I''ve got the shelf widget on a bottom panel, I use it for quick access to obvious 'Places'. I turned full indexing on the other day and the Places icons within Shelf have multiplied (now have all the 'recently used' (today, yesterday, etc) icons and other stuff) and they won't disappear even when indexing has now been switched off (basic Nepomuk settings only).

Is there a shelfrc I can delete? I don't see one but it must have one, right?

what happens if you remove the widget then add it back?

I believe you'll need to edit the shelf containment sections in ~/.kde[4]/share/config/plasma-desktop-appletsrc, obviously backup the file first

widget rc (config) stuff is in plasma-desktop-appletsrc and don't have their own rc files

Yeah this is last resort, I tried removing it grabbing a new one and the behaviour still persists. I figured it's the same type of thing as Lancelot launcher does when it brainfarts resizing and freezes. Deleting lancelotrc always gets it back and it usually stays good after that.

Found plasma-desktop-appletsrc and found the self settings:

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[Containments][3][Applets][57][Configuration]
Share=false
contentsClickActivation=false
contentsExtenderPosition=1
iconClickActivation=false
iconLocation=plasmaapplet-shelf
partData=model=Devices%2FFixed&type=list&version=1.0\nmodel=Devices%2FRemovable&type=list&version=1.0\nmodel=Places&type=list&version=1.0
searchHistory=
showSearchBox=false

Each of the visible categories I've got listed end with =list&version=1.0 which puzzles me as Fixed 'Devices' appears normal (just three / , /home , NTFS icons. As does 'Removable' , which shows just the one external hard drive that's plugged in.

'Places', however, should show just Home, Network, Root, Trash icons with basic Nepomuk settings. Switch full indexing on and you've got the lot - Home, Network, Root, Trash. Today, Yesterday, This Month, Last Month, Documents, Images, Audio Files, Videos, Project Folder.

Like I said, switch it off and it stays the same with all those icons present. But it still says =list&version=1.0 ?

I suspect the entries have been added to your "Places". To remove them, simply open Dolphin, then right click on each one and "Hide" it. This should cause it to vanish from the Shelf widget in theory.