I can confirm this issue no longer affects Ubuntu 18.04, as recently viewed items are removed upon deletion.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gtk+2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8949 Title: Opening a deleted 'recent document' results in a new file. Status in GNOME Panel: Invalid Status in GTK+: Won't Fix Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Confirmed Status in gtk+2.0 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143385 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-panel/+bug/8949/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp