diff --git a/apps/remixdesktop/src/menus/file.ts b/apps/remixdesktop/src/menus/file.ts
index 3693da348f..7b48bd94f6 100644
--- a/apps/remixdesktop/src/menus/file.ts
+++ b/apps/remixdesktop/src/menus/file.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,4 @@
 import { BrowserWindow, MenuItemConstructorOptions, app, ipcMain } from 'electron';
-import fs from 'fs'
-import os from 'os'
-import path from 'path'
-import { cacheDir } from '../utils/config';
-
-let recentFolders: string[] = []
-
-if (fs.existsSync(cacheDir + '/remixdesktop.json')) {
-  try {
-    // read the cache file
-    const cache = fs.readFileSync(cacheDir + '/remixdesktop.json')
-    const data = JSON.parse(cache.toString())
-    recentFolders = data && data.recentFolders || []
-    console.log('recentFolders', recentFolders)
-  } catch (e) {
-
-  }
-}
 
 export default (
   commandKeys: Record<string, string>,
@@ -47,19 +29,6 @@ export default (
           execCommand('template:open', focusedWindow);
         }
       },
-      {
-        role: 'recentDocuments',
-        submenu: recentFolders.map((folder) => {
-          return {
-            label: folder,
-            click(item, focusedWindow) {
-              if(focusedWindow) {
-                ipcMain.emit('fs:openFolder', focusedWindow.webContents.id, folder);
-              }
-            }
-          }
-        })
-      },
       {
         role: 'close',
         accelerator: commandKeys['window:close']
diff --git a/apps/remixdesktop/src/utils/config.ts b/apps/remixdesktop/src/utils/config.ts
index 4cbb17a3e0..df7b8c8d15 100644
--- a/apps/remixdesktop/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/apps/remixdesktop/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 
 export const cacheDir = path.join(os.homedir(), '.cache_remix_ide')
 
-console.log('cacheDir', cacheDir)
+console.log('cache dir is:', cacheDir)
 
 export const createDefaultConfigLocations = async() => {
   try {