UPDATED: Check out version 2 here.

Maybe you’re privacy conscious. Maybe you’re a full-blown crazy person with a tinfoil hat. Or maybe you’re secretly into smurf-porn. Sometimes you want to clear the recent items and folders lists from Finder so that your mom/girlfriend/boyfriend/boss won’t be able to see that you were saving files named Gargamel-Smurfette_1-of-99.mov into a folder called giant pile of pr0n. Just for the sake of argument, let’s say you’re also a horribly lazy bastard. Four clicks is just too much effort for you to hide your shenanigans and thus keep your job/girlfriend/boyfriend. Don’t despair, my emotionally disturbed cartoon-loving friend. There is hope!

Here’s a little app called Clear Recent Items (cryptic, huh?). Drag it into your dock or invoke it with Quicksliver - use it just like any other application. It will clear your Finder’s Go » Recent Folders menu as well as the Apple » Recent Items folder. No more paranoia-induced carpal tunnel! Just one click and it all goes *poof*.

One of these days I’ll make a version that clears your browser cache and history at the same time. Until then, download and enjoy.

download Clear Recent Items v1.0

Oh, and get some professional help. I mean really, smurfs? That’s just sick.

Thanks to PixelPressIcons for making this pretty.