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deonis
Asked: 2012-02-01 21:01:19 +0800 CST

How to remove "frequently used programs" from menu dash?

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How can I remove "frequently used programs" from the menu?

unity lenses unity-dash

3 Answers

  1. This is not possible with earlier versions of Unity but will be possible in Unity 5.0: see the image in one of the answers here:

    To get rid of the "Most frequently used programs" section:

    1. launch dconf-editor (which is part of the dconf-tools Install dconf-tools package)
    2. navigate to /desktop/unity/lenses/applications
    3. uncheck the display-recent-apps box

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  2. 12.04

    (click to install)

    Configuration of Display Recent Apps and its counterpart Display Available Apps is now available directly via the GUI application MyUnity

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    The image shows the option turned off - you can click as shown to switch-on the Dash display of recent apps.

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  3. If you want to install unity 5.0 on 11.10:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity-team/staging
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

    I have upgraded, works perfectly.

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