How to Hide the Recently Modified Quick Links section

Problem

You have created SharePoint 2010 website.  You then modify existing and create new web pages for this site.  When your users then navigate to this site, they see the Recently Modified quicklaunch section appearing in the left navigation area.  The appearance of this section  causes their normal quicklaunch to move downward.  This section serves your users no practical purpose.  You want to hide this section from a page without modifying the master template page.

Solution

The Recently Modified quicklaunch uses the S4-RecentChanges class.  By adding a new style section to your page, you can cause the quicklaunch section to be hidden:

<style>
  .S4-Recently Modified { display: none;}
</style>

References

• SharePoint 2010: Hide Recently Modified Items