Why can I no longer see recent documents in Pages or Numbers in iPadOS 14 or 15?

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Why can I no longer see recent documents in Pages or Numbers in iPadOS 14 or 15?

While using either Numbers or Pages in iPadOS 14 on my 12.9 iPad Pro 2nd Gen, I recently noticed that recent documents are no longer visible within the navigation window. I store all of my documents on iCloud, but for good measure I offloaded some of my storage to test whether or not that might be effecting the display of recent files. I also upgraded to the latest iPadOS v14, but no change. Then upgraded to 15 and still not visible. Anyone have ideas on what might be happening with indexing recent file history? FYI, recent file history IS visible within the Folders app.

iPad Pro 12.9-inch, 2nd Gen, Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 6, 2021 7:59 PM

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jdo_apple

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Oct 7, 2021 2:18 PM in response to tman001

Hello tman001,

We'd love to assist you with recent documents for Numbers and Pages. Does it show them in the Files app under recent or is it also missing there?

Also, is the issue the same after restarting the device using the steps here: Restart your iPad

Best regards

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jdo_apple

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Oct 8, 2021 12:43 PM in response to tman001

Hello tman001,

Thank you for clarifying. We're showing that the recent option is selected on the left, but it shows no recently opened documents. Have you opened a document to see if it appears after closing it? We just want to see if the issue occurs without actually closing the app? If that still does not work, then we'd like to investigate the issue further. Please reach out to support here: Get Support.

Have a great day!

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tman001 Author

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Oct 7, 2021 4:38 PM in response to jdo_apple

Thanks for the response. Yes, they do show up in Recent within the Files app. I have been through two OS updates, so restarts have occurred. I did a shut down and startup one more time to no avail. Still have a No Recents message in the file column of Recents. Same result in Pages and Keynote.

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Eric--F

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Oct 7, 2021 6:28 PM in response to tman001

Hello tman001,

We apologize for the confusion, but when using the Numbers and Pages app, then Recents option should appear the same way as it does in the File app. Although it does not display a message or show in Menu, it should show when you are not inside of a document. Please let us know if we are misunderstanding what you are expecting it to show.

Take care

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tman001 Author

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Oct 7, 2021 4:53 PM in response to tman001

One correction, my iPad Pro is 3rd Gen, not 2nd Gen.

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tman001 Author

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Oct 7, 2021 7:01 PM in response to Eric--F

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Oct 27, 2021 10:24 AM in response to jdo_apple

I seem to be having this same problem on a an iPad Air 2 model MH2M2LL/As well as an iPhone 11Pro model MW9G2LL/A. I’ve signed out and back into iCloud and restarted several times.

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tman001 Author

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Oct 7, 2021 8:17 PM in response to tman001

This is the document column view and message I described previously. Recent documents do not appear in either the Icon or List, as well. Recently deleted files DO appear in Numbers, Pages and Keynote, as do Recent files in the Files App. Are we in alignment, now?

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Why can I no longer see recent documents in Pages or Numbers in iPadOS 14 or 15?

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