diff --git a/src/vs/base/parts/quickopen/browser/quickOpenWidget.ts b/src/vs/base/parts/quickopen/browser/quickOpenWidget.ts
index 7a4cbcf5a2d2fd2d3d1367b4efa358d0ff65b874..05d571eae275f7961a8d07651d111c241b602fd2 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/parts/quickopen/browser/quickOpenWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/parts/quickopen/browser/quickOpenWidget.ts
@@ -680,11 +680,19 @@ export class QuickOpenWidget implements IModelProvider {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public refresh(input: IModel<any>, autoFocus: IAutoFocus): void {
+	public refresh(input?: IModel<any>, autoFocus?: IAutoFocus): void {
 		if (!this.isVisible()) {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (!input) {
+			input = this.tree.getInput();
+		}
+
+		if (!input) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// Apply height & Refresh
 		this.treeContainer.style({ height: `${this.getHeight(input)}px` });
 		this.tree.refresh().done(() => {
@@ -693,9 +701,11 @@ export class QuickOpenWidget implements IModelProvider {
 			this.tree.layout();
 
 			// Handle auto focus
-			let doAutoFocus = autoFocus && input && input.entries.some(e => this.isElementVisible(input, e));
-			if (doAutoFocus) {
-				this.autoFocus(input, autoFocus);
+			if (autoFocus) {
+				let doAutoFocus = autoFocus && input && input.entries.some(e => this.isElementVisible(input, e));
+				if (doAutoFocus) {
+					this.autoFocus(input, autoFocus);
+				}
 			}
 		}, errors.onUnexpectedError);
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen.ts b/src/vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen.ts
index 39f2d8e4a3479264d2d6455bd586fe01a847e8ba..2216f21d52872fa488a18e94d14b0b0d6c33cb4b 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ export interface IFilePickOpenEntry extends IPickOpenEntry {
 	fileKind?: FileKind;
 }
 
+export interface IPickOpenAction extends IAction {
+	run(item: IPickOpenItem): TPromise<any>;
+}
+
 export interface IPickOpenEntry {
 	id?: string;
 	label: string;
@@ -29,6 +33,11 @@ export interface IPickOpenEntry {
 	action?: IAction;
 }
 
+export interface IPickOpenItem {
+	remove: () => void;
+	getResource: () => uri;
+}
+
 export interface ISeparator {
 	border?: boolean;
 	label?: string;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/quickopen/quickOpenController.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/quickopen/quickOpenController.ts
index c819a7e4abb6bb38dfab83eeb1c4e791b063318f..5aaae0803a1c3ba9f2fd2b42329cfd32de037c07 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/quickopen/quickOpenController.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/quickopen/quickOpenController.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import { KeyMod } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
 import { QuickOpenHandler, QuickOpenHandlerDescriptor, IQuickOpenRegistry, Extensions, EditorQuickOpenEntry, IWorkbenchQuickOpenConfiguration } from 'vs/workbench/browser/quickopen';
 import errors = require('vs/base/common/errors');
 import { IWorkbenchEditorService } from 'vs/workbench/services/editor/common/editorService';
-import { IPickOpenEntry, IFilePickOpenEntry, IInputOptions, IQuickOpenService, IPickOptions, IShowOptions } from 'vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen';
+import { IPickOpenEntry, IFilePickOpenEntry, IInputOptions, IQuickOpenService, IPickOptions, IShowOptions, IPickOpenItem } from 'vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen';
 import { IConfigurationService } from 'vs/platform/configuration/common/configuration';
 import { IInstantiationService } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
 import { IMessageService, Severity } from 'vs/platform/message/common/message';
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ export class QuickOpenController extends Component implements IQuickOpenService
 
 				// Model
 				const model = new QuickOpenModel([], new PickOpenActionProvider());
-				const entries = picks.map((e, index) => this.instantiationService.createInstance(PickOpenEntry, e, index, () => progress(e)));
+				const entries = picks.map((e, index) => this.instantiationService.createInstance(PickOpenEntry, e, index, () => progress(e), () => this.pickOpenWidget.refresh()));
 				if (picks.length === 0) {
-					entries.push(this.instantiationService.createInstance(PickOpenEntry, { label: nls.localize('emptyPicks', "There are no entries to pick from") }, 0, null));
+					entries.push(this.instantiationService.createInstance(PickOpenEntry, { label: nls.localize('emptyPicks', "There are no entries to pick from") }, 0, null, null));
 				}
 
 				model.setEntries(entries);
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ class PlaceholderQuickOpenEntry extends QuickOpenEntryGroup {
 	}
 }
 
-class PickOpenEntry extends PlaceholderQuickOpenEntry {
+class PickOpenEntry extends PlaceholderQuickOpenEntry implements IPickOpenItem {
 	private _shouldRunWithContext: IEntryRunContext;
 	private description: string;
 	private detail: string;
@@ -1070,11 +1070,13 @@ class PickOpenEntry extends PlaceholderQuickOpenEntry {
 	private resource: URI;
 	private fileKind: FileKind;
 	private _action: IAction;
+	private removed: boolean;
 
 	constructor(
 		item: IPickOpenEntry,
 		private _index: number,
 		private onPreview: () => void,
+		private onRemove: () => void,
 		@IModeService private modeService: IModeService,
 		@IModelService private modelService: IModelService
 	) {
@@ -1092,6 +1094,17 @@ class PickOpenEntry extends PlaceholderQuickOpenEntry {
 		this.fileKind = fileItem.fileKind;
 	}
 
+	public remove(): void {
+		super.setHidden(true);
+		this.removed = true;
+
+		this.onRemove();
+	}
+
+	public isHidden(): boolean {
+		return this.removed || super.isHidden();
+	}
+
 	public get action(): IAction {
 		return this._action;
 	}
@@ -1130,6 +1143,10 @@ class PickOpenEntry extends PlaceholderQuickOpenEntry {
 		return this.alwaysShow;
 	}
 
+	public getResource(): URI {
+		return this.resource;
+	}
+
 	public run(mode: Mode, context: IEntryRunContext): boolean {
 		if (mode === Mode.OPEN) {
 			this._shouldRunWithContext = context;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts
index c5bf8d3711c3bd51c175a0f63638ca73f127879e..75dd0b3c664831112bb95632595212f366f369bb 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/actions.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import { IExtensionManagementService, LocalExtensionType, ILocalExtension } from
 import { IWorkspaceConfigurationService } from 'vs/workbench/services/configuration/common/configuration';
 import paths = require('vs/base/common/paths');
 import { isMacintosh, isLinux } from 'vs/base/common/platform';
-import { IQuickOpenService, IFilePickOpenEntry, ISeparator } from 'vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen';
+import { IQuickOpenService, IFilePickOpenEntry, ISeparator, IPickOpenAction, IPickOpenItem } from 'vs/platform/quickOpen/common/quickOpen';
 import { KeyMod } from 'vs/base/common/keyCodes';
 import * as browser from 'vs/base/browser/browser';
 import { IIntegrityService } from 'vs/platform/integrity/common/integrity';
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ export abstract class BaseOpenRecentAction extends Action {
 	}
 }
 
-class RemoveFromRecentlyOpened extends Action {
+class RemoveFromRecentlyOpened extends Action implements IPickOpenAction {
 
 	public static ID = 'workbench.action.removeFromRecentlyOpened';
 	public static LABEL = nls.localize('remove', "Remove");
@@ -750,10 +750,9 @@ class RemoveFromRecentlyOpened extends Action {
 		this.class = 'action-remove-from-recently-opened';
 	}
 
-	public run({ resource }: { resource: URI }): TPromise<boolean> {
-		return this.windowsService.removeFromRecentlyOpened([resource.fsPath]).then(() => {
-			const reopenAction = this.instantiationService.createInstance(OpenRecentAction, OpenRecentAction.ID, OpenRecentAction.LABEL);
-			reopenAction.run().then(() => reopenAction.dispose());
+	public run(item: IPickOpenItem): TPromise<boolean> {
+		return this.windowsService.removeFromRecentlyOpened([item.getResource().fsPath]).then(() => {
+			item.remove();
 
 			return true;
 		});