Delete icons from launch pad with no X

of course that would be easier, but that's not what apple chose to do. you may wan't to send apple some feedback and let them know which functions you would like to see added / changed. you can use this link: Feedback - macOS - Apple

but anyways, if you have a 3rd party app that you can't delete, i think i would try temporarily disabling SIP. boot into recovery by holding "command+R" during startup. once there open terminal by clicking on "utilities" in the menubar and choosing "terminal". then paste in "csrutil disable" without the quotes. enter your admin password if prompted. then restart the mac and try deleting the file. wether or not it works, make sure to re-enable SIP. boot into recovery again, reopen terminal and paste in "csrutil enable" without the quotes. enter your admin password if prompted and again restart the mac normally. 

this doesn't get rid of the apps, but rather "hides" them. you can drag any apps you don't use to the right edge of your desktop. once you hold them "against" the edge for about 1/2 a second, your launchpad will "slide" to the left, revealing the second launchpad page. you can then drop it there. you can also drag icons from the second launchpad to the first by dragging them to the left edge of the second launchpad screen. i currently have three launchpad pages. i keep my most used apps on the first page, my not as often used apps on the second page, and the apps that i never use on the third. and you can fit as many as 35 apps on each launchpad page.

The "X" button is just a shortcut to uninstall apps downloaded from the Mac App Store.

For any other apps, you have to uninstall them according to their uninstallation instructions. Sometimes you can just drag the app from the Applications folder in the Finder to the trash. In other cases, you must use a dedicated uninstaller provided by the developer. Each app is different and you have to find out what a given app's uninstallation procedure is before you attempt it.

Once you uninstall the app, then its icon will be automatically removed from LaunchPad.

The original questions, verbatim " Delete icons from launch pad with no X " has been answered and method to perform the actions requested is available to the user.

Anything outside of the Technical aspect is just prattle and off the technical question IMHO.

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avulahncontact wrote:

That would be good but it does not work. The icon is just a game from steam that iv uninstalled and fully deleted from applications folder source.

Then you probably haven't actually uninstalled it. I suggest ask Steam support about this. They are likely doing something funky. The operating system still sees the app, so it still shows the icon.

The point still stands I should have the power to just delete anything really I don't want.

Then you'll have to talk to Steam about that. Regardless, you don't have that power and never did. The operating system requires certain files and folders to function. Those files are read-only and protected. You can't delete them. And if you did somehow manage to disable system security, unseal the read-only volume, and then cryptographically re-seal it, the operating system wouldn't boot. Well, I guess you can delete anything you want. You just can't expect the system to function afterwards.

Launchpad shows what is installed. It is not configurable such that you can add or remove unwanted icons. If it can find an app somewhere, it shows the app icon.

It does work from a database, so that may not have been updated when you removed the app. The only way to manage that is to delete the index and let it rebuild. I think it is still a SQLite database, so you might be able to edit it using SQL.

What happens if you click on the icon?

This is a common problem. It was trivial to find other people posting identical questions. I took the liberty of finding a post on the Steam forum that show you how to find the app so you can delete it.

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/2/358415738198964628/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253029667?answerId=255683999022#255683999022

That is less there is some other agenda in here ?