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I’ve been using Wine on my laptop running Ubuntu for a while now. I posted about it a while back. Wine came in very handy when I had an MP3 file that I needed to trim.

This morning I tried some software under using Wine and was disappointed when the software didn’t meet my needs, so I uninstalled it. I was disturbed to notice the entries for the application in my Gnome Applications menu stayed.

Searching the Internet revealed this post on the Ubuntu Forums website. The solution is essentially:

1. Open a new terminal window
2. Navigate to the following folder
   ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/
3. Delete the .desktop files for the application

If the program is in a folder on the menu, you may need to navigate further down the tree.

Alternatively you can use the File Browser if you prefer. The .local directory is in your home directory. If you can’t see it use the <ctrl>+h keyboard shortcut to show hidden files.