diff --git a/privacyfunctions.h b/privacyfunctions.h
--- a/privacyfunctions.h
+++ b/privacyfunctions.h
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
    public:
       ClearRecentApplicationAction(QTreeWidgetItem * parent)
          : PrivacyAction(parent, i18n("Recent Applications"),
-                         i18n("Clears the list of recently used applications from KDE menu")) { }
+                         i18n("Clears the usage history (applications and documents) from Plasma's menus")) { }
       bool action();
       /* reimp */ QString configKey() const { return QStringLiteral("ClearQuickStartMenu"); }
 };
diff --git a/privacyfunctions.cpp b/privacyfunctions.cpp
--- a/privacyfunctions.cpp
+++ b/privacyfunctions.cpp
@@ -225,8 +225,12 @@
 
 bool ClearRecentApplicationAction::action()
 {
-    QDBusMessage message =
-        QDBusMessage::createSignal(QLatin1String( "/kickoff/RecentAppDoc" ), QLatin1String( "org.kde.plasma" ), QLatin1String( "clearRecentDocumentsAndApplications" ));
+    QDBusMessage message = QDBusMessage::createMethodCall(
+        QStringLiteral("org.kde.ActivityManager"),
+        QStringLiteral("/ActivityManager/Resources/Scoring"),
+        QStringLiteral("org.kde.ActivityManager.ResourcesScoring"),
+        QStringLiteral("DeleteRecentStats"));
+    message << QString() << 0 << QStringLiteral("everything");
     QDBusConnection::sessionBus().send(message);
 
     return true;
diff --git a/sweeper.cpp b/sweeper.cpp
--- a/sweeper.cpp
+++ b/sweeper.cpp
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@
    checklist.append(new ClearSavedClipboardContentsAction(generalCLI));
    checklist.append(new ClearRecentDocumentsAction(generalCLI));
    checklist.append(new ClearRunCommandHistoryAction(generalCLI));
-#ifdef Q_WS_X11
-   checklist.append( new ClearRecentApplicationAction( generalCLI ) );
-#endif
+   if (QDBusConnection::sessionBus().interface()->isServiceRegistered(QStringLiteral("org.kde.ActivityManager"))) {
+        checklist.append( new ClearRecentApplicationAction( generalCLI ) );
+   }
    checklist.append(new ClearThumbnailsAction(generalCLI));
 
    checklist.append(new ClearAllCookiesAction(webbrowsingCLI));