Here are the instructions to clear the Quick Access and Recent Files and Folders cache and return it back to factory default state in Windows 10.
Step 1
Open File Explorer
Step 2
Click on the View tab
Step 3
Click on Options
Step 4
Under the Privacy tab click on the Clear box
Step 5
Click on Ok
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Excellent. Thank you!
Actually, just clicking on the Clear button did not remove the listing from Quick Access.
To do this, I had to disable both of those displayed boxes for “Show…”, click Apply, then re-enable those boxes and click Apply > OK finally.