Unused iPhoto Library in Dock: Remove

Hello,
I have two iPhoto libraries. One I named but never started remains in my dock. I have followed the steps to remove - find the file extension and drag to trash. But it has no file extensions. I have searched for it but it is not on my computer to delete.
When I click on it in the dock, holding down the option key, nothing happens. It is just an option 'library 3' with no exisitng library to open to and no file path. How do I remove this dead link in my iPhoto dock?
Thank you

That doesnt work.
iPhoto is one icon in my dock. I access my libraries by pressing down 'option'. When I do this I can see a list of my libraries. I have a dead link there. It says 'Library 1' 'Library 2' and when pressed these open up the relevant libraries. Then there is a listing for 'Library 3' which does not exist. It doesn't do anything when pressed. It has no attached library. I created it and never started it. Now I can't even open it to delete it as it has no content and it does not exist as a file on my computer to be dragged to trash. How do I remove this dead link?

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