What is sharedfilelistd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Keeps your Recent Items, Open Recent lists and some Finder sidebar favourites.
sharedfilelistd is a per-user agent that manages lists of recent and favourite documents, apps and volumes. These power Apple menu > Recent Items, each app's File > Open Recent, and some Finder sidebar items. It's normally idle.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as sharedfilelistd
Why is sharedfilelistd using so much CPU or memory?
- Very long recent-items lists
- Sidebar items pointing to disconnected network drives
What to do
- 1Clear recent items via Apple menu > Recent Items > Clear Menu
- 2Remove sidebar items for drives you no longer use
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
It relaunches when needed; recent items lists may briefly be empty.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library