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I have been asked to customize the generic "Recently Viewed [object]" list views that are present for Salesforce objects (note: I do not mean the [object] Tab Search Layout.) The only problem is that this list view does not have an Edit option and just cloning it is not sufficient.

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There does not appear to be any option to configure this under the Customize menu, either. Without resorting to custom JavaScript in the side panel, is there a way hide columns? Is it possible to update this via the Metadata API?

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I used Ant to retrieve the Account object and every list view is present except the built-in Recently Viewed Accounts list view.

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    You can force edit it by URL hackery: learn the view's Id, paste it into edit link of another view, realize there's no "Save" button - only "Save As", inject the button by editing the HTML in Firebug, save... realize you've just broken the view and it shows all accounts. I think I need a new Dev Edition if I'll ever need my "recently viewed accounts" back ;(
    – eyescream
    Commented Jan 22, 2014 at 23:03

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I ran into this recently. It is not possible to do. Here is an idea to vote on: https://success.salesforce.com/ideaview?id=08730000000BpRoAAK.

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    I voted. I'm amazed that this is not possible.
    – Mike Chale
    Commented Jan 22, 2014 at 20:53
  • @MikeChale I'm not. They only just published an API for working with recently viewed items in the last year or so. It was previously a totally opaque system.
    – ca_peterson
    Commented Jan 23, 2014 at 0:08
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    I'm amazed I never noticed you couldn't modify it until a few weeks ago. How long have I been working with Salesforce, again?
    – Daniel Hoechst
    Commented Jan 23, 2014 at 3:59
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You can edit the columns in the "Recently Viewed" List View:

In LEX:

  • Setup->Object Manager
  • Select the object
  • Select Search Layouts
  • Select Search Results->Edit
  • Customize the list of Selected Fields, both which fields will be displayed and the order. These fields will be displayed in the Recently View List View.
  • Select Save.

Salesforce Reference: https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=customize_recent_records_list_lex.htm&type=5

Enjoy,

Mike

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If search layouts are not there on custom objects you need to edit the object details and check the box 'Allow Search'. Once you've done that the search layouts will be available to choose and define the fields you want. The default layout will be the 'Recently viewed' layout

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