diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
index d8f5cef48..86cabad28 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/category/CategorizationFragment.java
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ public class CategorizationFragment extends Fragment {
         mergedItems.addAll(recentItems);
         Log.d(TAG, "Adding recent items: " + recentItems);
 
+        for (String item : mergedItems) {
+            if (item.matches("(19|20)\\d{2}")) {
+                Log.d(TAG, "Filtering out year " + item);
+                mergedItems.remove(item);
+            }
+        }
+        
         //Needs to be an ArrayList and not a List unless we want to modify a big portion of preexisting code
         ArrayList<String> mergedItemsList = new ArrayList<String>(mergedItems);
         Log.d(TAG, "Merged item list: " + mergedItemsList);