how do i delite video files from quick time

As mentioned before, the list should be able to be cleared from the File menu of an opened QuickTime Player application. If you can’t open QuickTime Player at all, then the issues are more serious than a few stuck recent items files, although a solution for one, may fix both. First of all, try opening QuickTime Player for the /Applications folder.

The Tax System, Explained by Beer!

That title got me intrigued 😁, and that title is (also) available as a video on YouTube. Seems like a file that isn’t worth keeping. If you don’t recognize it, then did anyone borrow your MacBook?

If you mean the ‘Recently opened files’, then you can clear the list from the File menu, then Open Recent, then Clear Menu. If you quit and relaunch the application, then the clearing of the list is also reflected in the Dock.

The list may contain filename entries from removable disks, which cannot be found when said disk is removed.

The list may contain filename entries from files that have since been deleted, or moved to the Trash.

The list length defaults to 10 items, so the older entries will automatically disappear when you open new files.

The files were not in Recently or any other directory but may have been backed up or trashed - I don't recognize them. I tried to play them and nothing happened but have moved to the top of the lists. I will attempt to open 10 others and see if those at the top disappear.

Good point. When I click QT in the dock nothing happens but if I do a two finger click on the icon a list of my videos appears. I can scroll through the list and select what I wish to play - except for the two at the top that don't reside in my computer. At least Finder cannot find any reference to them. The names are strange and I don't recognize them for example one is The Tax System, Explained by Beer!

Oh, and I have been opening QT from the Applications folder which places it in the Dock and that's where I open it with a two finger click (one doesn't work). Also it is hard to removing QT from the Dock - Quit doesn't work. I downloaded SLC and it seems to work normally.

Like any other file, you can delete video files by moving them to the Trash, then Emptying the Trash.

Please elaborate if you meant something else.

I have the same problem. The file listed in QuickTime cannot be found anywhere in Finder and won't play in QT. One is a .mpg and another is .mp4.

The files didn't disappear and remain at the top of the list after opening other videos. Do I have to create new videos to remove the non-existent videos?

Please confirm that you are talking about the list in the Dock, appearing when you click the QuickTime Player icon in the Dock. To resolve this, we should at least be talking about the same thing.

I believe my son did and yes, I could watch it on YouTube but I was wondering how it still shows up on the QT list when it must have been deleted from my computer. The title is intriguing!