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I wish to remove this application from Launchpad - and preferably Spotlight as well. Screenshots are linked at the bottom of the post. I have an application (a game) called The Bridge that I initially installed through the Steam (game hub) client. I have already uninstalled it using the Steam's provided uninstaller.

The game continues to show up in the Launchpad when I search for a similarly named application despite it no longer launching appropriately, not having an X when I click-and-hold on it, and not seeming to do anything at all when I drag it to the trash.

No reference to this application exists within the Applications folder, so far as I can tell. Spotlight shows the location to be <me>/Applications/The Bridge. The screenshot is saying that the location doesn't exist.

How can I make this Launchpad entry go away, short of wiping the whole machine? I'm a techie that just doesn't know the Mac OS very well yet, so I don't mind going in to patch some deep files if that's what's needed.

Thanks much!

Reference Images:
* Spotlight finds the application at <me>/Applications/The Bridge...
* Application is present in Launchpad
* Steam showing the game as Not Installed.
* The application is not in the Applications directory when browsing.
* The application is not in the Applications directory when searching.
* (Edit 1:) Added this ~/Applications screenshot.

John Fisher
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On Mac OS there are basically two Applications folders. One is off root at /Applications and the other is located in you home directory which should be /Users/yourUser/Applications/. Based on your description is sounds like The Bridge is installed in the second.

Here is an article that describes the two Applications folders.

Look in your ${HOME}/ directory for a directory called Applications.

If you are using Finder you can Cmd-Shift-g to open a Go To Folder: dialog and enter ~/Applications to navigate there directly.

Remove any remnants from there.

Empty the trash to ensure all references to the file have been removed.

Hogstrom
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