Dock bar showing recent apps
MacBook Pro 13 with M1 chip, Big Sur 11.2.3
In Settings, Dock & Menu Bar, I have the "Show recent applications in Dock" unchecked, but it still shows a LOT of recent apps. In my Dock, I have the apps I have open or pinned to the Dock, then my Downloads and Application folder, then over 30 recent apps, followed by the trash. It really clutters my dock and I'd really like to get rid of all the recent apps. Apple support was very nice, they couldn't find any issues so they asked me to upgrade from 11.2.1 to 11.2.3 but that didn't resolve it.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2