How to remove “Google Search” icon in Launchpad permanently

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Recently, I find this icon "Google Search" appears in my launchpad, I searched online and located this app in this "Chrome Apps" folder, deleted it. However, it appeared again the second day. This is really annoying. How can I delete it PERMANENTLY?

I don't even know how it happened, I've been using Chrome for a really long time, but this happened only a couple of days ago, didn't install any google related apps recently.

Google Search icon

Chrome Apps folder

Best Answer

Manual Deletion Required.

  1. Go to your user (home) folder.
  2. Click on Applications.
  3. Right-click on the Chrome Apps folder and send it to the trash.
  4. Empty your trash.

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If above doesn't help:

From terminal try removing the following directory and empty trash:

rm -rf ~/Applications/Chrome Apps.localized

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