Delete from Recently Played Playlist

I use iTunes to preview songs I've downloaded, and I would like the ability to delete songs from the Recently Added playlist. How about you?

I got on here looking for a solution to this problem and found none... this was the only thread that even looked promising.
So, it dawned on me that I could create a rule that would eliminate the songs I didn't want to hear again just now (Christmas ones that are no longer in season, obviously). And I didn't want to lessen the period of time it went back to get music.
Here's what I did:
1. Select the songs you want to remove from the list. "Reset plays" for those items.
2. In the "edit Smart Playlist" window for "Recently Played" create a new rule so that "Plays" "is greater than" "0" Make sure "Match ALL following rules" is checked if you've got more than one.

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    Message was edited by: brianjca
    Wording and formatting edits

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