The “Recent Apps” section of the Dock on Mac shows the three most recently used apps that are not otherwise in the Mac Dock. This is a handy feature for returning to recently used apps, but if you wish to remove one of the apps from the Recent Apps section, you can do that too.

How to Remove App Icons from the Recent Apps Section of the Dock in MacOS

1. Drag and drop any app icon from Recent Apps to the Mac desktop



2. Hold the drag until you see a “Remove” note appear instead of the app name and then release to remove that app from the Recent Apps section of…