diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index b603cf0..be46c36 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ const App = (): JSX.Element => {
       >
         Force sync
       </button>
+      <button
+        onClick={async () => {
+          const result = await worker.recents()
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+          console.log('recents', result)
+        }}
+      >
+        Recent files
+      </button>
     </div>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/dataproxy/common/DataProxyInterface.ts b/src/dataproxy/common/DataProxyInterface.ts
index 45a0486..356d416 100644
--- a/src/dataproxy/common/DataProxyInterface.ts
+++ b/src/dataproxy/common/DataProxyInterface.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface SearchOptions {
 
 export interface DataProxyWorker {
   search: (query: string, options: SearchOptions) => unknown
+  recents: () => unknown
   setup: (
     clientData: ClientData,
     options?: { sharedDriveIds: string[] }
diff --git a/src/dataproxy/parent/ParentWindowProvider.tsx b/src/dataproxy/parent/ParentWindowProvider.tsx
index faa4187..cbbe2fc 100644
--- a/src/dataproxy/parent/ParentWindowProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/dataproxy/parent/ParentWindowProvider.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import React, { ReactNode } from 'react'
 
 import { QueryDefinition } from 'cozy-client'
 import {
+  IOCozyFile,
   Mutation,
   MutationOptions,
   QueryOptions
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ export const ParentWindowProvider = React.memo(
 
         return result
       },
+      recents: async (): Promise<Array<IOCozyFile>> => {
+        const result = await workerContext.worker.recents()
+        return result as Array<IOCozyFile>
+      },
       requestLink: async (
         operation: QueryDefinition | Mutation,
         options?: QueryOptions | MutationOptions | undefined
diff --git a/src/dataproxy/worker/data.ts b/src/dataproxy/worker/data.ts
index c12fb67..3a26446 100644
--- a/src/dataproxy/worker/data.ts
+++ b/src/dataproxy/worker/data.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
-import CozyClient from 'cozy-client'
+import CozyClient, { Q, QueryDefinition } from 'cozy-client'
+import { QueryOptions } from 'cozy-client/types/types'
 import Minilog from 'cozy-minilog'
 
-import { LOCALSTORAGE_KEY_DELETING_DATA } from '@/consts'
+import { LOCALSTORAGE_KEY_DELETING_DATA, FILES_DOCTYPE } from '@/consts'
+import { getPouchLink } from '@/helpers/client'
 
 import { ClientData } from '../common/DataProxyInterface'
+
+export const TRASH_DIR_ID = 'io.cozy.files.trash-dir'
+export const SHARED_DRIVES_DIR_ID = 'io.cozy.files.shared-drives-dir' // This folder mostly contains external drives like Nextcloud
+
 const log = Minilog('👷‍♂️ [Worker utils]')
 
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT_QUERIES = 9 * 60 * 1000
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-call, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+const defaultFetchPolicy: QueryOptions['fetchPolicy'] = (
+  CozyClient as any
+).fetchPolicies.olderThan(DEFAULT_CACHE_TIMEOUT_QUERIES)
+
 interface SessionInfo {
   last_seen: string
   long_run: boolean
@@ -71,3 +83,59 @@ export const removeStaleLocalData = async (): Promise<void> => {
   }
   return
 }
+
+function buildRecentsQuery(doctype: string): {
+  definition: QueryDefinition
+  options: QueryOptions
+} {
+  return {
+    definition: Q(doctype)
+      .where({
+        updated_at: {
+          $gt: null
+        }
+      })
+      .partialIndex({
+        type: 'file',
+        trashed: false,
+        dir_id: {
+          $nin: [SHARED_DRIVES_DIR_ID, TRASH_DIR_ID]
+        }
+      })
+      .indexFields(['updated_at'])
+      .sortBy([{ updated_at: 'desc' }])
+      .limitBy(50),
+    options: {
+      as: 'recent-view-query-' + doctype,
+      fetchPolicy: defaultFetchPolicy
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export const queryRecents = async (client: CozyClient): Promise<unknown[]> => {
+  if (!client) {
+    throw new Error('Client is not initialized')
+  }
+  const pouchLink = getPouchLink(client)
+  if (!pouchLink) {
+    throw new Error('PouchLink is not initialized')
+  }
+  const doctypes = pouchLink.doctypes.filter(doctype =>
+    doctype.startsWith(FILES_DOCTYPE)
+  )
+
+  // to be sure to have all the shared drives at first page display
+  await pouchLink.pouches.waitForCurrentReplications()
+
+  const sharedDrivesRecentsPromises = doctypes.map(doctype => {
+    const request = buildRecentsQuery(doctype)
+    return client.requestQuery(request.definition, request.options)
+  })
+  const recents: unknown[] = (
+    (await Promise.all(sharedDrivesRecentsPromises)) as Array<{
+      data?: unknown[]
+    }>
+  ).flatMap(recentResult => recentResult.data || [])
+
+  return recents
+}
diff --git a/src/dataproxy/worker/worker.ts b/src/dataproxy/worker/worker.ts
index 458cbad..aa3c79c 100644
--- a/src/dataproxy/worker/worker.ts
+++ b/src/dataproxy/worker/worker.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
   DataProxyWorkerPartialState,
   SearchOptions
 } from '@/dataproxy/common/DataProxyInterface'
-import { queryIsTrustedDevice } from '@/dataproxy/worker/data'
+import { queryIsTrustedDevice, queryRecents } from '@/dataproxy/worker/data'
 import {
   platformWorker,
   searchEngineStorage
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@ const dataProxy: DataProxyWorker = {
     return results
   },
 
+  recents: () => {
+    if (!client) {
+      throw new Error('Client is not initialized')
+    }
+    return queryRecents(client)
+  },
+
   requestLink: async (
     operation: QueryDefinition | Mutation,
     options?: QueryOptions | MutationOptions | undefined