How do I remove unwanted updates from the App Store?

Part of the solutions in this thread are not really solutions, just an attempt to hide the symptoms of the problem.

Very philosophical.

But what can we do about it? I really can't see why it is so difficult to resolve or why it has been allowed to continue.

Hello Andy,

As you may have seen I have added one or two comments but I am happy to write that I have now resolved my problem with the number on the App Store badge.

It took much messing about but with the aid of App Zapper I uninstalled my Cookie app entirely ... then (as I had paid for the original) reinstalled it.

The App is back (the updated version) and the badge is now clean. Hooray!

Suggest you try it. You would be using the FREE trial version of App Zapper.

Right Click the App update in your App Store Download Window and choose "Hide Update"

Thanks! That took care of it!

Had the same problem. Just solved my situation and thought it might help to share. Found an app on my iMac / Snow Leopard desktop in the Applications folder which matched the App Store Update red alert.

The situation may be unique. I didn't realize the app was in my Applications folder. App Store went ahead and downloaded, despite the notifications that it wasn't compatible.

For my situation, the problem app was "Photo Transfer App". Using Finder, I dragged the application from my Applications folder into Trash. The App Store Update red alert disappeared immediately.

Here's one more possibility.

I was having the same problem, and was unable to resolve it with the suggestions seen on this forum.

I finally figured out that, though I had deleted the unwanted app, it was still present on my backup disk in Carbon Copy Cloner. As soon as I deleted it from by backup, the badge and update disappeared.

Great! Worked like a charm. Only little thing is that you should right click in a blank space somewhere in the description, not on the button that says "Update" as would seem logical.

Thanks a lot. Got rid of the particular Camera Raw update I am never going to use.

Hey leandrofgj,

Your suggestion worked for me. Changing the _MASReceipt name, though, wasn't enough. I had to remove it from the package. I also removed the App Store icon from the dock and re-added it.

I tried to find a solution for this off and on for several months. Thanks for clearing the way for me to find some other thing to quibble about (with no red update notification in my dock while I do so).

Brian

All that you have had to do genius was hide the app in the Purchases list.

Hi, Dah-veed. That was the first thing I did, months ago. As I said, it didn't work for me. I don't appreciate the swipe you took at my intelligence. I do, however, appreciate that you didn't (couldn't?) properly punctuate a simple sentence in doing so.

That was the first thing I did, months ago. As I said, it didn't work for me.

Anyone can plainly see that you in fact you did not say that you had tried that. I have been hiding apps that I trialed, disliked and deleted for the 2+ years that we have had the MAS and it works without fail, every time.

I do, however, appreciate that you didn't (couldn't?) properly punctuate a simple sentence in doing so.

Perhaps you could show us all how you would punctuate my sentence.

Not being a Genius myself, I have to ask: How do you hide the app in the Purchases list?

Open the Mac App Store, go to the purchases pane, if you have not signed into your account do so, then right-click over the name of the app and choose hide.

This cleared it up for me (it's really a SPOTLIGHT ISSUE):

http://www.ngpixel.com/2011/06/25/mac-app-store-you-have-updates-available-for-t he-other-accounts-bug/