Where is the location of application shortcuts in Gnome?

Question

For shortcuts in the Applications drop-down Menu and on the title bar of the Gnome Desktop, where is the path to their directories?

Answer 1

You are looking for the .desktop files, which are located in /usr/share/applications (or sometimes /usr/local/share/applications).

Some applications may place these files in ~/.local/share/applications instead.

Answer 2

1. Most apps: /usr/share/applications/
2. Some apps: /usr/local/share/applications
3. Some other apps: ~/.local/share/applications/
4. Installed with Snap apps: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/
5. Installed with Flatpak apps: /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/
6. Installed with Wine apps: ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/

Answer 3

Your own shortcuts can also be placed in ~/.local/share/applications.