For easy access to workbooks that you frequently work on, you can display up to nine recently used workbooks on the File menu. You can also hide them or clear their history.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the General tab, do one of the following:
   • To display a list of recently used workbooks, select the Recently used file list check box, and then select the number of entries you want.
   • To hide or clear the history of recently used workbooks, clear the Recently used file list check box.

     The list of recently used workbooks is cleared, and no history of your workbook usage is kept. To start a new history of recently used workbooks, click OK, and then repeat the previous steps to start displaying recently used workbooks again.

Note  Only workbooks that you open and save after you select the check box are listed on the File menu. You must also restart Excel to see them listed.