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.

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For Windows 7:

1. Go to the Taskbar and Start Menu properties
2. Go to "Jump List", uncheck "Store and display recently opened items"
3. Click Apply then OK

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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

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On my machine, deleting this file clears the VLC jump list:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\abbca1611c617117.automaticDestinations-ms

I'm not sure how the abbca1611c617117 basename is derived, or if it will be constant across different environments.

I found it by searching for files containing known jump list entry filenames in the AutomaticDestinations folder (for example, play example.mp4 in VLC, then search for example.mp4 in files in AutomaticDestinations).

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^{(Simply disabling jump lists in Windows isn't an acceptable solution, nor an actual answer to what's been asked)}

To disable VLC, or any specific app's, jumplists:

1. Navigate to path below → Change view to: detailed → Sort by: date (ascending):

   %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations

2. Play file in VLC → Close VLC → Note .automaticDestinations-ms file modified in #1, or:

   # Last modified will be the last in the list: Cmd /c Dir /O:D /T:W "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations"

   
   
3. CLI:

   # Clear file contents (should be 0KB after): Cmd /c Type > "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\<name>.automaticDestinations-ms"
   # Change file attributes to Read-Only: Attrib +R "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\<name>.automaticDestinations-ms"

   GUI:
   1. Right-click .automaticDestinations-ms file from #2 → Open with Notepad
   2. Select all content: Ctrl+A → Delete content: Del → Save: Ctrl+S
   3. Right-click .automaticDestinations-ms file → Properties → Tick: Read-only → OK
4. Play file in VLC to verify correct .automaticDestinations-ms file was modified → See #1, or:

   # The .automaticDestinations-ms file should remain 0KB in size: Dir "%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations\<name>.automaticDestinations-ms"

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For Windows 10:

1. Right click on desktop, Personalize
2. Go to Start item
3. Turn off "Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar"

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