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When I open up the Show Applications menu to see all my installed software, I see a lot of dead links, mostly for programs I have previously installed through Wine, which I no longer use. However, I can't delete them.
Is there some place I can manually edit or delete these from?

Running Ubuntu 19.04.

gnome-shell

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When I open up the Show Applications menu to see all my installed software, I see a lot of dead links, mostly for programs I have previously installed through Wine, which I no longer use. However, I can't delete them.
Is there some place I can manually edit or delete these from?

Running Ubuntu 19.04.

gnome-shell

share|improve this question

edited Jun 27 at 14:52

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  Can you add a screenshot of what you're seeing?
  
  – Android Dev
  Jun 27 at 14:17
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Not mine, but here: blog.eracks.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/… - Some of the applications have been deleted, but their entries still remain on this screen.
  
  – hiigaran
  Jun 27 at 14:21
  

  
  
  
  

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When I open up the Show Applications menu to see all my installed software, I see a lot of dead links, mostly for programs I have previously installed through Wine, which I no longer use. However, I can't delete them.
Is there some place I can manually edit or delete these from?

Running Ubuntu 19.04.

gnome-shell

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Application launchers (files with .desktop suffix) for apps installed using Wine should be found in your ~/.local/share/applications/ directory.

However snap applications may also exhibit the same issue, viz. ghost icons in application overview after uninstalling the application. In that case the launchers would be found in /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory.

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  Out of curiosity, if I wanted to customise that screen to show or hide other software that is not installed through Wine or Snaps, where would I find those?
  
  – hiigaran
  Jun 28 at 22:24
  

  
  
  
  


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  @hiigaran They should be in /usr/share/applications/. But it is not advisable to edit/delete those files directly. Instead copy a .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/ and edit the copied file to locally override the launcher. To make a launcher visible/invisible you can use a NoDisplay=false/true line in the .desktop file.
  
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  Duly noted. Thank you.
  
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Application launchers (files with .desktop suffix) for apps installed using Wine should be found in your ~/.local/share/applications/ directory.

However snap applications may also exhibit the same issue, viz. ghost icons in application overview after uninstalling the application. In that case the launchers would be found in /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Out of curiosity, if I wanted to customise that screen to show or hide other software that is not installed through Wine or Snaps, where would I find those?
  
  – hiigaran
  Jun 28 at 22:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @hiigaran They should be in /usr/share/applications/. But it is not advisable to edit/delete those files directly. Instead copy a .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/ and edit the copied file to locally override the launcher. To make a launcher visible/invisible you can use a NoDisplay=false/true line in the .desktop file.
  
  – pomsky
  Jun 29 at 1:01
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Duly noted. Thank you.
  
  – hiigaran
  Jun 29 at 1:16
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
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Application launchers (files with .desktop suffix) for apps installed using Wine should be found in your ~/.local/share/applications/ directory.

However snap applications may also exhibit the same issue, viz. ghost icons in application overview after uninstalling the application. In that case the launchers would be found in /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 27 at 14:50

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Out of curiosity, if I wanted to customise that screen to show or hide other software that is not installed through Wine or Snaps, where would I find those?
  
  – hiigaran
  Jun 28 at 22:24
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @hiigaran They should be in /usr/share/applications/. But it is not advisable to edit/delete those files directly. Instead copy a .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/ to ~/.local/share/applications/ and edit the copied file to locally override the launcher. To make a launcher visible/invisible you can use a NoDisplay=false/true line in the .desktop file.
  
  – pomsky
  Jun 29 at 1:01
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Duly noted. Thank you.
  
  – hiigaran
  Jun 29 at 1:16
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment
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Application launchers (files with .desktop suffix) for apps installed using Wine should be found in your ~/.local/share/applications/ directory.

However snap applications may also exhibit the same issue, viz. ghost icons in application overview after uninstalling the application. In that case the launchers would be found in /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory.

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