<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="gedit-open-recent"> <info> <link type="guide" xref="gedit-files-basic" group="fifth"/> <desc>Access files that you have updated recently.</desc> <revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-02-24" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.24" date="2017-09-17" status="review"/> <revision pkgversion="3.35.90" date="2020-03-02" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jcampbell@gnome.org</email> </credit> <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> </info> <title>Reopen a recently-used file</title> <p>By default, <app>gedit</app> provides easy access to five of your most recently-used files. Here is how you can open a recently-used file:</p> <list type="numbered"> <item><p>Click the arrow button next to the <gui>Open</gui> button.</p></item> <item><p><app>gedit</app> will display a list of the five most-recently used files.</p></item> <item><p>Select the desired file, and it will open in a new tab.</p></item> </list> </page>