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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.1, the other day I installed Ark from the Ubuntu Software app but ended up uninstalling it after a couple minutes because it wasn't working well.

Recently I noticed that the icon is still there so now I'm wondering how to remove it. Thanks in advance!

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Ravexina
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Lucy C
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the standard places where *.desktop-Files are stored are:

/usr/share/applications/ and

~/.local/share/applications/

To check if there is an ark in these folders I'd in a Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t) do a:

ls -la /usr/share/applications/ | grep -i 'ark' and

ls -la ~/.local/share/applications/ | grep -i 'ark'

if so I'd delete it with sudo rm <pathtofile>/<*.desktop-file>, sudo is not necessary when deleting the file in your home folder.

Afterwards, or even if there is no arc*.desktop-File I'd do a forced update to my menu via:

sudo xdg-desktop-menu forceupdate --mode system

d1bro
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If you're command-line challenged, you could:

  1. Position the cursor over the unwanted icon.
  2. Hold down the Right mouse button. This will bring up a menu.
  3. Scroll down to "Move to Trash", and release the mouse button.
waltinator
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