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When I open vim (or gvim), it loads a list of buffers of files I have been working on. I want it to have an empty buffer list on startup. How can I accomplish this?

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  • check your 'viminfo' setting
    – Christian Brabandt
    Nov 4, 2016 at 6:42
  • Thanks for asking this question. Too many open buffers slows down Vim terribly.
    – user3751385
    Aug 17, 2017 at 1:04

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You seem to have the % value in your 'viminfo' option; it enables restoring of the buffer list. As this is off by default, you (or your Vim distribution) must have turned that on.

:help viminfo-%:

% When included, save and restore the buffer list. If Vim is started with a file name argument, the buffer list is not restored. If Vim is started without a file name argument, the buffer list is restored from the viminfo file.

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  • Thanks, I searched through my .vimrc and found that enabled.
    – Fela Maslen
    Nov 4, 2016 at 17:38

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