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A "YouTube" shortcut mysteriously appeared in the Dash Application Launcher (the 9 dots icon). It appeared a couple of reboots after I updated Ubuntu. It seems to be just a link to the youtube website. I don't have any auto updating on, and I have hardly any apps installed. See screenshot.

I can't figure out how to get rid of it. I've tried...

On the icon in the Dash: right-mouse-click > Show Details -> I get: "no application found".

Launch the 'Ubuntu Software' app > 'Installed' tab -> its not there.

sudo find / -iname "youtube*" -> no result

I've tried looking in these folders...

/usr/share/applications/  
~/.local/share/applications/    
/usr/local/share/applications/    
/usr/share/applications/  
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/  
/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/

Launcher screenshot

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  • Hello. By launcher usually it is meant the list on the right had side. Default location. That is not what you are showing. What you show appears to be the Software Center.
    – David
    Apr 14, 2022 at 14:54
  • It might be in a .desktop file that doesn't contain "youtube" in the filename?
    – Esther
    Apr 14, 2022 at 15:51
  • Thanks @David. Although I though the Software Center was the icon of an orange bag with 'A' on it - now called 'Ubuntu Software'. For the app launcher I've shown in the screen-shot, I've seen some call this 'Dash Home'.
    – spiderplant0
    Apr 14, 2022 at 16:05

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Find the offending desktop file this way:

find / -name '*.desktop' ! -path '/run/user*' -exec grep -H "Name=YouTube" {} \; 2>/dev/null

From the location of the file and the contents, you will likely be able to see where it might have come from.

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  • Thanks, I deleted this: ~/.gnome/apps/chrome-agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml-Default.desktop and this: ~/.local/share/applications/chrome-agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml-Default.desktop
    – spiderplant0
    Apr 15, 2022 at 10:34

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