Windows 10: Clear recent documents from Word 2010

Hi. I cannot clear recent documents from Word 2010 on the Start Menu. I followed instructions exactly see attachment but cannot get rid of them. They still come in even after rebooting, If I manually delete them more come in to fill the gap. Any ideas please?Thanks :

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Clearing the Recent Documents list in Word Pad.

How can I clear the recent documents list in Word Pad?

 

How do I clear Recent Files hyperlink list in Word 2016?

It's probably using Windows 'Recent items' list.

Reset and Clear Recent Items and Frequent Places in Windows 10

Edit: I've just looked at what my Word 2010 does. It looks like it's from my recent items list, filtered to show only those documents that Office can open.

 

How do I clear Recent Files hyperlink list in Word 2016?

I just cleared recent items from Windows by going to Explorer's settings, and then in the General tab I went to the Privacy section and clicked Clear. I started up Word and went back to that same dialog box (the one for inserting hyperlinks, and from there in the Recent Files section), and it's still populated with entries. They didn't go away.

I'm using Office 2016, by the way.