How do you clear your MRU list in Visual Studio?

Question

I want to clear the list of projects on the start page...how do I do this? I know I can track it down in the registry, but is there an approved route to go?

Answer 1

I found the MRU editor from Code Project a great tool for that. No problems with it, and it works on 2003, 2005, and 2008.

Answer 2

For Visual Studio 2013: Open the Run dialog (Press Win + R) type: regedit navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Software > Microsoft > VisualStudio click 12.0 then the files will show up on the right side. Look for the "LastLoadedSolution", right click then click Modify change the value to 0.

This worked for me.

Answer 3

Try Recently Used Files: a free addin for Visual Studio that manages MRU files on a per-project basis: Supported for VS 2010, 2012, 2013.

For Visual Studio 2012, 2013: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/a61cbd1d-b5a2-490b-a6bb-f0ea3ecf214a

For Visual Studio 2010: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/45283881-5a62-4dc1-8ffb-4cbc02709947

Answer 4

I had this issue as applied to VS 2017 where you do not have any MRU items in the registry as in the previous versions. The solution was, on the other hand, simple: go to "Tools->Extensions and Updates" and install "Power Commands for Visual Studio". After they have been installed, your File menu will look as shown below.

Just click the menu item to clear the project MRU.

Answer 5

PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008

Features

• Clear Recent File List
• Clear Recent Project List
• Clear All Panes
• Copy Path
• Email CodeSnippet
• Insert Guid Attribute
• Show All Files
• Undo Close
• Collapse Projects
• Copy Class
• Paste Class
• Copy References
• Paste References
• Copy As Project Reference
• Edit Project File
• Open Containing Folder
• Open Command Prompt
• Unload Projects
• Reload Projects
• Remove and Sort Usings
• Extract Constant
• Transform Templates
• Close All

Answer 6

I'm not sure if this solution has been posted somewhere here, but if you have VS 2013 Update 5 you can open start page, and right click project below "Recent" list, and choose "Remove from list". I don't know how about other VS versions, maybe this feature is available.