@anon42388993
I created a file named .gtkrc-2.0 in my home directory and added the following line to it…
gtk-recent-files-max-age=0
After that, I did a logout and relogin, the “Recent Documents” under Places was disabled.
Found that from here - http://forums.mate-desktop.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2089
@alpinejohn
I looked into BleachBit, couldn’t find anything specific to the Go menu or Caja, but found “Delete recent documents”. I cleaned that and also system cache, but it didn’t have any effect.
There’s an option in the Go menu to Clear History, but if there’s a terminal command to do that, I can maybe create a startup script or something to make it permanent.
Btw, I also disabled the dconf-editor settings for org>gnome>desktop>privacy remember-recent-files, still no change.