You can not clear it whenever you want. You can however set the no of file
names to be displayed to 0 which clears the list...

In Excel 2003
Tool-Options-General
Enter 0 against 'Recently Used File List' of clear the check box.
Click 'OK'

Word has a similar option.

For 2007 versions or if you want to play with Registry Settings (not advised
unless you understand it well) see
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...el-powerpoint/
"john" wrote:

how do I delete documents from the start list in word and excel?