Can NOT Delete - Old Vault History!

[Mr.BEAU]

THE PROBLEM

Can not remove old vault history.

WHAT I HAVE TIRED

Open another vault / 3 dots / remove from list.

Deleted Obsidian Folder (including hidden folder Cmd+Shift+.)

Reinstalled the obsidian.

WHAT I EXPECT?

Anyone knows how to delete old vault history?

So, it doesn’t show as the screenshot I shared as below.

Thank you so much.

[rigmarole]

I think as a brand new user you couldn’t upload a screenshot. Can you please try again?

A) So you’re saying you remove the old vault from the list. And then when you restart Obsidian, it reappears in the list?

B) Or are you saying when you click “Remove from list” nothing happens?

• What operating system are you using?
• What is your Obsidian version?
• What is your Obsidian installer version?

[Mr.BEAU]

[Mr.BEAU]

@rigmarole

I think as a brand new user you couldn’t upload a screenshot. Can you please try again?

A) So you’re saying you remove the old vault from the list. And then when you restart Obsidian, it reappears in the list?

B) Or are you saying when you click “Remove from list” nothing happens?

• What operating system are you using?
• What is your Obsidian version?
• What is your Obsidian installer version?

Thanks for your reply, and suggested me to upload a screenshot, as you can see that those old vault file stays there, however I deleted them.

OS I use - Mac

Obsidian version - 1.5.12

Installer version - 1.5.12

[ariehen]

Ah! From the macOS Dock. You could try this:

How to remove old vaults from the right-click menu of macos dock?

The list of recent vaults can be cleaned up by choosing “Clear Recent”. [IMG_7869] The list will fill back in as you open them again.

See next post

[ariehen]

If that menu item is grayed out for you (it is for me), you could try this but please research the file and command to feel comfortable.

1. close Obsidian
2. delete ~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist/com.apple.LSSharedFileList.ApplicationRecentDocuments/md.obsidian.sfl3 (or similar)
3. in Terminal run killall sharedfilelistd

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The bug report, which I remember now but forgot about, is here:

'Open Recent' menu always disabled on Mac since 1.5.8 installer

Steps to reproduce Note: This needs to be done on a Mac where at least 1 vault has previously been opened in Obsidian. Open Obsidian Click on the ‘Open another vault’ button in the left ribbon, to confirm that previously viewed vaults are listed From the menu at the top of the Mac screen, select File → Open Recent Note: I have confirmed that the same occurs when the only open vault is a brand new one, with no plugins installed or enabled - but have not listed the steps to do that, as it is n…

[Mr.BEAU]

Thank you for the tip

I have found the file - md.obsidian.sfl3

Moved ”md.obsidian.sfl3” to trash

Then I opened Terminal and ran - killall sharedfilelistd

The result is the same, I guess I’m just try another app instead, too much efforts.

[ariehen]

That’s unfortunate. When I did the above steps, the previous vaults were cleared out for me.

Hopefully you can find something that works.

[Mr.BEAU]

Problem solved. Reset the Mac OS.