How do I stop the Launchpad on my Mac from randomly popping up?

While using my MacBook Pro the Launchpad just randomly pops up. I've tried everything I can think of including turning off all of the hotspots. It started out just every once and a while but now it does it all the time and many times while I'm working on something else. Please help!

Remove LP from the Dock. That should solve the pop up problem.

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