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Is there a way to have separate icons for Chrome and Hangouts in Unity? All my Chrome windows and Hangouts chats are combined under the Chrome icon.

I swear I've seen them separate before, but I can't figure out how to get that behavior again.

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Open a terminal and edit the following files:

gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/chrome-*&

Find the file corresponding to Hangouts and inside the file remove the following entry:

NoDisplay=true

Typically, the Hangouts file will have the following entry that you can use to identify it.

Name=Hangouts

You can also enable the rest of google applications like google drive, docs etc that are disabled by default. I hope it helps.

The contents of my Hangout file are listed below:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Name=Hangouts
Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl
Icon=chrome-knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl-Default
StartupWMClass=crx_knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl

The file name and location is 

$HOME/.local/share/applications/chrome-knipolnnllmklapflnccelgolnpehhpl-Default.desktop
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  • Thanks for the answer! I don't seem to have an entry for Hangouts (I only see Hangouts call, and it has no NoDisplay=true in it)
    – Madara's Ghost
    Jan 4, 2015 at 17:35
  • The chrome menu files are automatically generated. If you delete the files and restart chrome they will be re-generated. I can post my Hangout settings if you want too.
    – Harris
    Jan 4, 2015 at 17:39
  • Please do, just in case. I will try removing the files and killing chrome.
    – Madara's Ghost
    Jan 4, 2015 at 18:40
  • I modified my answer above to include this info now.
    – Harris
    Jan 4, 2015 at 19:26

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