diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts
index 62652183f85e3398bc2723d65c4ec71855f32ff9..bf16fdb2c526e1ad786fb0ad741c8d760efb4d8b 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/node/extHostApiCommands.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ export class ExtHostApiCommands {
 					{ name: 'columnOrOptions', description: '(optional) Either the column in which to open or editor options, see vscode.TextDocumentShowOptions', constraint: v => v === void 0 || typeof v === 'number' || typeof v === 'object' }
 				]
 			});
+
+		this._register('vscode.removeFromRecentlyOpened', (path: string) => {
+			return this._commands.executeCommand('_workbench.removeFromRecentlyOpened', path);
+		}, {
+				description: 'Removes an entry with the given path from the recently opened list.',
+				args: [
+					{ name: 'path', description: 'Path to remove from recently opened.', constraint: value => typeof value === 'string' }
+				]
+			});
 	}
 
 	// --- command impl
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/commands.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/commands.ts
index bcd9b64de450e966154f0bfb4262888206a1b567..f222e0476879b0ed4d333df8a8b64de6c306571f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/commands.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/commands.ts
@@ -528,4 +528,12 @@ export function registerCommands(): void {
 			return void 0;
 		});
 	});
+
+	CommandsRegistry.registerCommand('_workbench.removeFromRecentlyOpened', function (accessor: ServicesAccessor, path: string) {
+		const windowsService = accessor.get(IWindowsService);
+
+		return windowsService.removeFromRecentlyOpened([path]).then(() => {
+			return void 0;
+		});
+	});
 }