Remove the recent documents in Microsoft Office?

[ChaseJ86]

I keep alot of my text documents in a safe place so no one else can find them, but under the File tab in MS Word it shows the 4 recent documents that have been opened and I don't want it there since it exposes my hidden documents. How can I disable this feature?

 

[BillLeeLee]

For the core Office programs (Excel, Photodraw, Word, Access, Powerpoint), you can clear the recently used list by doing this:

Select Tools, then Options. Click on the General Tab, and uncheck the box saying "Recently Used File List."

Now it won't use a recently used file list.