Hide specific applications from Dash

Question

Is there a way to hide specific applications, for example Skype, from Dash?

If so, how?

Answer 1

Hiding an application from Dash

To hide installed application(s) (any) from Dash is very well possible.

1. Find the corresponding .desktop file in /usr/share/applications

2. Copy the file to ~/.local/share/applications . The local directory is hidden by default, press Ctrl + H to toggle visability.

3. Open the file with (e.g.) gedit

4. Add the following line before the line (if it exists) Actions=, but below the first line:

    Hidden=true
   

Now log out and back in and you're done.

Note

Always first copy the .desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications and edit the local one. The local one will then overrule the global one on re- login.

To undo, simply delete the local one.