How to hide the New! icon or control how long the icon is displayed.

A couple of questions come up from time to time about the New! Icon:

 

"How long does the New! icon display after I add an Item?" and "How do I Prevent the New! icon from displaying?"

 

The New! icon display for 2 days by default, but you can use the command line to set that:

 

[SharePoint Bin Directory]stsadm.exe -o -setproperty -propertyname days-to-show-new-icon -propertyvalue [Days to Display] -url [Your Virtual Server's Url]

 

To hide the New! icon, set [Days to Display] to 0, An alternate and unsupported approach is to replace the New! icon with a clear gif file.

 

Resource: How to hide the New! icon or control how long the icon is displayed.