How do I remove extra Skype icon or ghost icons for removed apps from GNOME shell?
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.
Also as described here, sometimes similar ghost icons are present even after removing associated applications.
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.
Also as described here, sometimes similar ghost icons are present even after removing associated applications.
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
edited Jan 4 at 15:44
pomsky
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asked Sep 26 '18 at 22:30
DomariusDomarius
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Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 '18 at 12:44
1
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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 at 23:29
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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.
Also as described here, sometimes similar ghost icons are present even after removing associated applications.
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
edited Jan 4 at 15:44
pomsky
30.5k1193127
asked Sep 26 '18 at 22:30
DomariusDomarius
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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.
Also as described here, sometimes similar ghost icons are present even after removing associated applications.
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
18.04 icons skype gnome-shell .desktop
edited Jan 4 at 15:44
pomsky
30.5k1193127
asked Sep 26 '18 at 22:30
DomariusDomarius
1685
edited Jan 4 at 15:44
pomsky
30.5k1193127
asked Sep 26 '18 at 22:30
DomariusDomarius
1685
edited Jan 4 at 15:44
pomsky
30.5k1193127
edited Jan 4 at 15:44
pomsky
30.5k1193127
edited Jan 4 at 15:44
pomsky
30.5k1193127
30.5k1193127
asked Sep 26 '18 at 22:30
DomariusDomarius
1685
asked Sep 26 '18 at 22:30
DomariusDomarius
1685
asked Sep 26 '18 at 22:30
DomariusDomarius
1685
1685
2
Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 '18 at 12:44
1
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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 at 12:44
1
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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 at 23:29
2
2
Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 '18 at 12:44
Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 '18 at 12:44
1
1
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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 at 23:29
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It seems you have snap installed as per your reply to @Carl's question.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files after removing the snap package. You can solve this by cleaning up after removing the snap.
Check the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name (or any .desktop file which may be associated to the application). If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check again by searching though 'Activities'.
It should be fine now.
edited Jan 4 at 15:51
pomsky
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answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
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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 '18 at 23:31
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It seems you have snap installed as per your reply to @Carl's question.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files after removing the snap package. You can solve this by cleaning up after removing the snap.
Check the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name (or any .desktop file which may be associated to the application). If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check again by searching though 'Activities'.
It should be fine now.
edited Jan 4 at 15:51
pomsky
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answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
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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 '18 at 23:31
add a comment |
It seems you have snap installed as per your reply to @Carl's question.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files after removing the snap package. You can solve this by cleaning up after removing the snap.
Check the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name (or any .desktop file which may be associated to the application). If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check again by searching though 'Activities'.
It should be fine now.
edited Jan 4 at 15:51
pomsky
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answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
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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 '18 at 23:31
add a comment |
It seems you have snap installed as per your reply to @Carl's question.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files after removing the snap package. You can solve this by cleaning up after removing the snap.
Check the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name (or any .desktop file which may be associated to the application). If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check again by searching though 'Activities'.
It should be fine now.
edited Jan 4 at 15:51
pomsky
30.5k1193127
answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
Alexandru CatrinaAlexandru Catrina
963
It seems you have snap installed as per your reply to @Carl's question.
Installing Skype from two sources (snap and .deb) lead to some junk .desktop files after removing the snap package. You can solve this by cleaning up after removing the snap.
Check the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory for a skype_forlinux.desktop file or something with skype* in the name (or any .desktop file which may be associated to the application). If you find it, move it somewhere else (e.g. /tmp) and check again by searching though 'Activities'.
It should be fine now.
edited Jan 4 at 15:51
pomsky
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answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
Alexandru CatrinaAlexandru Catrina
963
edited Jan 4 at 15:51
pomsky
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pomsky
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pomsky
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answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
Alexandru CatrinaAlexandru Catrina
963
answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
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answered Sep 28 '18 at 12:10
Alexandru CatrinaAlexandru Catrina
963
963
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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 at 23:31
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Could it be one is snap install and the other is a deb install?
– Carl
Sep 27 '18 at 12:44
1
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 '18 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 '18 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 '18 at 23:29