Bug 515068 - Applications installed via .tar.gz are still shown, even after deleting them from trash and the KDE Menu Editor
Summary: Applications installed via .tar.gz are still shown, even after deleting them ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kmenuedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2026-01-25 18:42 UTC by goktugduelger
Modified: 2026-01-26 16:19 UTC (History)
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Description goktugduelger 2026-01-25 18:42:50 UTC
SUMMARY


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 goktugduelger 2026-01-25 18:58:36 UTC
(Sorry for the first comment, I clicked on the Enter button by accident.)
SUMMARY
Sometimes I install applications from my browser, and extract them. I start that application in the terminal, it works fine, and it shows it in the Application Launcher. When I delete them via Dolphin, they are still shown. So I try to delete them by typing the name of the application, right click and choosing "Edit Application". I click on the "Delete" button at the top and think it should be gone. But no, it is still shown in the application launcher.
This bug isn't new, it always has been happening.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Download any app from the browser with .tar.gz
2.  Decompress the file
3. Start the application in the Terminal
4. Move the application folder in the Trash and delete it
5. Look into "Application Launcher"
6. Click on "Edit Application"
7. Click on the "Delete" button
8. Look into "Application Launcher"

OBSERVED RESULT
The app is still shown in the application launcher.

EXPECTED RESULT
It shouldn't be there.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0
Qt Version: 6.10.1

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This bug isn't new, it has been happening for all the time I am suing Fedora (~five months).
Comment 2 Akseli Lahtinen 2026-01-26 09:20:45 UTC
Hi, does the application disappear after running `kbuildsycoca6` in terminal? 

Also,

> Sometimes I install applications from my browser, and extract them. 

Do you mean that you move the desktop file to the ~/.local/share/applications folder?
Comment 3 goktugduelger 2026-01-26 16:19:27 UTC
Hey, the command worked! When I install it from the browser I leave it in the Downloads category. I don't know if I should do that, but yeah...