Removing items from the Open With Menu List!

I'm not sure how this happened but when I select the Open With
option I have multiple listing of the same applications. there must be a list that is displayed that may be edited.. Can someone help?

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    I think the subject line says it all: can I remove items from the Services menu? I have a number of items in the Services menu that I never use and I would like to make the menu shorter to make it easier to access the items that I do use.

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