LibreOffice 4.2.1.1: do not display list of recent documents

Solution 1:

There are two ways to disable the "PickList" / MRU:

• tweaking the config
• using an extension

Tweaking the config:

1. Open the LibreOffice config: Menu "Tools" -> "Config";
2. In the TreeView: "LibreOffice" -> "Advanced"
3. Button "Expert Configuration"
4. In the preferences list, scroll down to preference "/org.openoffice.Office.Common/History"
5. Select the second property "PickListSize"
6. Click "Edit", set the value to "0"

Take care that this won't clear the history / MRU, it will just affect how much entries will be visible. If you increase the value after setting it to 0, the "old" history entries will appear again.

Use the History Master extension

Check the OpenOffice.org Extension "History Master". It works for me like a charm in LibreOffice 4.2.0.4 and will allow to do some other nice things besides managing the PickList/MRU length.