

If you are sure that you don’t want to utilize the enhanced Recent Files feature of various apps in Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016 or later, there is a way to disable the history tracking on opened files.

But for users who handle sensitive or private documents, the history will expose the trace and existence of otherwise hidden files. Expanded Recent Documents, Recent Workbooks and Recent Presentations history list in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint of Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016 is useful as a quick shortcut to open recently used files, spreadsheets and presentations.
