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helmutkostreba
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Mac OS X

Q: Dock Management

how do I remove recently viewed items from the application pop ups in the dock bar.

iPad Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), dock management

Posted on Apr 7, 2016 1:30 AM

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helmutkostreba

Q: Dock Management

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  • by AeroZ,

    AeroZ AeroZ Apr 7, 2016 1:45 AM in response to helmutkostreba
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    Apr 7, 2016 1:45 AM in response to helmutkostreba

    Try Settings->General and select "None" from the Recent items dropdown menu.

    Not sure if that helps tho

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Apr 7, 2016 4:11 AM in response to helmutkostreba
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    Apr 7, 2016 4:11 AM in response to helmutkostreba

    Are you talking about the Application folder in the Dock? If so, just set it to display in some other order or view type. Just right-click on the icon in the Dock and you can change the viewing options. Otherwise, please describe in more detail what you are wanting to remove.

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Apr 7, 2016 4:18 AM in response to AeroZ
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    Apr 7, 2016 4:18 AM in response to AeroZ

    AeroZ wrote:

     

    Try Settings->General and select "None" from the Recent items dropdown menu.

    Not sure if that helps tho

     

    That's not what the person was describing.  When you right-click on an app's icon in your Dock, in some instances you will see a menu of recently opened files.  What this individual wants to know is how to remove that.  They weren't talking about going up to  --> Recent Items.  That's not in the Dock, that's in the menu bar.

     

    To my knowledge, it can't be done. 

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Apr 7, 2016 4:21 AM in response to pinkstones
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    Apr 7, 2016 4:21 AM in response to pinkstones

    When you right-click on an app's icon in your Dock, in some instances you will see a menu of recently opened files.  What this individual wants to know is how to remove that.

    If that is the case, then I would try clearing the Recent Items in the App itself.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Apr 7, 2016 4:31 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Apr 7, 2016 4:31 AM in response to Barney-15E

    As it turns out, that won't work either. There is also an issue with Recent Items actually being refreshed correctly in the Dock.

  • by helmutkostreba,

    helmutkostreba helmutkostreba Apr 7, 2016 5:16 AM in response to helmutkostreba
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    Apr 7, 2016 5:16 AM in response to helmutkostreba

    Thanks everyone for contemplating this. I have tried all of the above before I posted this. And indeed, the refresh function does not work particularly reliably. I deleted recents in the application (quicktime) but to no effect. It is not going to kill me if we do not find a solution. but it strikes me odd that there is nothing apparent that takes care of this.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Apr 7, 2016 5:20 AM in response to helmutkostreba
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    Apr 7, 2016 5:20 AM in response to helmutkostreba

    FWIW, I consider it a "bug" in El Capitan which may be fixed in a future release.

  • by pinkstones,

    pinkstones pinkstones Apr 7, 2016 7:39 AM in response to dialabrain
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    Apr 7, 2016 7:39 AM in response to dialabrain

    I've been having this problem since El Capitan was released.  Well, maybe calling it a "problem" is overstating it.  It's a minor annoyance.