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Clear macOS Microsoft Office Recents

Microsoft Office 2021 version on macOS still lacks setting toggle to NOT save history of opened files nor clear all recently opened files in a few clicks.

Example of setting on Windows version:

This repo contains scripts + standalone CLI apps coded in multiple programming languages. All perform the same task of clearing the MS Office recently opened list.

Programming languages used (alphabetical order) consist of:

  • Bash
  • C
  • C++
  • Go
  • Python
  • R
  • Rust

Note: Script/executable names may be different.

Technical

This repo/project started with the single need of clearing the recents list. As I started to learn more programming languages, it evolved into an exercise to master the syntax of each language because it covers the following:

  • user input/output
  • arrays
  • logicals
  • conditionals
  • strings
  • functions
  • types
  • working with files (obtain full path)
  • handling errors & invalid inputs
  • compile as executable