Duplicate icons on launchpad screen

I have some duplicate icons on Launcher screen. I can get them to 'wiggle' OK, but no 'x' appears alongside. How do i delete them?

you may try this
1. go application folder delete the original application
2. go launcher pad delete the icon
3. install the application again.

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Hey guys found a solution to this problem, download this PDF i have mad up for you guys. It just explians how to remove a duplicate file in the Launch Pad application.
http://www.mediafire.com/?p88d1a112xkw03r

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Newly upgraded to Lion 2 days ago.
Launchpad shos 3 Pages icons, 3 Keynote icons and 2 Numbers icons. None of the icons have delete buttons. How can I get rid of the duplicates?
I can get the icons to 'wiggle', but there is nothing to delete them with.

Try using spotlight to find all instances of the app.
Delete all instances (even if there is only one) of the app.
Recover one instance from trash.
This worked just fine for me on my macbook pro using Lion.

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Here is a screenshot.
In Macbook pro with retina display, app icon often have a low resolution in Launchpad screen.
If the app install again after restarting the mac, the app icon in launchpad screen has normal resolution.
Do anyone know how to resove this problem?

Had this problem from time to time, at random, with Lion. After Mountain Lion it is a lot worse... many icons, non only personalized but also system icons, look blurry and pixelated...
I have done EVERYTHING I read on the many threads about this issue here at apple, as well as on other sites, but nothing helped... (removed thumbnails.data, delete caches, deleter .DS_store files, finder preferences, etc. etc. etc.).
This happens on both my macs, an iMac 2011 and a MacBookPro 2010...
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I had the same problem. Then I went into my applications folder and found older versions for the same app; i.e. Pages and Keynote. Once I deleted the older versions, (this does not delete anything you created from them since they would transfer to the most recent version) I went into Launchpad and saw that the old icon's were gone. Pretty simple procedure.

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I found an answer to this question online after some extensive searching. The answer isn't on the Support Forums, so I thought I'd post a link to the page (to credit the author) and copy / paste the wording below.
You don't have to download any dirty third party apps to do this...thanks to Joe!
FORCE REMOVING ICOMS FROM LAUNCHPAD
http://joegardiner.co.uk/removing-icons-from-launchpad/
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In some cases however app icons can become orphaned, for example if you use on Steam on Mac, deleting local content to uninstall a game will not remove the game icon from Launchpad. This leaves you with an unusable orphaned icon that seems invincible and does not appear in the Application folder along with the rest of your apps.
The solution is as follows…
1. Open Launchpad, find the offending icon(s) and drag them to your normal dock.
2. Right click on the icon that you dragged to your dock and choose ‘Show in Finder’.
3. Now drag the icon(s) from the Finder windows that opens up into the Trash.
4. Finally right click on the dock item(s) that you dragged originally and choose ‘Remove from dock’.
Voila, the icons have disappeared from Launchpad and the annoying orphaned icons that seemed invincible have been thwarted.
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Maybe this is an issue I should consult my ISP about??
No question about that. If you can "see" Travis's device, then he can likely "see" your Time Capsule.
I'm just concerned that whomever the APExpress belongs to could be changing settings on my computer or Time Capsule that would cause the issues with me not being able to backup.
Make sure that you have a Time Capsule base station password. Unless a user has that password, they might be able to "see" your Time Capsule, but they cannot access any of the data on the Time Capsule or change the settings.
Open AirPort Utility, click on the Time Capsule and click Manual Setup
Then, click the Time Capsule tab below the icons to see the device name and password for your device. Make sure that you have entered the password and confirmed. Click Update if you have made any changes.
The message I get is "The backup was not performed because an error occurred while copying files to the backup disk. The problem may be temporary. Try again later to back up. If the problem persists, use Disk Utility to repair your backup disk."
I am not sure what this error means, because I cannot duplicate it here to test.
If it were me, I would try this "fix".
http://pondini.org/TM/A5b.html

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This could help, I have used it and it works great!
http://zoltanb.co.uk/launchpadcleaner/

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Larry V

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I had a look too and couldn't find anything so started a wider internet search and there is apparently a way of resetting the launchpad, which from reading is closely related to the Dock.
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Tap and hold any icon for a couple of seconds. They'll all start to wobble. Tap and drag the one you want to move to the side of the screen and the next screen will appear; drop the icon on whatever screen you want it on.
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