removeDrivesFromHis​tory

A solution to the problem of Matlab consuming an enormous amount of time to recover from an "Undefined function or variable" error.

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Adam Danz (2026). removeDrivesFromHistory (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/72519-removedrivesfromhistory), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with R2017b and later releases

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
2.2.0

Fixed version-check problem with Matlab r2021a. Better control of GUI position and lists paths in cmd window as categories rather than cellstr.

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2.1.1

Fixed typo in the "Your current directory is..." message box.

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2.1.0

Now shows current directory (cd) at bottom of GUI. If a path is removed from the current folder history that matches the cd the user is notified that the cd will change to the first path listed on the search path.

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2.0.0

Instead of selecting entire drives to remove from the current folder history, the user can now select individual paths. The help section, internal comments, and dialog boxes were edited to be more precise.

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1.0.2

Message dialogs are now 12 pt font; Greeting message added when program is first run.

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1.0.1

Fixed the name of a message window from 'mfilename' to mfilename (without quotes).

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1.0.0

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