How to add "All my Files" back to Finder sidebar?

Question

The "All my Files" icon in my Finder sidebar has disappeared, I may have inadvertently deleted it with an unlucky motion on the trackpad.

This helpful answer shows the following technique, but I have no "All my Files" folder to grab

This helpful answer suggests I could do it in Python, but I'm a little nervous about trying it:

#!/usr/bin/python

from FinderSidebarEditor import FinderSidebar                  # Import the module

sidebar = FinderSidebar()                                      # Create a Finder sidebar instance to act on.

sidebar.add("All My Files")     # EDIT: I'm guessing this will work

I found this tutorial but nothing about "All my Files" that I can see.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 24 '19 at 07:24

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Aha, found it!

MacWorld's May 2017 Mac 911 article How to show the All My Files icon in the macOS Sidebar points out that there is a menu in preferences:

click All My Files and it's back:

edited Mar 24 '19 at 07:24

Tetsujin

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answered Mar 24 '19 at 01:14

uhoh

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All my Files does not show up on my iMac running High Sierra, That location now has "Recent" there. – Natsfan Mar 24 '19 at 01:49
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@jmh, It's actually "Recents". – user3439894 Mar 24 '19 at 02:38

How to add "All my Files" back to Finder sidebar?

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