diff --git a/apps/files/src/components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsRecent.vue b/apps/files/src/components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsRecent.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 71a127443bb..00000000000
--- a/apps/files/src/components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsRecent.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-  - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
-  - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
--->
-
-<script lang="ts" setup>
-import { t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
-import { NcInputField } from '@nextcloud/vue'
-import debounce from 'debounce'
-import NcAppSettingsSection from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcAppSettingsSection'
-import NcFormBox from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcFormBox'
-import { useUserConfigStore } from '../../store/userconfig.ts'
-
-const store = useUserConfigStore()
-const debouncedUpdate = debounce((value: number) => {
-	store.update('recent_files_limit', value)
-}, 500)
-</script>
-
-<template>
-	<NcAppSettingsSection id="recent" :name="t('files', 'Recent view')">
-		<NcFormBox>
-			<NcInputField
-				v-model="store.userConfig.recent_files_limit"
-				type="number"
-				:min="1"
-				:max="100"
-				:label="t('files', 'Maximum number of files shown in the Recent view')"
-				@update:model-value="debouncedUpdate(Number($event))" />
-		</NcFormBox>
-	</NcAppSettingsSection>
-</template>
diff --git a/apps/files/src/views/Settings.vue b/apps/files/src/views/Settings.vue
index 9c2c996e7c4..9b86317e904 100644
--- a/apps/files/src/views/Settings.vue
+++ b/apps/files/src/views/Settings.vue
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import NcAppSettingsDialog from '@nextcloud/vue/components/NcAppSettingsDialog'
 import FilesAppSettingsAppearance from '../components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsAppearance.vue'
 import FilesAppSettingsGeneral from '../components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsGeneral.vue'
 import FilesAppSettingsLegacyApi from '../components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsLegacyApi.vue'
-import FilesAppSettingsRecent from '../components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsRecent.vue'
 import FilesAppSettingsShortcuts from '../components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsShortcuts.vue'
 import FilesAppSettingsWarnings from '../components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsWarnings.vue'
 import FilesAppSettingsWebDav from '../components/FilesAppSettings/FilesAppSettingsWebDav.vue'
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ async function showKeyboardShortcuts() {
 		<FilesAppSettingsLegacyApi />
 		<FilesAppSettingsWarnings />
 		<FilesAppSettingsWebDav />
-		<FilesAppSettingsRecent />
 		<FilesAppSettingsShortcuts />
 	</NcAppSettingsDialog>
 </template>