How to remove entries from the Remote Desktop Connection Computer box

This article describes how to remove entries from the Remote Desktop Connection Computer box.

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Important

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After you use the Remote Desktop Connection tool to connect to another computer, the name of the computer is added to the Remote Desktop Connection Computer box. It's easy for you to quickly select the same computer at a later time. However, the tool doesn't provide a way to clear the list of computers or remove one or more entries from the Computer box.

Remove entries in the Windows Remote Desktop Connection client

To remove entries from the Remote Desktop Connection Computer box in the Windows Remote Desktop Connection client, start Registry Editor, and then select this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default

Entries appear as MRUnumber, and are visible in the right pane. To delete an entry, right-click it, and then select Delete.

Remove entries in the Mac Remote Desktop Connection client

To remove entries from the Remote Desktop Connection Computer box in the Mac Remote Desktop Connection client, delete the Users:Username:Library:Preferences:Microsoft:RDC Client:Recent Servers file.

Note

The list of all destination connections (including previous connections) are stored in an MRUnumber value in the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default

Every new connection is given the value of MRU0, and the other values are then sequentially moved down in number. The MRU value can contain a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or an IP address of the computer to which you connect. For example:

  • MRU0REG_SZ192.168.16.60
  • MRU1REG_SZcomputer.domain.com