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Disable Most Recently Used Directories for Privacy

SUMMARY: Increase your privacy by making IrfanView forget the most recently used directories from where images were loaded or saved.

For convenience, IrfanView offers a "Recent Directories" option in its "File" menu. This way you can access the most recently-used directories, locations where you may have opened or saved files.

While this feature may be a convenience, it can be a potential privacy risk if multiple people share the same machine. Thus, you can turn it off if desired:

Viewing the recent directories in IrfanView

1. From IrfanView, choose "Options" - "Properties".

2. When the "Properties/Settings" dialog box appears, select the "Miscellaneous" category.

3. Uncheck "Show "Recent directories" in menu File (max. 10 most recently used directories)".

4. Click the "Clear" button next to "Clear MRUDs list (most recently used directories, menu File)".

Disabling and clearing the Most Recently Used Directories list in IrfanView

5. Click "OK" to close the dialog box.

Note that the "Recent Directories" option will still be available underneath the "File" menu, but it should not be populated with directories when you open/save files.

This tip was written for IrfanView 4.25 on a Windows XP system. Features, information, and screenshots for other versions and operating systems may differ.