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How to Hide Recent Documents in Microsoft Word

Hey, Let's Learn Something
2 min readNov 15, 2023

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You can remove them one by one or hide them all

Here is a simple solution to hide your recent documents in Microsoft Word. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the steps to hide those recent files in your document. It is very easy and doesn’t take much time.

1. Open Your Word Document
To get started, open your Word document. You’ll notice there’s a list of recent files. We’ll show you how to hide them quickly and easily.

2. Remove Recent Files
You can remove recent files from the list one by one by right-clicking on each file and selecting “Remove from list.” However, if you have a long list, this can be time-consuming and tedious.

3. Quickly Hide Recent Files
In order to quickly hide all the recent files, go to the “File” tab in the top left corner of your Word document. Click on “Options” and navigate to the “Advanced” tab. Scroll down until you find the “Display” section. In the “Show this number…

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Hey, Let's Learn Something
Hey, Let's Learn Something

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