diff --git a/user/home.nix b/user/home.nix
index bacb9b7..db3350e 100644
--- a/user/home.nix
+++ b/user/home.nix
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ in
   gtk = {
     enable = true;
     gtk2.configLocation = "${config.xdg.configHome}/gtk-2.0/gtkrc";
+    gtk2.extraConfig = "gtk-recent-files-max-age = 0";
+    gtk3.extraConfig = { gtk-recent-files-limit = 0; };
     theme = {
       name = "Breeze";
       package = pkgs.libsForQt5.breeze-gtk;
@@ -161,5 +163,7 @@ in
     extraPortals = [ pkgs.libsForQt5.xdg-desktop-portal-kde ];
     config.common.default = "kde";
   };
+  xdg.dataFile."recently-used.xbel".text = "";
+  xdg.dataFile."RecentDocuments".text = "";
   home.stateVersion = "24.05";
 }