Bug 515369

Summary: Application entry doesn't actually get deleted nor hidden
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: Ángel Navarro <jesusnavarrojr188>
Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) widgetAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: minor CC: mikel5764, noahadvs, notmart
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: master   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: Arch Linux   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Attachments: Application entry doesn't actually get deleted nor hidden (AV1)

Description Ángel Navarro 2026-02-01 02:31:26 UTC
Created attachment 189121 [details]
Application entry doesn't actually get deleted nor hidden (AV1)

SUMMARY
Deleting an application entry using kmenueditor doesn't actually remove it from Kickoff if such desktop entry is located on a non-user-writable location.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open KMenuEditor and delete a default (located in /usr/share/applications or other non-writable dir)

OBSERVED RESULT
The entry doesn't get actually removed/hidden

EXPECTED RESULT
1. If the file can't be deleted, it should at least be hidden from the user (and potentially un-hidable through some setting)
2. The entry shouldn't disappear from kmenueditor if the file still exists and is still visible trough Kickoff itself

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Marco Martin 2026-02-02 11:23:52 UTC
does the application actually disappear after restarting the session?
Comment 2 Ángel Navarro 2026-02-02 11:56:11 UTC
(In reply to Marco Martin from comment #1)
> does the application actually disappear after restarting the session?

No, it does not. I restarted it and the regular VSCodium entry, which I wanted to delete, is still there.