This is for Ubuntu 6.10 using Gnome desktop. I found the inaccurate documentation in the menu bar located at "System / Help / System Documentation". Then in the home page of Ubuntu Help Center where it says "Welcome to the Ubuntu Help Centre" I clicked on "Working with your desktop". On the left side where it shows categories to click on, I chose "Advanced Desktop Configuration" which opened up sub categories. I then chose the sub categorie of "Hide Recent Documents in the Places menu".
Working with your desktop / Advanced Desktop Configuration / Hide Recent Documents in the Places menu This is what is displayed: Hide Recent Documents in the Places menu To hide Recent Documents from the Places menu, open a terminal and run the command: chmod 400 ~/.recently-used To show the menu again, run the command: chmod 600 ~/.recently-used -- Using chmod 400 ~/.recently-used does not work for the .xbel file https://launchpad.net/bugs/87472 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
