This tutorial will explain how to disable Recent Documents in Places in Ubuntu 10.04 Open the terminal and run the following commands Create .gtkrc-2.0 file in your home directory $touch ~/.gtkrc-2.0 Edit .gtkrc-2.0 file $gedit ~/.gtkrc-2.0 Add the following line gtk-recent-files-max-age=0 Save and exit the file You can also use ubuntu tweak for this Sponsored … Continue reading Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid):How to disable Recent Documents in Places