Your recently opened items will show in Start, Jump Lists, and File Explorer by default in Windows 11.
Recently opened items are stored in the %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Recent Items folder for the current user.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing recently opened items for your account or all users in Windows 11.
The Quick access page is the shortest route to files you’ve been working on and folders you often use. These are your frequent folders and recent files.
Recent items is a list of all the files that you have used or opened recently.
If you like, you can pin the Recent items folder to Quick access in File Explorer for easier access to the Recent items folder.
This tutorial will show you how to pin the Recent items folder to Quick access in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10.