Was trying to find a way of clearing my recent items list on my desktop earlier as certain items I do not want anyone to see (important documents etc) and I couldn't find anywhere in Cinnamon to easily delete the list.
After a short search on-line where there were plenty of 'edit this file' 'do this, then this, then that' posts, but I finally came across a simple GUI app that does it easily (as I prefer simple rather than manually editing files I have no real idea where they are or what implications might arise if I edit them wrong etc.
Simply open a terminal and enter: sudo apt-get install activity-log-manager
Once installed it is under the Accessories tab and allows you to exclude certain types of files or turn it off altogether :)
Hope that helps anyone else who would prefer not to have a recent files list easily available to anyone else who might just need to use your pc quickly or do not have their own user set-up.
