How clear PhpStorm recently edited files list

Question

This list opening in PhpStorm by Ctrl+E or Ctrl+Shift+E ("Recent files" or "Recently changed files").

But how I can clear this history list? Is it possible in PhpStorm 9?

Answer 1

Just use Del key in that popup window -- it will delete currently selected entry from that list.

It works with Recent Files (Ctrl + E) but does not affect Recently Edited Files (Ctrl + Shift + E). For this one you will have to edit config file directly:

• close project in IDE/or whole IDE (otherwise IDE will overwrite those changes on exit)
• navigate to PROJECT/.idea folder
• open workaspace.xml in any plain text editor
• find and delete whole <component name="IdeDocumentHistory"> XML node.
• save changes