Microsoft Word 2007 – How to Remove Recent Documents from Your Drop Down List

In a past blog post, I showed you how to “pin” important or frequently used documents.  But did you know that you can remove recent documents from your drop down list?

1. Click "Word Options" from the Office button.
2. Click "Advanced".
3. In "Advanced Options for working with Word" scroll down and enter a value of 0 in "Show this number of Recent Documents" in "Display.

Now go back to Word.  You will see that there are no recent documents displayed.