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Is there a way to hide specific applications, for example Skype, from Dash?

If so, how?

Jacob Vlijm
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    possible duplicate of: http://askubuntu.com/questions/71240/how-to-remove-icons-shortcuts-from-unity-menu – Johan Schuijt Nov 02 '16 at 09:04
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    @JacobVlijm There's no difference in hiding application shortcuts from Dash, whether the actual program was removed or not, because Dash deals with `.desktop` files, not programs themselves. You know this quite well. Your answer really should have been on the duplicate. – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Nov 02 '16 at 10:26
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    @JacobVlijm First of, removing `.desktop` file doesn't remove application itself, besides they can be recreated. Second, it's sufficient to rename it to hide ( `app.desktop.bak` for example ). Finally, same approach with editing the file can be applied in each case. But if you're not satisfied with that question, there's a different one: http://askubuntu.com/q/644384/295286 Same answer as yours, same question. Verdict - still a duplicate – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Nov 02 '16 at 10:38
  • @Serg My turn to be surprised by your comment and explanation. You should never (advice to) remove a global .desktop file while the application is still installed. Recreate it? Do you know all the appropriate keywords that were used for language and all other options? Secondly, a bit weird to edit a .desktop file of an application that was removed. Not sure what is the point. I am pretty sure you very well know this is another question, requires another answer. – Jacob Vlijm Nov 02 '16 at 10:45
  • @Serg Your second one isn' t an exact dupe either, although it has the same solution. – Jacob Vlijm Nov 02 '16 at 10:48

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Hiding an application from Dash

To hide installed application(s) (any) from Dash is very well possible.

  1. Find the corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications

  2. Copy the file to ~/.local/share/applications . The local directory is hidden by default, press Ctrl + H to toggle visability.

  3. Open the file with (e.g.) gedit

  4. Add the following line before the line (if it exists) Actions=, but below the first line:

     Hidden=true

Now log out and back in and you're done.

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Note

Always first copy the .desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications and edit the local one. The local one will then overrule the global one on re- login.

To undo, simply delete the local one.

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