Remove Chrome shortcuts from app menu
Remove it from Chrome.
Go to chrome://apps
, right click the app you want to remove and select Remove from Chrome
.
Those are Chrome desktop apps, not Ubuntu apps installed through Software Center
or from deb
package. That's why you can't remove them from Unity.
If it doesn't work, go to ~/.local/share/applications
and look there for specific desktop
files by ID. For example:
has the shortcut chrome-njkkjobcechefaoknodniidfjapgfoco-Default.desktop
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lyra
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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lyra over 1 year
Anyone knows how to remove "web apps" I made in Chrome using menu => extra => create shortcuts (no real Chrome apps) from the app menu in Ubuntu? When right-clicking on a normal app (Thunderbird in this case), I see this:
I use Dutch language but I think it's obvious: note the "Deïnstalleren" (uninstall) button next to the start button. But, when I right-click on a Chrome web app (which I made from the menu => extra => create shortcuts), in this case Facebook, it shows me this:
Note the difference? No uninstall option. Can I achieve this in another way? Thanks in advance!
P.S.: I'm not a professional. I use Ubuntu three days now. Please keep it simple for me. :)
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jesusiniesta over 9 yearsNote that in chrome://apps you'll only find Chrome Apps, and not the shortcuts to random websites you made. But those launchers can be found in '~/.local/share/applications' as Cornelius said.
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AlikElzin-kilaka almost 8 yearsSometimes the name of the files doesn't indicate the app that it opens. Example:
chrome-gidgenkbbabolejbgbpnhbimgjbffefm-Default.desktop
. Try searching within the files. For example, if I created a desktop app for Gmail, I'll searchgrep -r ~/.local/share/applications -e 'Gmail'
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Knowledge Cube about 6 yearsRemoving Chrome apps by deleting all
chrome-*
files in~/.local/share/applications
is a handy way to remove them if they've been left behind and Chrome is no longer installed on your system. Really useful to know!