topic how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects from the start menu? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects from the start menu?

GabrielYarlequé — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 20:25:50 GMT

Hello,

quick question...do you guys know how to clean-up/ remove the recent projects from the start menu?

Thanks for your help!

Re: how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects form the start menu?

MaximPastchenko — Mon, 18 May 2015 18:55:09 GMT

Hello,

Currently, there is no UI in application, which allows to reset user settings to defaults. This is something that our application framework team is considering for future release.

Here is a workaround to achieve this:

Browse to the following location on your machine

%localappdata%\ESRI\

- Inside that folder, you will find a folder named similar to this:

\ArcGISPro.exe_Url_1jclabdb3g2held3u2vfbbtsyiwtjlkq\

There should be subfolder folder there called:

\11.0.0.0\

There will you find file: user.config

Once you delete this file, application will re-create it upon next start. List of recent project should now be empty.

Max

Re: how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects form the start menu?

GabrielYarlequé — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:22:19 GMT

It works! thanks!

Re: how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects form the start menu?

BrianBaldwin — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:34:46 GMT

This is a good workaround, but there should certainly be a simple button in the UI that accomplishes the same thing.

A 'clear recent projects', or a right click to remove selected projects would be very useful.

Re: how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects form the start menu?

GabrielYarlequé — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:05:42 GMT

Agree! to have this feature implemented check out the following link and vote for this idea:

ArcGIS Idea - ArcGIS Pro: clear recently opened projects

Re: how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects from the start menu?

MichaelVolz — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:41:57 GMT

I am using version 2.1.2 and if I delete a project, ArcPro tells me that the project cannot be found and then asks if I want to remove the project from the recent projects list. Not sure if a prompt like this was available back in version 1.x.

Maybe in the config file user.config that is alluded to in this post a time stamp could be added for the save date of the aprx. Then with this information you could write a startup script that could remove the reference to any aprx with a save date greater than some time frame so the list of projects does not include projects you have not worked on in awhile.

Re: how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects from the start menu?

JeffWard1 — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 13:33:44 GMT

You can now remove projects in the Recent Projects list by right clicking each one and selecting "Remove from list".

Re: how to remove ArcGIS Pro recent projects form the start menu?

FC_Basson — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:44:20 GMT

Folder structure has changed slightly for more recent versions.

For my Pro installation the user.config file is in:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\ESRI\ArcGISPro.exe_StrongName_yhpsrysqpn4fvmb0spwbakt5o5e50din\2.8.0.0