Can't Remove Item From Places Menu

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Can't Remove Item From Places Menu

Hi,

Just got my brand new 17" MacBook Pro a few days ago and I have been setting it up. This morning I downloaded Google Earth, and when I went to drag the application to my Applications folder somehow it got dropped on the Places menu side bar in a Finder window. How the heck do I remove it from there? I tried dragging it out of there but it jumps back there. I tried dragging it to the Trash, doesn't go in there. I went into Sidebar preferences, and see no way to delete it in there. How do I remove it?!

Thanks,
Jeff

Posted on Mar 29, 2011 6:22 AM

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macjack

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Mar 29, 2011 6:24 AM in response to JeffNY

Command-drag it off.

-mj

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JeffNY Author

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Mar 29, 2011 2:25 PM in response to macjack

Worked! Thank You sooooo much! 🙂

Jeff

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Deltafox

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Mar 30, 2011 7:58 PM in response to macjack

Thanks so much for that idea, fought with this issue for 2 hours and it immediately worked after clicking the Command key.

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PAJohnsy

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Mar 30, 2011 11:58 PM in response to JeffNY

Equally frustrated - I can see the rationale for Apple having introduced this as part of an upgrade, but when, in the past, I've been used to just dragging shortcuts off the "places" bar, to suddenly have it not work seems like a bug. Maybe it should pop a dialogue box (well not a dialogue box as this would look like crap on a mac OS) that asks if you're trying to remove it?

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macjack

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Mar 31, 2011 6:27 AM in response to PAJohnsy

PAJohnsy wrote:
in the past, I've been used to just dragging shortcuts off the "places" bar, to suddenly have it not work seems like a bug. Maybe it should pop a dialogue box (well not a dialogue box as this would look like crap on a mac OS) that asks if you're trying to remove it?

Agreed, Apple sprung that one on us. Use Apple Feedback or, file a an enhancement requeston the issue.

However, it's interesting to note that a right click to a contextual menu has the option "remove from sidebar" also.

-mj

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dr.koo

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Apr 15, 2011 6:13 AM in response to macjack

macjack wrote:

PAJohnsy wrote:
in the past, I've been used to just dragging shortcuts off the "places" bar, to suddenly have it not work seems like a bug. Maybe it should pop a dialogue box (well not a dialogue box as this would look like crap on a mac OS) that asks if you're trying to remove it?

Agreed, Apple sprung that one on us. Use Apple Feedback or, file a an enhancement requeston the issue.

However, it's interesting to note that a right click to a contextual menu has the option "remove from sidebar" also.

-mj

The contextual menu will not display "remove from sidebar" if the item refers to a disconnected network location. Command + drag off is then the only option.

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Aug 2, 2011 4:05 PM in response to macjack

Thank you so much! I couldn't figure it out... everything I read said it should just disappear...never thought of the command button.

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ajmaar

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Apr 15, 2012 11:49 AM in response to JeffNY

Thank you to JeffNY for asking this question. I had the same issue when by accident I dragged some folders into the left area of the Finder and got dropped under Places. Using the Command+Drag worked like a charm! Thank you to macjack for such a great answer!!

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graven13

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Mar 5, 2014 1:06 AM in response to JeffNY

Thank you for bringing this issue up and for the answer to the problem! I have been struggling with this for months now and finally found this post which cleared up the mess. Thanks again!

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