You can't erase or delete any 'Recent' configurations. They are just the last 5 configurations that you used to generate sight reading exercises. So as you generate new music with different configurations, the older ones will be pushed out of that table and the new configurations will populate the table.
Educators with student accounts:
To delete a 'Saved' configuration, go to the 'Saved' tab on your Dashboard and click the 'Delete' button at the end of the row of the configuration you want to delete.
All other users:
To delete a 'Saved' configuration, go to the 'Saved' section on your Dashboard and click the trash can for the configuration you want to delete.