Recent Items and Frequent Places within Windows 10

Recent items and frequent places are stored in the following folder locations within Windows 10:

%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\AutomaticDestinations
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\CustomDestinations

To disable Recent Items, access Settings and then Personalization.  Click on Start on the left side. From the right side, turn off “Show recently added apps”, and “Show recently opened items in Jump Lists on Start or the taskbar”.