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I have tried to remove several game demos from my mac osx 10.9.1. (splice, particulars, goodbye deponia, battle world cronos) -all demos. I chose the delete local content option and it has removed the games from steam. The icons have however remained in my launchpad. They are not appearing as applications so i can't just remove them that way. Iv also tried refreshing launch pad but there still. Jul 26, 2019  FonePaw MacMaster is one of the best app cleaners for Mac. It can remove your unwanted apps without leftovers only in 3 steps, which is cleaner than dragging the app into Trash. If you want to easily, quickly and permanently uninstall an app from macOS Mojave, Catalina, etc., MacMaster can be. If you delete the application from your Mac, it's not in Launchpad, just the same as if the App is deleted from your iPhone. Imagine how much howling there would have been if Apple had applied the 'X' option to all of your installed apps, and people started deleting the icons from LaunchPad only to discover later that they were actually gone.

• Jul 11, 2019  The Launchpad is a convenient way to access apps on macOS but it’s not the only way. In fact, you can open apps from both Finder and Spotlight. If you like using Launchpad to open apps though, it is an essential app for you. If you’re running into problems with it, a quick fix is to reset the Launchpad.
• Apr 03, 2019  There are a couple of ways that you can uninstall apps on your Mac and one of them is by using the Launchpad. To delete an app using Launchpad, click and hold the app until it jiggles. Click the X in the corner and then confirm that you want to uninstall it by clicking Delete. Another way to make the apps jiggle is to hold down your Option key.
• Aug 21, 2016 A simple video explaining how to delete Apps from the Launchpad using the Finder. Learn how to uninstall Apps from your Mac Correctly: https://www.youtube.co.

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Launchpad is the iOS-like application launcher that came to Mac OS X with the release of 10.7 Lion. It’s a nice addition, but Launchpad can also be difficult and inconsistent to delete apps from. Third party utilities like Launchpad-Control will help to manage Launchpad for you, but if you’re a DIY kind of individual, you want to know how to manually delete apps and icons from Launchpad, both on a per app basis but also a fell swoop method that will delete all apps from the launcher.

Remove Applications from Launchpad One at a Time

There are two ways to do this, one is through the Launchpad itself, and the other is through the Terminal using the command line:

Method 1) Using Launchpad – Mac App Store apps only
Hold down the Option key, and once the icons start jiggling click the “X” shown in the corner of icons that you want to delete. This removes the app from Launchpad, and does not uninstall them, but this is limited to apps installed from the Mac App Store. If you want to remove an app not installed through the Mac App Store, you have to use the method below:

Method 2) Using the Terminal – removes any application
Launch the Terminal and enter the following command, replacing “APPNAME” with the name of the application you want to remove from Launchpad:

For example, removing TmpDisk would be:

Launchpad will automatically refresh, open it to see the changes.

Remove All Applications from Launchpad

Using the Terminal again, the entire Launchpad can be wiped free of all apps, giving you a fresh start. To do this, enter the following command in the Terminal:

Note that there is no undoing this last change, if you use that command you will have to manually add all apps on your own by dragging them into the Launchpad dock icon, or go with the default approach by refreshing Launchpad.

Dec 29, 2015 11:59 PM

On Launchpad, you have access to all of your Mac apps, regardless of where they are installed on your computer. While you can expect few problems on Launchpad with apps installed in the Applications folder, the same can't be said for titles downloaded and stored elsewhere. Occasionally, installed apps aren't showing up under Launchpad. Conversely, you might see icons for apps that are no longer on your computer. In times like these, the Launchpad database gets corrupted. Luckily, there's a quick fix for it!

How to reset Launchpad on your Mac

1. Go to the Finder on your Mac.
2. Hold down the Option key and click on the Go menu.
3. Select Library.

4. Open the Application Support folder.

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5. Click on the Dock folder.

6. Delete all the files ending in '.db.'

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7. Empty the Trash on your Mac.
8. Restart your Mac.

Once your Mac has restarted, it will automatically rebuild the Launchpad database and repopulate it with an accurate count of the apps you have on your Mac.

Questions?

Let us know in the comments below if you have any questions about Launchpad or macOS.

February 2020: Updated for the latest version of macOS.

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