I have three Safari icons. Two in the dock and one on the desktop. How do I eliminate them?

You should just be able to right-click on the icon on the dock and go to Options--> Remove from Dock...and that would leave you with one on the dock. The one on the desktop you can just right-click on it and click delete. It's just removing that certian shortcut.

Are you sure the one on the desktop is a shortcut and not the actual application moved from the Applications folder? If so, then just drag it to the trash. As for the extraneous icon in the dock, simply drag it upwards off the dock.

nezzer wrote:

the desktop item will not delete or "move to trash"

In Finder, select the item. Choose File > Get Info (or do ⌘I). Look under General > Kind. Does it read "Alias" or does it read "Application (Intel)"?

If the latter, then it is likely that you're not allowed to delete because it's actually open. Quit Safari. Check if there is an item called Safari in your </Applications> folder. (In Finder, you can get directly to the Applications folder using ⇧⌘A -- that's Shift-Command-A.) Check if it's an application. If it is, then you have an unneeded copy of Safari. You can delete the one on your Desktop. If there isn't, them move the one on the Desktop to the Applications folder -- that's where it belongs.

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how do I eliminate second Safari icon from dock?