Hi Richard
Under Tools>Options>General delete the value in Recently Used Files
List.
Don't use the spinner, as this will not allow you to go below 1, and it
will not allow you to set it to zero, so just press delete in the box.
To do it programmatically, something like the following
Sub HideRecentFiles()
With Application
.RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
End With
End Sub
Obviously you would want the reverse to Show the List, where you set the
value to something greater than 0