diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts
index 1290007e2488455dce9e61a8d63d0ead701c4b0d..0c0637fda2456d9831d407d57b3e1c922fb2847d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-main/menus.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ export class VSCodeMenu {
 
 	private clearOpenedPathsList(): void {
 		storage.setItem(windows.WindowsManager.openedPathsListStorageKey, { folders: [], files: [] });
+		app.clearRecentDocuments();
 
 		this.updateMenu();
 	}