Reset and Clear Frequent Places and Recent Items in Windows 10 contain a batch file to clean up your Frequent Places and Recent Items, as explained in this tutorial.

Download Reset and Clear Recent Items.bat from MajorGeeks.

Double-click the batch file. You should see a Command Prompt window, and your screen flash briefly, and you're finished.

For other methods, see How to Reset and Clear Frequent Places and Recent Items in Windows 10.

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