How do I remove extra “Skype” icon from GNOME shell?
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When searching for "Skype" I always see these 2 entries. There is this duplicate blank Skype icon. Both of them seem to run Skype in the same way.
But I've checked both /usr/share/applications, and ~/.local/share/applications, and can't find the extra icon so I can delete it.
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
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When searching for "Skype" I always see these 2 entries. There is this duplicate blank Skype icon. Both of them seem to run Skype in the same way.
But I've checked both /usr/share/applications, and ~/.local/share/applications, and can't find the extra icon so I can delete it.
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
edited Sep 27 at 4:05
pomsky
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asked Sep 26 at 22:30
Domarius
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Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 at 12:44
That's probably it. Any idea what I can do about that? Software manager only shows one entry. And I did keep my home partition from a previous Linux Mint install so that probably has something to do with it...
– Domarius
Sep 27 at 21:05
@Domarius That's a very important piece of info, you should have mentioned in your question. What are outputs of the following commands in Terminal:apt policy skypeforlinux | grep Installedandsnap list | grep -i skype?
– pomsky
Sep 28 at 6:40
@pomsky I'm new to Linux though. As far as I was concerned, I did a full re-install from Linux Mint and kept my home drive, which should have only had user related settings, and program settings (not actual programs). But Alexandru's answer was the ticket!
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:29
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up vote
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When searching for "Skype" I always see these 2 entries. There is this duplicate blank Skype icon. Both of them seem to run Skype in the same way.
But I've checked both /usr/share/applications, and ~/.local/share/applications, and can't find the extra icon so I can delete it.
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
edited Sep 27 at 4:05
pomsky
27.6k1184111
asked Sep 26 at 22:30
Domarius
1584
When searching for "Skype" I always see these 2 entries. There is this duplicate blank Skype icon. Both of them seem to run Skype in the same way.
But I've checked both /usr/share/applications, and ~/.local/share/applications, and can't find the extra icon so I can delete it.
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
edited Sep 27 at 4:05
pomsky
27.6k1184111
asked Sep 26 at 22:30
Domarius
1584
edited Sep 27 at 4:05
pomsky
27.6k1184111
asked Sep 26 at 22:30
Domarius
1584
edited Sep 27 at 4:05
pomsky
27.6k1184111
edited Sep 27 at 4:05
pomsky
27.6k1184111
edited Sep 27 at 4:05
pomsky
27.6k1184111
27.6k1184111
asked Sep 26 at 22:30
Domarius
1584
asked Sep 26 at 22:30
Domarius
1584
asked Sep 26 at 22:30
Domarius
1584
1584
2
Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 at 12:44
That's probably it. Any idea what I can do about that? Software manager only shows one entry. And I did keep my home partition from a previous Linux Mint install so that probably has something to do with it...
– Domarius
Sep 27 at 21:05
@Domarius That's a very important piece of info, you should have mentioned in your question. What are outputs of the following commands in Terminal:apt policy skypeforlinux | grep Installedandsnap list | grep -i skype?
– pomsky
Sep 28 at 6:40
@pomsky I'm new to Linux though. As far as I was concerned, I did a full re-install from Linux Mint and kept my home drive, which should have only had user related settings, and program settings (not actual programs). But Alexandru's answer was the ticket!
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:29
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2
Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 at 12:44
That's probably it. Any idea what I can do about that? Software manager only shows one entry. And I did keep my home partition from a previous Linux Mint install so that probably has something to do with it...
– Domarius
Sep 27 at 21:05
@Domarius That's a very important piece of info, you should have mentioned in your question. What are outputs of the following commands in Terminal:apt policy skypeforlinux | grep Installedandsnap list | grep -i skype?
– pomsky
Sep 28 at 6:40
@pomsky I'm new to Linux though. As far as I was concerned, I did a full re-install from Linux Mint and kept my home drive, which should have only had user related settings, and program settings (not actual programs). But Alexandru's answer was the ticket!
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:29
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2
Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 at 12:44
Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 at 12:44
That's probably it. Any idea what I can do about that? Software manager only shows one entry. And I did keep my home partition from a previous Linux Mint install so that probably has something to do with it...
– Domarius
Sep 27 at 21:05
That's probably it. Any idea what I can do about that? Software manager only shows one entry. And I did keep my home partition from a previous Linux Mint install so that probably has something to do with it...
– Domarius
Sep 27 at 21:05
@Domarius That's a very important piece of info, you should have mentioned in your question. What are outputs of the following commands in Terminal:
apt policy skypeforlinux | grep Installed and snap list | grep -i skype?– pomsky
Sep 28 at 6:40
@Domarius That's a very important piece of info, you should have mentioned in your question. What are outputs of the following commands in Terminal:
apt policy skypeforlinux | grep Installed and snap list | grep -i skype?– pomsky
Sep 28 at 6:40
@pomsky I'm new to Linux though. As far as I was concerned, I did a full re-install from Linux Mint and kept my home drive, which should have only had user related settings, and program settings (not actual programs). But Alexandru's answer was the ticket!
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:29
@pomsky I'm new to Linux though. As far as I was concerned, I did a full re-install from Linux Mint and kept my home drive, which should have only had user related settings, and program settings (not actual programs). But Alexandru's answer was the ticket!
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:29
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Edit: Assuming you have snap installed, as you've answered to Carl's question.
I had a similar case today.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files when I removed the package from snap. I solved this by cleaning up after snap.
Could you check /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name? If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check search again though activities.
It should be fine now.
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
Thank you, that did it! I guess since it's on the root file system, there's no way it's left around from the previous Linux Mint install I had. If the only way it could have got there is from me installing Skype twice, then I'll have to accept that I somehow did that and forgot about it...
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:31
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Edit: Assuming you have snap installed, as you've answered to Carl's question.
I had a similar case today.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files when I removed the package from snap. I solved this by cleaning up after snap.
Could you check /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name? If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check search again though activities.
It should be fine now.
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
Thank you, that did it! I guess since it's on the root file system, there's no way it's left around from the previous Linux Mint install I had. If the only way it could have got there is from me installing Skype twice, then I'll have to accept that I somehow did that and forgot about it...
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:31
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Edit: Assuming you have snap installed, as you've answered to Carl's question.
I had a similar case today.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files when I removed the package from snap. I solved this by cleaning up after snap.
Could you check /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name? If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check search again though activities.
It should be fine now.
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
Thank you, that did it! I guess since it's on the root file system, there's no way it's left around from the previous Linux Mint install I had. If the only way it could have got there is from me installing Skype twice, then I'll have to accept that I somehow did that and forgot about it...
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:31
add a comment |
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Edit: Assuming you have snap installed, as you've answered to Carl's question.
I had a similar case today.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files when I removed the package from snap. I solved this by cleaning up after snap.
Could you check /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name? If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check search again though activities.
It should be fine now.
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
Edit: Assuming you have snap installed, as you've answered to Carl's question.
I had a similar case today.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files when I removed the package from snap. I solved this by cleaning up after snap.
Could you check /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name? If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check search again though activities.
It should be fine now.
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
edited Sep 28 at 14:41
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
answered Sep 28 at 12:10
Alexandru Catrina
463
463
Thank you, that did it! I guess since it's on the root file system, there's no way it's left around from the previous Linux Mint install I had. If the only way it could have got there is from me installing Skype twice, then I'll have to accept that I somehow did that and forgot about it...
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:31
add a comment |
Thank you, that did it! I guess since it's on the root file system, there's no way it's left around from the previous Linux Mint install I had. If the only way it could have got there is from me installing Skype twice, then I'll have to accept that I somehow did that and forgot about it...
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:31
Thank you, that did it! I guess since it's on the root file system, there's no way it's left around from the previous Linux Mint install I had. If the only way it could have got there is from me installing Skype twice, then I'll have to accept that I somehow did that and forgot about it...
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:31
Thank you, that did it! I guess since it's on the root file system, there's no way it's left around from the previous Linux Mint install I had. If the only way it could have got there is from me installing Skype twice, then I'll have to accept that I somehow did that and forgot about it...
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:31
add a comment |
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Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 at 12:44
That's probably it. Any idea what I can do about that? Software manager only shows one entry. And I did keep my home partition from a previous Linux Mint install so that probably has something to do with it...
– Domarius
Sep 27 at 21:05
@Domarius That's a very important piece of info, you should have mentioned in your question. What are outputs of the following commands in Terminal:
apt policy skypeforlinux | grep Installedandsnap list | grep -i skype?– pomsky
Sep 28 at 6:40
@pomsky I'm new to Linux though. As far as I was concerned, I did a full re-install from Linux Mint and kept my home drive, which should have only had user related settings, and program settings (not actual programs). But Alexandru's answer was the ticket!
– Domarius
Sep 28 at 23:29