Duplicate apps in Launchpad.

Hi, I have a duplicated app in Launchpad but it's not duplicated elsewhere on my system so I'm not able to delete it from Launchpad...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Tried some terminal stuff, and also restarting. Nothing.
I have launched the application via both icons so there's something weird going on..

They may be different versions of the same app. Click on each and make sure that you keep the most up-to-date version. You can remove the older versions by clicking and holding on an icon, they will all shake and have a big X in the upper right hand corner, clicking on the X will remove the app, both from Launchpad and your app folder.

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