Remove Recent List in VLC Players on Windows 7

Question

VLC player is one of the item most used on my Windows 7 machine. When I click "Start", I\it appears as "pinned" at the program list.

When I mouse over to the VLC players, I will see a list of recently played videos. Now, is there anyway I can remove the recent list? I tried to remove the recent list from the VLC player application, but this doesn't remove the recent list as remembered by the Windows OS system.

Answer 1

From How to Hide Recently Played Files on VLC Player

Click the Media button on the main menu, select Recent Media-> Clear. Then you have deleted the recent media list.

As regarding Windows 7, see this article:
How to Disable/Clear Recent MRU Items from Jump List of Windows 7

Answer 2

I think the best way to clear them is the way outlined in this article - Clear Recent Items In Windows 7 Jumplists

Answer 3

For Windows 7:

1. Go to the Taskbar and Start Menu properties
2. Uncheck Store and display recently opened items in the Start Menu and the Taskbar
3. Click Apply then OK