Delete File Explorer History in Windows 10

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   The first thing that we need to do is right-click the lower-left corner of the screen

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   Then, we click "Control Panel"

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   When the "Control Panel" window opens, we need to click "Appearance and Personalization"

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   In "Appearance and Personalization", we need to click "File Explorer Options"

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   In the "Privacy" section, we have a button called "Clear".

   

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   We click "Clear" and wait for the process to finish

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   The file history will be cleared.

   

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   We open up File Explorer

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   We click "Quick access"

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   In "Recent Files", we will have nothing.

   

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