How to hide / show Recent Files and Frequently Folders in Quick access Window 10

Recent Files and Frequently Folders in Quick access on Windows 10 are places to keep your activity history on your computer.

Recent Files and Frequently Folders in Quick access on Windows 10 are places to store your usage history on your computer. Newly opened files or regular open folders are saved by Quick access. For those who often use the same computer, this means that everyone else will know all your actions.

In this article, Network Administrator will guide users how to hide or show Recent Files and Frequently Folders in Quick access on Windows 10.

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Step 1:

Open any folder in your computer.

Step 2:

Click File on the menu of the folder window, select Change folder and search options .

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Step 3:

Appearing the General tab, unchecking at the Show recently used files in Quick access and Show frequently used folders in Quick access .

Click OK to save the changes. If you want to show the activity history, you just need to tick the above 2 items.

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Thus, you can completely hide all your operations on the computer in 3 simple steps.

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