Remove App from Dock

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Remove App from Dock

I know how add an app to the dock using unix but how do you remove one from the Dock? I have read a lot about using plistbuddy to remove it but I can not figure it out. I want to put this script in a installer/uninstaller.

Posted on Sep 29, 2011 8:19 AM

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Mac Man Smith Author

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Sep 29, 2011 10:51 AM in response to Mac Man Smith

Got it! You can use this script:

!/bin/bash

i="$(defaults read com.apple.dock persistent-apps | grep _CFURLString\" | awk '/What ever app you want/ {print NR}')"

for j in `echo "$i" | tr " " "\n" | sort -gr`

do

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete persistent-apps:$[$j-1]" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

done

killall Dock

just save that as a executable file and you are good to go.

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Answer 2

Sep 29, 2011 12:06 PM in response to Mac Man Smith

Forget the looping, do the math in bash ->

i=$(( $(defaults read com.apple.dock persistent-apps | grep _CFURLString\" | awk '/What ever app/ {print NR}') -1 ))
/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Delete persistent-apps:$i" ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.dock.plist

Note the missing colon at the start of persistent-apps. <comment>I'm not liking this new forum software</comment>

Ok, I understand why you're looping. But it would be silly to have more than one of the same app in the dock.

Message was edited by: Mark Jalbert

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