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#1 2021-08-09 19:09:28
- shaked
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deleting unwanted shortcuts in plasma 5 desktop {solved}
recently downloaded Arduino IDE for my arch system however i didn't like how it was located in my Downloads folder and so deleted it (manually not with the uninstall.sh) i now have an Arduino IDE shortcut that points to nothing and i don't know how to remove it
https://imgur.com/a/qDVFmka
sorry for any spelling mistakes help would be appreciated
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#2 2021-08-09 19:59:12
- V1del
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Re: deleting unwanted shortcuts in plasma 5 desktop {solved}
Desktop files are either in /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications for user installs.
After removing them and if that wasn't sufficient for clearing it, doing a
kbuildsycoca5 --noincrementalshould rebuild KDE's desktop file cache.
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#3 2021-08-09 20:10:30
- shaked
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Re: deleting unwanted shortcuts in plasma 5 desktop {solved}
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! the latter option worked for me now i can install Arduino IDE again without needing to manually launch it 
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