Clearing Documents in App's Dock Icon

When I right click an app's icon in the dock, I get a list of previously opened documents.
How do I clear this list?

Open the application on any document; most applications will have an entry "clear menu" in the file menu:
File -> open recent -> clear menu
If the application does not have this menu item, it might be necessary to delete the preference files.

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Larry...
MIght be corrupted Dock preferences.
Go to ~/Library/Preferences
~ (Tilde) character represents the Home folder.
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Restart your Mac. See if that helped.
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Hi Ray ..
Might be corrupted preferences...
Go to ~/Library/Preferences
Move the com.apple.dock.plist file from the Preferences folder to the Trash.
Restart your Mac.
~ (Tilde) character represents the Home folder.
For Lion: To find the Home folder in OS X Lion, open the Finder, hold the Option key, and choose Go > Library
edited by: cs

My app store dock icon has an indicator like Mails' .

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First go to System Preferences/Users & Groups/Password and make sure that your MAS Apple ID is correctly entered in the location in the center of the pane. Then open the MAS and sign into your account. Go to the Purchases pane and the iLife apps are supposed to be listed there with an Accept button. After you have accepted them into your MAS account they should be eligible for any available updates.

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Ohairy, I'd guess that it was a corrupt plist. ~/library/preferences/com.apple.dock.plist.
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Every time I shut down iTunes, the dock icon bounces. This never happens with any other application. Dock icons are supposed to bounce when you start up an app, not when you quit it, Right?
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Hello there, ocsimple.
The following Knowledge Base article clarifies what it means when an icon bounces on your dock:
About the Dock (Mac OS X)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1779
Particularly:
Bouncing icon in the Dock
An application's icon may bounce in the Dock to request your attention.
When you close iTunes, is it prompting you with a window or some other message when you click the bouncing icon?
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you would have to leave the application opened.
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