How To: Ubuntu Clear and Disable Recent Documents

When it comes to clearing and disabling recent documents in Ubuntu not much has changed over the years apart from where the recently-used.xbel document is stored (~/.local/share).

Note: This post has been updated March 2014.

Ever wondered how to hide your tracks and disable the "Recent Documents" folder inside Ubuntu. Well here is a How To: Ubuntu Clear and Disable Recent Documents that is broken down for the newbie to grasp and learn some of the inner workings of Linux.

Tackling a network documentation project

I recently started a new position for a catering company as an IT Manager only to find that the documentation on the network infrastructure was so out of date that I had to literally start from scratch. To help me figure out where to start I followed the three step rule to any network documentation project.