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pgn674
August 21st, 2011, 08:40 PM
I have Ubuntu 11.04, upgraded from 10.10, and I'm logging into the default Ubuntu, Unity. In Dash, if I search for "firefox", I get three results:
Firefox Web Browser
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode)

Clicking Firefox Web Browser brings up Firefox just fine. But both Mozilla Firefoxes do nothing. I have a feeling that they're left over from Wine, but I'm not sure. The Uninstall Wine Software program doesn't show Firefox, but I may have uninstalled it through there a long time ago.

I want to remove these shortcuts from Dash. I tried checking the Main Menu program, but Mozilla Firefox isn't in there (though Firefox Web Browser is). I looked in /usr/share/menu/, and found a file called "firefox". That file specifies a title of "Firefox Browser", so I'm not sure if it even applies. The command it gives, "/usr/bin/firefox", is good, anyway. I don't see any other firefox related file there.

So, does anyone know how I remove those shortcuts from Dash?

kerry_s
August 21st, 2011, 09:04 PM
~/.local/share/applications

that's a hidden folder by the way, open the file manager & press ctrl+h to see hidden.

isa.dsouza
October 31st, 2012, 06:39 AM
This helped to delete the shortcut for a website that was created by Midori. Thanks.