How to Clear Google Drive’s Recent Folder

How to Clear Google Drive’s Recent Folder
Key Takeaway

To stop the file from being visible on the recent activity, you need to delete that file permanently. For that click on the Recent, then right-click a file and choose Move to Trash or Remove.

In this article, you will learn about how to clear Google Drive’s recent folder with a simple guide.

If you are looking for a way to clear Google Drive’s recent folder but don’t know how to do that, don’t worry; we will show you a simple guide on how to clear Google Drive’s “Recent” folder.

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There Are Two Ways To Clear Google Drive’s Recent Folder.

Before starting, you must know that in Google Drive there is no option to clear recent activity, but no matter what you want to clear recent activity, here are a few activities you can do to hide it.

Open Other Uploaded Files.

So you opened any file on Google Drive, and now it is showing up in a recent folder of Google Drive. Now you want to clear or remove that file or folder you opened from a recent activity.

What you can do in that case is open other files in a way so the file you want to hide from the recent folder gets pushed down from the activity. If you are still confused, don’t worry. Just follow these simple steps:

  1. Open the browser and open Google Drive.
  2.  From the panel, select the “My Drive” tab.
  3.  Now Double-Tap any file to open it.
  4.  Keep opening files until the particular file gets hidden that you want to clear or hide.
Delete The File To Clear The Recent Activity.

If opening the other files is not the relevant solution for you, then you can delete the file from Google Drive or from a recent folder to clear the recent activity.

The only problem is that if you permanently delete that file from Google Drive or a recent folder, you will not be able to recover it. So delete it at your own risk. To clear recent folders by permanently deleting files, follow this simple guide.

How to Clear Google Drive’s “Recent” Folder
  1. Open the browser and open Google Drive.
  2. From the panel click on the recent tab.
  3. Right-click on the file that you want to clear or remove
  4. And click on Remove, Simply remove those files that you don’t want to see in the recent folder.
How to Clear Google Drive’s “Recent” Folder

If you want to clear all the files at once, then press Ctrl + A to select all the files, right-click on them, and click on Remove.

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