You can eliminate these appearing at all. Change the option at:
Tools Options General

Otherwise you can use the dangerous remove and menu item command.
Ctrl-Alt--
You'll find more about this command at
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"nntnavigator" wrote in message
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How do I delete the file names in the drop down menu that appear when I
click
on "File". There are usually about four of your most recent documents.