GTK recently-used.xbel

GTK2/3 library creates ~/.local/share/recently-used.xbel for applications to keep their recently visited files, revealing user privacy! To disable recently-used.xbel:

1. Create directory with the same name.

   ~ $ rm .local/share/recently-used.xbel*
   ~ $ mkdir .local/share/recently-used.xbel
   

   This is enough! The next configurations are alternatives by changing GTK2/3 configurations.

2. GTK3 setting.ini

   ~ $ echo -e "[Settings]\ngtk-recent-files-max-age=0\ngtk-recent-files-limit=0" >> ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
   

3. GTK2 gtkrc-2.0

   ~ $ echo "gtk-recent-files-max-age=0" >> ~/.gtkrc-2.0
   

4. Refs:

   1. disabling-gnomes-recently-used-file-list-the-better-way
   2. How do I prevent the file 'recently-used.xbel' from being created
   3. GTK configuration