MacOS – How to remove the launchpad

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I don't use the launchpad, especially as it has a lot of useless apps in there that you can't delete either. For things like the dock and the dashboard I found guides online on how to remove them, but none for launchpad. Is it possible to remove launchpad completely (on OS X 10.9.4)?

Best Answer

It is not possible to remove it but you can disable it.

In order to do so you need to:

  1. Go into System Preferences then under Trackpad and More Gestures you can disable pinch to launchpad

  2. Remove it from the dock

  3. Use FunctionFlip to reassign the F4 key to something else