Continual opening of files from history. I clear history, but they appear on startup the next time. If I use option (alt) button on 'Word' dropdown, I get Quit and keep files rather than Quit and close files?
MacOS – Stop MS Word opening files automatically on launch
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Best Answer
Clear the saved state, rather than the history.
Quit Word.
From Finder
Cmd ⌘ N
Cmd ⌘ Shift ⇧ G
Copy/paste
~/Library/Saved Application StateDelete the folder com.microsoft.Word.savedState
Relaunch Word.
For future reference, whatever is open when you quit will reopen when you launch. The trick is to close documents before quitting.
You can stop all applications from remembering their state using System Prefs > General > Close Windows when quitting an app.
Alternatively, there's a $0.99 app called RestoreMeNot which can switch on a per-app basis.