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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="privacy-history-recent-off"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="privacy"/> <link type="guide" xref="files#more-file-tasks"/> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-11" status="final"/> <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-03-23" status="candidate"/> <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="candidate"/> <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-30" status="final"/> <revision pkgversion="3.33.3" date="2019-07-21" status="final"/> <revision pkgversion="3.38.1" date="2020-11-22" status="candidate"/> <revision pkgversion="3.38.4" date="2021-03-07" status="review"/> <revision version="gnome:46" status="review" date="2024-03-02"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email> </credit> <credit type="editor"> <name>Michael Hill</name> <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> <desc>Stop or limit your computer from tracking your recently-used files.</desc> </info> <title>Turn off or limit file history tracking</title> <p>Tracking recently used files and folders makes it easier to find items that you have been working on in the file manager and in file dialogs in applications. You may wish to keep your file usage history private instead, or only track your very recent history.</p> <steps> <title>Turn off file history tracking</title> <item> <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and start typing <gui>Privacy & Security</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Select <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Privacy & Security</gui></guiseq> from the results. This will open the <gui>Privacy & Security</gui> panel.</p> </item> <item> <p>Click on <gui>File History & Trash</gui> to open the panel.</p> </item> <item> <p>Switch the <gui>File History</gui> switch to off.</p> <p>To re-enable this feature, switch the <gui>File History</gui> switch to on.</p> </item> <item> <p>Use the <gui>Clear History…</gui> button to purge the history immediately.</p> </item> </steps> <note><p>This setting will not affect how your web browser stores information about the web sites you visit.</p></note> <steps> <title>Restrict the amount of time your file history is tracked</title> <item> <p>Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and start typing <gui>File History & Trash</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Click on <gui>File History & Trash</gui> to open the panel.</p> </item> <item> <p>Ensure the <gui>File History</gui> switch is set to on.</p> </item> <item> <p>Under <gui>File History Duration</gui>, select how long to retain your file history. Choose from options <gui>1 day</gui>, <gui>7 days</gui>, <gui>30 days</gui>, or <gui>Forever</gui>.</p> </item> <item> <p>Use the <gui>Clear History…</gui> button to purge the history immediately.</p> </item> </steps> </page>