Forum Discussion
New App Launcher and privacy
Thanks all for the feedback and discussion. If there are documents that you do not want to show in your recent documents section in the new Office 365 app launcher, you can go to www.office.com and use the "remove from list" action on a document that is in your Recent online documents, and it will also remove the document from the app launcher document section, as the services are integrated.
We also released a blog article today that includes a more in-depth video on the new experiences of www.office.com and the Office 365 app launcher that you may be interested in:
Good point and I do agree. Basically, what we are saying is that Documents area in the new App launcher should be configurable and users can opt out of it if they have any need to do so (or have a presenter mode or something)?
This is certainly a benefit of Microsoft announcing changes well in advance, with a video no less, we can collectively get our feedback in early and see if things can be changed. On the https://support.office.com/en-us/article/New-Office-365-web-experiences-to-help-you-get-started-and-simplify-working-with-your-apps-and-online-documents-f7985f7b-c1f6-4cb7-b2ba-079a6375b379, they are asking for feedback via the Was this information helpful? option. This is what I submitted (there is limited space allowed, so couldn't put too much):
"Great to have info in advance, allows us to prepare for changes. How about making the Documents area configurable? Scenario is the user is giving presentation/webinar and unbeknown to them, they reveal information simply be showing the app launcher."
MicrosoftThanks all for the feedback and discussion. If there are documents that you do not want to show in your recent documents section in the new Office 365 app launcher, you can go to www.office.com and use the "remove from list" action on a document that is in your Recent online documents, and it will also remove the document from the app launcher document section, as the services are integrated.
We also released a blog article today that includes a more in-depth video on the new experiences of www.office.com and the Office 365 app launcher that you may be interested in:
I'm a little late here, but we just got the new launcher and I just found this thread. It's good that there is at least removal process for individual items, but this seems unrealistic, cumbersome and not terribly intuitive to most users who, in my experience, use only the 'fly-out' app launcher, not the main page.
I have posted a suggestion on uservoice to allow users to remove/disable the recent documents feature of the app launcher (https://office365.uservoice.com/forums/264636-general/suggestions/32521006-remove-recent-documents-feature-from-the-app-lau), but is there any down-side to such a request that I am missing (aside from not having my recent documents pushed to me)?
Also, is the recent documents SOLELY my own documents or does it also integrate results from others I have been working/sharing with, a la Delve?
Thanks for your time.
- Katie Kivett
Thanks for the feedback. The documents in the new App Launcher includes any recent Office Online document you have opened, regardless of whether you authored it or not. It is the first three documents in the Recent Documents list you will see on www.office.com.
Thanks, Katie. That helps. So if I understand you correctly: If I share File A with someone, then go and open a dozen other documents, THEN the other person opens File A, that file will NOT then appear at the top of my recent documents, correct?
Also, any info on whether there are options for hiding the recent documents altogether?
- Thanks for the update Katie. Glad to know there is an option to remove.
