How do I remove contextual menu items?

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How do I remove contextual menu items?

Hey.

How do I remove items from the contextual menu in finder? I have Textwrangler installed, which places it's own "Open File in Textwrangler" item at the bottom of my right click menu. This is annoying, as I don't use the app that often, and when I do it's only for a few html files located in one folder. I don't need the menu item. I have looked in Library/Contextual Menu Items and ~/Library/Cont.. Items and there is nothing there. As far as I can see the app doesn't include the preference to remove it either.

Thanks in advance.

Please, don't link me to unrelated KB articles in search of 'solved points'. I'm not here for that crap.

 iMac 20" 2.0GHz 2GB Aluminium, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 8, 2011 3:35 PM

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Answer 1

Clio1

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Mar 8, 2011 3:49 PM in response to RandomVillainZA

Snow Leopard does not support Contextual Menu Items. Those that are created by third-party applications are actually services. If you look in the /Home/Library/Services/ folder you should find the item. Just delete it.

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Answer 2

Mar 8, 2011 4:06 PM in response to Clio1

Thanks. There is no /home/library/services folder though. I can only find a services folder in the system library, filled with Apple services files, as expected. Anywhere else I can look?

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Answer 3

jsd2

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Mar 8, 2011 5:04 PM in response to RandomVillainZA

System Preferences>Keyboard>Keyboard Shortcuts>Services
Uncheck the items you don't want:
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Answer 4

Clio1

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Mar 8, 2011 7:28 PM in response to Clio1

See above from jsd.

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Answer 5

Mar 9, 2011 2:48 AM in response to jsd2

Awesome. That worked, thanks!

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Answer 6

jsd2

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Mar 9, 2011 4:05 AM in response to RandomVillainZA

Apple did a good job of hiding that feature! 😉

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Answer 7

Mar 7, 2013 9:07 PM in response to jsd2

Thanks. I do appreciate this is a very old post and it worked on Lion as well. But what to definitely delete the entry even from the keyboard shortcut panel?

Thanks.

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Answer 8

Kudoof

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Mar 8, 2013 11:13 PM in response to seoinabruzzo

Right click on the item name (in jsd2's screen capture) and click 'open in Finder', then delete it from service folder. Note this works only for certain items

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Answer 9

Mar 9, 2013 12:12 AM in response to Kudoof

Unfortunately on OS X Lions it seems none of the items can be right-clicked at all. Any other solution?

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Answer 10

May 1, 2013 9:20 AM in response to seoinabruzzo

Yeah, we seem to be screwed - Mountain Lion as well. Nothing shows up in that box. I'm trying to delete an item that was installed by Bitcasa (stay away from that one!!!). No entry in System Prefs - nothing in Contextual Menu Items Prefs (not even sure what that's for anymore - unless it's to provide "backward" compatibility - don't you just love that term?).

I have wasted so much time this AM fiddling and futzing around with this issue!

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