Ubuntu – How to remove un-installed programs from the Unity dash menu

11.10unityunity-dash

The Unity dash seems to operate independently from the Gnome main menu. This is quite annoying. I've uninstalled many (Wine) apps, removed their entries from the Gnome main menu, but they appear in the Unity dash. Also, KDE apps that I've removed from the Gnome menu still appear in the Unity dash. How can I remove these entries?

Edit: This question also applies to other un-installed apps.

Best Answer

These applications leave Desktop Files somewhere in ~/.local/share/applications. Search through this folder (and any sub folders) for the relevant launchers, and if you find any, delete them :).

Then simply run unity from the run dialogue (alt+f2) to restart Unity.

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You probably still have some hidden wine configuration files remaining.

rm -rf ~/.wine
rm -rf ~/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -rf ~/.local/share/applications/wine
rm -rf ~/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*

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I wasn't satisfied with the answers so I compared the 11.10 Unity-2D source with earlier versions. It can be done. Here's how to do it:

(for 11.04/11.10)

gksudo gedit /usr/share/unity-2d/launcher/Launcher.qml

(for 12.04)

gksudo gedit /usr/share/unity-2d/shell/launcher/Launcher.qml

Scroll down until you find the following section:

    Component.onCompleted: {
        items.appendModel(bfbModel);
        items.appendModel(applications);
        items.appendModel(workspaces);
        items.appendModel(devices);
        shelfItems.appendModel(trashes);
    }

items.appendModel(bfbModel); is the offending line of code. Remove this line (or comment it out). Save your changes and close the file.

Restart Unity-2D with:

killall unity-2d-launcher

(12.04)

killall unity-2d-shell

Let's hope someone adds a way to toggle this feature in the upcoming Unity settings manager. Cheers!

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