how can I remove some entries from the "recent" list - eviltoast

I press Super and type “recent <filename>” to open some documents. But after reorganizing where some of them are stored, I now see entries for both the new and old locations. Currently the old ones are at the top of the list, because I’ve used them more often. Choosing those entries doesn’t do anything, because the paths don’t point to those files anymore. How can I remove the old entries from the list?

  • Michael Murphy (S76)@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think GTK has the tooling for that. It’s stored in an XML file here: ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel. One could write a program for this, but it’s probably not worth it.

    • zipsglacier@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thanks!! I deleted the outdated entries and it worked like a charm. I agree it’s an unusual enough situation that building a tool to do it is not worth the trouble.