In gnome 3.34 menu, appear to me repeated icons an i cannot remove them. Idk if is fedora in particular or gnome 3.34 bug.
edit: This only happen after minor update
?
For example, i have two icons of firefox but in that directory i have only one.
$ cd /usr/share/applications
$ ls
appimagelauncher.desktop
appimagelaunchersettings.desktop
bluetooth-sendto.desktop
code.desktop
code-url-handler.desktop
com.github.calo001.fondo.desktop
com.teamviewer.TeamViewer.desktop
easytag.desktop
eog.desktop
evolution-calendar.desktop
ferdi.desktop
firefox.desktop
gcm-calibrate.desktop
gcm-import.desktop
gcm-picker.desktop
gcr-prompter.desktop
gcr-viewer.desktop
geary-autostart.desktop
geoclue-demo-agent.desktop
gkbd-keyboard-display.desktop
glom.desktop
gnome-applications-panel.desktop
gnome-background-panel.desktop
gnome-bluetooth-panel.desktop
gnome-color-panel.desktop
gnome-control-center.desktop
gnome-datetime-panel.desktop
gnome-default-apps-panel.desktop
gnome-disk-image-mounter.desktop
gnome-disk-image-writer.desktop
gnome-display-panel.desktop
gnome-info-overview-panel.desktop
gnome-keyboard-panel.desktop
gnome-mimeapps.list
gnome-mouse-panel.desktop
gnome-network-panel.desktop
gnome-notifications-panel.desktop
gnome-online-accounts-panel.desktop
gnome-power-panel.desktop
gnome-printers-panel.desktop
gnome-privacy-panel.desktop
gnome-region-panel.desktop
gnome-removable-media-panel.desktop
gnome-search-panel.desktop
gnome-sharing-panel.desktop
gnome-shell-extension-prefs.desktop
gnome-software-local-file.desktop
gnome-sound-panel.desktop
gnome-system-monitor.desktop
gnome-system-monitor-kde.desktop
gnome-thunderbolt-panel.desktop
gnome-universal-access-panel.desktop
gnome-user-accounts-panel.desktop
gnome-user-share-webdav.desktop
gnome-wacom-panel.desktop
gnome-wifi-panel.desktop
google-chrome.desktop
homebank.desktop
ibus-setup-hangul.desktop
ibus-setup-kkc.desktop
ibus-setup-libbopomofo.desktop
ibus-setup-libpinyin.desktop
ibus-setup-libzhuyin.desktop
ibus-setup-m17n.desktop
ibus-setup-table.desktop
ibus-setup-typing-booster.desktop
inkscape.desktop
java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.232.b09-0.fc31.x86_64-policytool.desktop
jupyter-qtconsole.desktop
kde
kde4
kde-mimeapps.list
krita_brush.desktop
krita_exr.desktop
krita_gif.desktop
krita_heightmap.desktop
krita_jpeg.desktop
krita_kra.desktop
krita_ora.desktop
krita_pdf.desktop
krita_png.desktop
krita_psd.desktop
krita_qimageio.desktop
krita_raw.desktop
krita_spriter.desktop
krita_svg.desktop
krita_tga.desktop
krita_tiff.desktop
krita_xcf.desktop
libreoffice-calc.desktop
libreoffice-draw.desktop
libreoffice-impress.desktop
libreoffice-math.desktop
libreoffice-startcenter.desktop
libreoffice-writer.desktop
libreoffice-xsltfilter.desktop
links.desktop
liveinst.desktop
lpf.desktop
lpf-gui.desktop
lpf-mscore-fonts.desktop
lpf-notify.desktop
mimeapps.list
mimeinfo.cache
mutter.desktop
nautilus-autorun-software.desktop
neverball.desktop
nm-connection-editor.desktop
openttd.desktop
org.folkswithhats.fedy.desktop
org.freedesktop.GnomeAbrt.desktop
org.freedesktop.IBus.Panel.Emojier.desktop
org.freedesktop.IBus.Panel.Extension.Gtk3.desktop
org.freedesktop.IBus.Setup.desktop
org.freedesktop.problems.applet.desktop
org.gnome.baobab.desktop
org.gnome.Boxes.desktop
org.gnome.Calculator.desktop
org.gnome.Calendar.desktop
org.gnome.Characters.desktop
org.gnome.Cheese.desktop
org.gnome.ChromeGnomeShell.desktop
org.gnome.clocks.desktop
org.gnome.ColorProfileViewer.desktop
org.gnome.Contacts.desktop
org.gnome.DiskUtility.desktop
org.gnome.Evince.desktop
org.gnome.Evince-previewer.desktop
org.gnome.Evolution-alarm-notify.desktop
org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop
org.gnome.font-viewer.desktop
org.gnome.Geary.desktop
org.gnome.gedit.desktop
org.gnome.gnome-latex.desktop
org.gnome.Logs.desktop
org.gnome.Maps.desktop
org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop
org.gnome.Photos.desktop
org.gnome.Screenshot.desktop
org.gnome.Shell.desktop
org.gnome.Shell.PortalHelper.desktop
org.gnome.Software.desktop
org.gnome.Terminal.desktop
org.gnome.Todo.desktop
org.gnome.Totem.desktop
org.gnome.tweaks.desktop
org.gnome.Weather.desktop
org.kde.krita.desktop
pinta.desktop
qemu.desktop
rygel.desktop
rygel-preferences.desktop
simple-scan.desktop
snap-handle-link.desktop
spyder3.desktop
supertuxkart.desktop
vino-server.desktop
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk.desktop
xvkbd.desktop
yelp.desktop
Zoom.desktop
First, your may be interested in:
https://wiki.gnome.org/HowDoI/AppFolders
Then:
You can try look in home/YourUsername/.local/share/applications
I’m also noticed that some of my choices stored in
/home/YourUsername/.config/dconf/user
It is binary file. Some insides:
-
\00bfavorite-appsrhythmbox.desktop\00org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop\00 ...
-
recent-characters\00\00\00\00\00\00\00🎪\00🔛 ...
-
A lot of other things, the Web search engine settings included.
In Ubuntu, on an LTS version i have had lags in every app after one update. Moved all of my home away. That isn’t solved the issue. But then i created a new user for myself and moved my things to its home (but not the configs, of course!). Lags gone. Do not forget that, in that case, your may want to grant the privileges to the new user, if your former one had them. But that rather will not help…
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You should not to remove the icons, is only a visual bug, if you remove then when it reload the desktop it won’t to show any icon form this app, i resolved this only draging the repeated icon on the folder where it should to be
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Sorry 
Are your not see a duplication inside of these “folder where it should to be”? Then it is solved.
Moving icons into the folder has no effect, taking icons out of the folder have. Solve the problem for now
Can your, please, specify how your’ve solved this issue? I hope your’re not moved icons out of the /usr/share/applications …?
evilgamer means (below i am dragging the “Photos”):
I just drag the all the items out of the folders and reorganize them. IDK if the problem will come back.
Your were rather need to “like” evilgamer, then
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