To remove an item from the ‘Recent Projects’ list on the Start-Page of SQL 2008r2 BIDS

– Hover over the ‘Recent Project’ you want to remove.
– Note the path shown at the bottom-left of the screen.
– Go to that path and delete the dtproj or sln file noted previously.
– Left-click the item in BIDS ‘Recent Projects’ and click YES to the message ‘Remove this item blah blah blah …’.