Remove Duplicate Icons in Pop!_OS Applications overview

Problem

I had an issue with icons showing twice. The affected applications were snaps which I installed via Snap Store.

Those icons are created based on .desktop files and I suspect that the Snap Store creates the extra icons for snaps while Pop Store has already created some.

Solution

What I did to fix the issue:

The Desktop entries for Snaps are located under /.local/share/applications/snap which is a link to /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/.

• copy the file to /.local/share/applications (keep the entry created by Pop Shop)
• add NoDisplay=true to the file in the /snap folder
• force a refresh of GNOME (locking the screen worked for me)

Ressources

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/desktop_entries
• https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/.desktop-Dateien/