How to remove "Google Search" icon in Launchpad permanently?

Recently, I find this icon "Google Search" appears in my launchpad, I searched online and located this app in this "Chrome Apps" folder, deleted it. However, it appeared again the second day. This is really annoying. How can I delete it PERMANENTLY?

I don't even know how it happened, I've been using Chrome for a really long time, but this happened only a couple of days ago, didn't install any google related apps recently.

Google Search icon

Chrome Apps folder


Solution 1:

Manual Deletion Required.

  1. Go to your user (home) folder.
  2. Click on Applications.
  3. Right-click on the Chrome Apps folder and send it to the trash.
  4. Empty your trash.

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If above doesn't help:

From terminal try removing the following directory and empty trash:

rm -rf ~/Applications/Chrome Apps.localized