Can't move an application out of the applications folder to a different location?

I had a couple of applications in the applications folder that I thought would be better suited on the desktop, but evertime I tried dragging the application to the desktop (or any other location on my Mac for that matter) it only seemed to create a shortcut, eventually I resorted to moving the application to the trash and then from the trash to the desktop, but this seems a bit cumbersome, isn't there a better way to do it? In the future should I settle for just creating a shortcut?

But they were originally placed on the desktop when I first installed them, then manually put in the applications folder myself.
Thanks for the speedy reply
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