Recent File Cleaner

By default, your computer tracks all activities, so it’s easier to review work, or open files and pages you might have closed by mistake. On the other hand, changes are you don’t want others to know what you’re up to, case in which applications like Recent File Cleaner come to offer a helping hand.

The application comes in a lightweight package, and takes both little time, and effort to get it up and running. However, before you can put its capabilities to the test, you need to make sure that .NET Framework is installed on your computer, even though modern Windows iterations come with it as a default feature.

On the visual side of things, the interface is pretty clean, and easy to understand from the first few seconds in. A large space is used to enlist all identified files, while general functions are in plain sight, and only require a mouse click to activate.

Scanning is done at the press of a button. Unfortunately, the application only targets the default system recent items folder, without the possibility to dig through history, or manually set up time filters. Neither can you set up file filters, and this means before, and after scanning is done. In any case, it only takes a few seconds for the list to fill up with results.

The table shows items organized according to date, which is one of the column headers, apart from name, and path. Interacting with an item automatically opens content in the associated program. To remove items, you can either manually select some files or have them all removed.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Recent File Cleaner helps you keep a clean record of every computer use. Even though there’s no possibility to set a custom time range for the scan process, or filter according to file types, the process takes little time overall, and can be used to clean history items at the press of a button.