Deleting duplicate apps in the Launchpad

For some reason I have two copies of each of the microsoft office apps in my Launchpad.
How do I get rid of one without deleting the program?
Using OSX Lion 10.7.4

Join the Club
You cannot delete apps from the launchpad. The only way to delete apps from the launchpad is to uninstall the program completely. The normal method to deleting apps would be to hold down option and click the X that appears on the top right but in this case since these are third party program apps you can not.
My suggestion if you do not want to reinstall the program is to jumble these apps all into one folder in the launchpad holding option and dragging the apps on top of each other.

Similar Messages

How can i delete purchased apps in the launchpad?

how can i delete purchased apps in the launchpad?

In launchpad hold your mouse on the icon for a few seconds they will start to wiggle and you will see a black X in the left top corner click that X.

HT4673 I delete unwanted apps with the jiggling x, but they promptly reappear the next time I open launchpad. How do I delete in Lion?

I delete unwanted apps with the jiggling x, but they promptly reappear the next time I open launchpad. How do I delete in Lion?

I'd suggest removing the unwanted items directly from your Applicaitons folder. In order to do this, you'll need to highlight the desired applicaiton, then use File -> Move to Trash (or CMD + Delete on your keyboard).
If they're still showing up in Launchpad, or if they don't exist in the Applications folder, use the following command in Terminal to remove your existing Launchpad databases (as they may be damaged and not updating correctly) and restart Launchpad (which will create fresh databases):
rm ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db ; killall Dock

When I migrated the contents of my iMac to my new MacBook Pro (both running Lion), I ended up with duplicate icons in the launchpad. How do I get rid of them?

When I used migration Assistant to transfer stuff from my iMac to my MacBook Pro, both running the latest update of Lion, I ended up with duplicate icons in the Launchpad. How do I correct this situation. Some can be deleted using the iPad method of holding down an icon until they all jiggle and then clicking the "X" to delete. However, most do not have x's appear next to them. Otherwise, the migration seemed to go okay.

Launchpad will display an icon for each copy of an application that is currently installed (as well as any aliases to those applications), so you will see more than one icon for an application if you have more than one version of the application installed or aliased. So did you create any aliases of these apps on your old computer? If so, delete them.

How do you delete duplicate photos in the photo section of your iPad?

How do you delete duplicate photos in the photo section of your iPad? My iPad has duplicated n tripled my photos n want let me delete them. I can delete photos from any other section but not in photos, this is taken up all my memory. Help!!

The links below have instructions for deleting photos.
iOS and iPod: Syncing photos using iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4236
iPad Tip: How to Delete Photos from Your iPad in the Photos App
http://ipadacademy.com/2011/08/ipad-tip-how-to-delete-photos-from-your-ipad-in-t he-photos-app
Another Way to Quickly Delete Photos from Your iPad (Mac Only)
http://ipadacademy.com/2011/09/another-way-to-quickly-delete-photos-from-your-ip ad-mac-only
How to Delete Photos from iPad
http://www.wondershare.com/apple-idevice/how-to-delete-photos-from-ipad.html
How to: Batch Delete Photos on the iPad
http://www.lifeisaprayer.com/blog/2010/how-batch-delete-photos-ipad
(With iOS 5.1, use 2 fingers)
How to Delete Photos from iCloud’s Photo Stream
http://www.cultofmac.com/124235/how-to-delete-photos-from-iclouds-photo-stream/
 Cheers, Tom

How can I delete an app from the cloud??

how can I delete an app from the cloud, so nobody can download it again to my phone?? please I tried from the computer but it just hide the app from purchased, and still appears in the app store with the cloud on it

At the present time, you can't hide or delete an app from your purchased list on your phone. Prior to iOS 6 you could hide it; there has never been an option to delete it.

HT201253 My Nano is full and I can no longer sync more music. How do I delete duplicate songs on the Nano to make room for syncing more songs?

My Nano is full and I can no longer sync more music. How do I delete duplicate songs on the Nano to make room for syncing more songs?

I had the same problem today and was able to resolve it without having to do a restore or reset. The problem had something to do with my mail accounts. The upgrade reset my mail settings, switching both my gmail and my .mac mail to "archive all mail". I went into the General Settings, disabled that setting, and resynced the phone. The "other" storage allottment dropped back down to less than a gig.
Before you restore or reset, I would try that first.

How do you delete duplicates but keep the orginials?

How do you deleter duplicates but keep the originals?

Mark,
Since you are having a problem that is not directly related to the original (and old) post (and I say that because this thread seems to answer the OP's question, but not yours), it woud be better to ask in a new thread. New threads have a better chance of getting answered, and you can give credit to good answers of your own questions. I..e., if someone else answers your question in this thread, you cannot give them credit.
When you pose your new question, it might be good to include a screen shot and a better description of how you have deduced that two projects are identical, along with what you have done to try to find them and where exactly you have looked.
nathan

Since installing Yosemite arrangement of apps on the launchpad keep on resetting

After installing Yosemite the arrangement of my apps on the launchpad had changed, didn't think much of it so I rearranged the apps back. Turned off my macbook, when I turned it back on I noticed the positioning of the apps had reset. Foolishly I arranged them back, turned it off when I next came back, it reset again.
For example Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Outlook all used to be on the first page of the launchpad, now it keeps on resetting to the second.
Oddly enough all the non pre-installed apps are located on the 2nd and 3rd page of the launchpad in alphabetical order, this is by default. But the pre-installed apps I believe have stayed in the position I originally arranged them in as they're not in alphabetical order.
Can someone at least explain why the arrangement of apps isn't staying?

I had the same problem after upgrading von snow lion to yosemite but with help of this article I solved it:
http://www.imore.com/how-reset-launchpad-mavericks

How do I delete duplicate icons from the dock of an Imac 8.1?

How do I delete duplicate icons from the dock of an Imac 8.1?

No dragging to trash doesn't work. Just keep dragging them off. If they are stacked, which shouldn't happen, then when you delete one the other is still there.
Just how did you get duplicates? Did you put them there? If not then you have other problems and I'm not sure how to correct it.

Delete duplicate entriess from the internal table its urgent pls help.

Hi friends,
Hope everybody is doing good,Here is m query on delete duplicate data from the intenal table.
I have an internal table which contain data in the following format.
Doc No Comp Cod Vendor Assignment
1500000009 JM11 00000000
1500000008 JM11 20070212(Repeating)
1500000007 JM11 20070212
1500000006 JM11 00000000
1500000005 JM11 00000000
1500000004 JM11 00000000(Repeating)
1500000003 JM11 00000000 (Repeating)
1500000002 JM11 00000000
1500000001 JM11 20050302
1500000000 JM11 00000000
1500000003 JM11 10000088
1500000001 JM11 10000088
1500000030 JM11 10006260
1500000010 JM11 10006269
1500000008 JM11 10006269
1500000006 JM11 10006269
1500000004 JM11 10006269
if you see the document numbers,there are some document number which are repeating here,there are some document numer which contain vendor number but not the assignments,some of the document numbers contain the assignments but not the vendors.
If my internal table contain this kind of data with repeted document numbers than i want the document number which contains only the vendor number.
Pls help me with the appropriate logic,its urgent.
Thanks a lot
mrutyun^

Hi,
<u><b>Deleting Adjacent Duplicate Entries</b></u>
To delete adjacent duplicate entries use the following statement:
DELETE ADJACENT DUPLICATE ENTRIES FROM <itab>
[COMPARING <f1> <f2> ...
|ALL FIELDS].
The system deletes all adjacent duplicate entries from the internal table <itab>. Entries are
duplicate if they fulfill one of the following compare criteria:
Without the COMPARING addition, the contents of the key fields of the table must be
identical in both lines.
If you use the addition COMPARING <f1> <f2> ... the contents of the specified fields <f1>
<f2> ... must be identical in both lines. You can also specify a field <fi> dynamically as
the contents of a field <ni> in the form (<ni>). If <ni> is empty when the statement is
executed, it is ignored. You can restrict the search to partial fields by
specifying offset and length.
If you use the addition COMPARING ALL FIELDS the contents of all fields of both lines
must be identical.
You can use this statement to delete all duplicate entries from an internal table if the table is
sorted by the specified compare criterion.
If at least one line is deleted, the system sets SY-SUBRC to 0, otherwise to 4.
Examples
DATA: BEGIN OF LINE,
COL1 TYPE I,
COL2 TYPE I,
END OF LINE.
DATA ITAB LIKE HASHED TABLE OF LINE WITH UNIQUE KEY COL1.
DO 4 TIMES.
LINE-COL1 = SY-INDEX.
LINE-COL2 = SY-INDEX ** 2.
INSERT LINE INTO TABLE ITAB.
ENDDO.
LINE-COL1 = 1.
DELETE TABLE ITAB: FROM LINE,
WITH TABLE KEY COL1 = 3.
LOOP AT ITAB INTO LINE.
WRITE: / LINE-COL1, LINE-COL2.
ENDLOOP.
The output is:
2 4
4 16
The program fills a hashed table with a list of square numbers. The DELETE
statement delete the lines from the table where the key field COL1 has the contents 1 or 3.
Regards,
Bhaskar

Can i delete an app from the icloud?

Is there any possibility of deleting an app from the icloud?
I've been trying,but no success...
Please help me...
Thanks

You can hide it to stop it appearing as available for download. In iTunes click the cross at the top left corner when viewing your purchased items, on an iOS device swipe and tap hide when viewing purchased content in the app store app.

I am having trouble in downloading apps as when I try, a message appears " not enough local storage is available manage this in settings". I have tried by deleting old apps but the message still appears. What am I doing wrong and is there anybody that c

I am having trouble downloading apps onto my iPad2. When I try a message appears " not enough local storage this can be managed in settings.". I ave tried by deleting unused apps, but the same message appears. How can I resolve this ? Help needed pleas.

Try rebooting the iPad as well. You might be getting an inaccurate reading and rebooting might clear that up.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

Ipad mini cannot delete unwanted app from the purchase list

Ipad mini cannot delete unwanted app from the puchase list . too many app there

You can't permanently delete any items from your purchase history, but you should be able to hide them via your computer's iTunes : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4919 - if your iPad is on iOS 7, then after hiding them on your computer you may need to log out of your account on your iPad by tapping on your id in Settings > iTunes & App Store and then log back in for them to be hidden in the Purchased tab in the App Store app on it (the last time I hid an app I needed to do that).

HT4847 My kids have downloaded tons of free games apps from iTunes. I need to free some iCloud space without having to upgrade my account. How do I delete those apps in the cloud?

My kids have downloaded tons of free games apps from iTunes. I need to free some iCloud space without having to upgrade my account. How do I delete those apps in the cloud?

Apps can't be deleted from iCloud as they only reside in the App store. Also, the apps themselves aren't taking up space in your iCloud account. They only thing in your iCloud account would be the app data that is backed up as part of their iCloud backup, but this generally doesn't use much space. You can check how much is being used, and eliminate specific apps from being included in the backup, by going to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage on their device, tapping the name of their device under Backups, then checking the apps listed under Backup Options (tap Show All Apps to see them all). Turn an app to Off to exclude its app data from being backed up.
This article may be of interest as it discusses ways to manage and reduce iCloud storage: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847.

Deleting duplicate apps in the Launchpad

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for