Removing apps from Launchpad

I'm trying to remove some apps from launchpad. I can't find them in the applications folder or anywhere with finder. Tried dragging them to Trash but they just 'fly' back to the Launchpad. Any ideas?

Have you tried using Spotlight to search for them? You can try using one of these programs.
EasyFind – Spotlight Replacement
Find Any File
Launchpad is affected by the Dock. Try doing a Dock restart using the following Terminal command:
killall Dock

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Did you check the second page of Launchpad?
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If you click and hold on an application until they start to wiggle, then you can delete certain ones that appear with a circled "x" in the upper left corner. Only works for applications installed via App Store.

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sqlite3 ~/Library/Application\ Support/Dock/*.db "DELETE from apps WHERE title='Help';" && killall Dock
sqlite3: Error: too many options: "DELETE from apps WHERE title='Help';"
Use -help for a list of options.
But i didn't work as I got the above error message.
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