere else.

All you are doing is putting a bandaid over the problem so no-one can see that you're being tracked. This basically does nothing useful.

What needs to be done is to add a hack or a way to stop ubuntu from saving them _anywhere_

By: JayChong

JayChong — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:25:35 +0000

Really thanks a lot Author. Your writing is clear and simple, hence with quite full details of explanation/tutorial

Really like the explanation part, it's really educating!!

Cheers!!

By: Victor

Victor — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:19:54 +0000

Thanks a lot. Nice and simple, and I learnt a little bit in the process!

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 : -)