Leftover GSConnect entry persists in GNOME Notifications settings after complete removal

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After uninstalling the GSConnect GNOME extension, its entry remains visible in Settings then Notifications under App Notifications. The toggle is present but non-functional (as the extension is gone). Attempts to remove it via dconf-editor (reset recursively on /org/gnome/desktop/notifications/application/org-gnome-shell-extensions-gsconnect/) and related commands do not clear the entry from the UI. The application-children key is empty (@as ), and no remnant extension folder exists.

The image shows a computer's notification settings page, highlighting the 'GSConnect' app with a red arrow pointing to its 'On' status. (Captioned by AI)
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Can anyone help with this?

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I could reproduce this. It seems that the extension leaves some unwanted traces even when removed. Check with:

$ ls ~/.local/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect*
/var/home/mike/.local/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.desktop  /var/home/mike/.local/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect.Preferences.desktop

You should be able to remove the unwanted entry in the App Notifications list by removing the leftover destop files:

rm ~/.local/share/applications/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.GSConnect*
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That was the issue… thanks!

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please open a bug report on https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ making the maintainer aware of this issue.

Product: Fedora 
Component:  gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect
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