How to remove "frequently used programs" from menu dash?
Solution 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:
- launch
dconf-editor
(which is part of the dconf-tools package) - navigate to
/desktop/unity/lenses/applications
- uncheck the
display-recent-apps
box
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- How to remove "Apps Available for Download" from the applications lens?
Solution 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
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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- How to remove "Apps Available for Download" from the applications lens?