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In the Office apps for Mac, the option to control the number of recent workbooks displayed, such as "Show this number of recent workbooks," is not easily found. Efforts have been made to search through Google and AI tools for guidance, but a solution has not been discovered. An image is attached for reference.
The goal is to disable the display of recent worksheets every time any application like Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Excel is opened. Is there a user-friendly way to manage this in Mac versions of Office?
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Hi @Mohana Reddy
Per my research, there is no option to manage the recently opened files" list.
I suggest you vote up the similar thread in Microsoft Feedback Forum:
Provides Word/Excel/Powerpoint "recently opened files" list management on MacOS
Microsoft will listen to all feedback and consider them for additional feature/future versions of Microsoft products. Your feedback helps Microsoft developers know which features are most important to you.
Thanks for your understanding.
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