Launcher Search is showing duplicate icon

Question

I also have duplicates in my Dash (saw several questions about this subject). But I don't know which one I need to remove.

I went to: /usr/share/applications

With grep I do get the following:

/$ grep -R 'Startup Applications' /usr/share/applications $HOME/.local/share/applications
/usr/share/applications/cinnamon-session-properties.desktop:Name=Startup Applications
/usr/share/applications/session-properties.desktop:Name=Startup Applications

Is there anyone who know how I can remove the second "Startup Applications"?

Answer 1

I too had a similar issue. I had two launchers for 'System monitors' in my Ubuntu 20.04. Both the launchers appear to be having different commands to launch but launch the same software. I recognized one having 'snap' in the command line (presumably updated via snap). I sorted it out by using the application 'menu editor', and slid the radio button of 'Hide from menus' to 'on' for the software devoid of 'snap'. Voila! I got rid of two enteries.

Answer 2

The two are actually different. One is for Cinnamon, the other is for Unity.

To fix:

1. Run this command:

   sudo -H gedit /usr/share/applications/cinnamon-session-properties.desktop
   

2. Find this line:

   Name=Startup Applications 
   

   Replace it with this (or similar):

   Name=Startup Applications Cinnamon
   

3. Save & close the file.
4. The Startup Applications should now have different names.