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Disable Recent Tab Entirely
Hi,
Got 2 questions about Excel on Mac.
1- Is it possible to disable the recent workbooks tab entirely without having to turn off "Show Workbook Gallery when opening Excel" on a macbook pro?
2- Is there an easy way to clear out that list? I've found a couple of videos on YouTube but they're too complicated.
Hi
In Sequoia the setting is shown in this screen shot. This setting may be in other places depending on your version of Mac OS.
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Hi
In Sequoia the setting is shown in this screen shot. This setting may be in other places depending on your version of Mac OS.Hey Jim,
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I've set it to none.
The first time I've opened Excel, all the recent files list was gone just as I wanted it but after a couple of seconds, they all came back. You've any ideas what might cause this?
You might need to restart your Mac for the apps to know you changed the setting.
The number of files shown in the Recent list is controlled by the Recent files setting in Mac OS System Settings. You can set it to zero to not display any recent files, but that setting affects more applications than just Microsoft Office applications.
There is not a way to disable the Recent button in the Gallery.
You can use Help > Feedback > I Have a Suggestion to make suggestions about how you would like the Recent feature to work.
Hey, thanks for the answer but this is valid for Excel on Windows I guess.
Can't find any of those options in my Mac :)
