diff --git a/bin/optimize.sh b/bin/optimize.sh
index b749a6a..66effaa 100755
--- a/bin/optimize.sh
+++ b/bin/optimize.sh
@@ -271,15 +271,20 @@ execute_optimization() {
             echo -e "${BLUE}${ICON_ARROW}${NC} Clearing recent items lists..."
             local shared_dir="$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.apple.sharedfilelist"
             if [[ -d "$shared_dir" ]]; then
+                # Count files first, then delete (safer than -print -delete)
                 local removed
-                removed=$(find "$shared_dir" -name "*.sfl2" -type f -print -delete 2> /dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+                removed=$(find "$shared_dir" -name "*.sfl2" -type f 2> /dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
+                find "$shared_dir" -name "*.sfl2" -type f -delete 2> /dev/null || true
                 echo -e "  ${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} Reset $removed shared file lists"
             else
                 echo -e "  ${GRAY}-${NC} Recent item caches already clean"
             fi
 
             rm -f "$HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist" 2> /dev/null || true
-            defaults delete NSGlobalDomain NSRecentDocumentsLimit 2> /dev/null || true
+            # Check if key exists before trying to delete
+            if defaults read NSGlobalDomain NSRecentDocumentsLimit &> /dev/null; then
+                defaults delete NSGlobalDomain NSRecentDocumentsLimit 2> /dev/null || true
+            fi
             echo -e "  ${GREEN}${ICON_SUCCESS}${NC} Finder/Apple menu recent items cleared"
             ;;