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Attempting to remove recent files from Nautilus does not work. At times the monitor goes gray and internal Nautilus error is received. Is there command line option ? It seems it is a GUI problem.

Mark Kirby
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If you want a command line solution then following will help you

rm ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel

After running this log out and log in.

Inmate4587
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  • I think they want to remove the entry from the nautilus side bar completely. Won't this just clear the recent list? or will it remove it completely? – Mark Kirby Sep 30 '16 at 16:49
  • @markkirby It will just clear recent list. – Inmate4587 Sep 30 '16 at 16:52
  • OK lets wait to hear from OP and then I will come back and vote if this what they wanted :) – Mark Kirby Sep 30 '16 at 16:53
  • I woulf like to remove just one file, to make sure I am not messing thing up Yes I just want to remove them from "recent" file list, not from HDD! –  Oct 01 '16 at 00:07
  • ok , thanks,. It worked with usual immediate Unix brevity - no response , no problem. Now the final question - why did GUI told me that "preparing ..." and took forever to scan thousandths of files? And than the app closed with files still in the "recent" list. –  Oct 01 '16 at 13:53