When you start Word 2013, a list of recently opened documents is displayed on the left side of the screen. It also appears when you select a command Oscail (Open). If you don’t want to see this list, you can hide it.
To hide the list Doiciméid le Déanaí (Recent documents), click on the tab Filet (Comhad).
Cliceáil an cnaipe Roghanna (Settings) at the bottom of the list on the left side of the screen.
Sa bhosca dialóige Roghanna Word (Word Options) from the list of settings on the left, select Advanced (Chomh maith).
Scroll down the page to the section Taispeáin (Screen). Highlight the value in the field opposite the item Taispeáin an líon seo Doiciméid le Déanaí (Number of documents in recent files list) and enter 0to hide the list.
Now when you start Word or use the command Oscail (Open), the list of recent documents will be empty.
To re-enable the list display, return to the dialog box Roghanna Word (Word Options) and on the tab Advanced (Optional) in the field Taispeáin an líon seo Doiciméid le Déanaí (Number of Documents in Recent Files List) enter the desired value (between 0 and 50 inclusive). If any files were previously displayed in the Recent Documents list, they will be added to it again.