How to Remove Google Chrome Icon From Desktop Mac

• #1

Hey everyone,

Noob question...

I'm setting up my new mac and I'm noticing that some things are sticking to my desktop. In particular when I download google chrome the (I think it's called dmg?) doesn't leave my desktop. I thought that it would be a simple case of sending it to the trash but when I do, I have to redownload chrome.

I've attached a picture of what I'm talking about. Can you please let me know how I can get it off of my desktop? I like this to be tidy on there.

Cheers,

Jay

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• #3

It doesn't let me do that.

Google Chrome is in my applications but when I go to delete the dmg it says the following.

The disk "Google Chrome" couldn't be ejected because "Google Chrome" is using it. Quit that application and try to eject the disk again.

So I quit the application and move the dmg to the trash and then Google Chrome is gone and I need to download it again.

This is where I'm having my problem. It seems to be a problem for all apps that I download from the internet that aren't directly from the App store.

• #4

1. Quit the Chrome application

2. right click the Chrome icon on the desktop : "Eject" (do NOT move to Trash)

3. go to your Downloads folder, double click the .dmg file.

4. follow the linked page instructions.

• #5

Okay I've just figured out what was wrong. I don't fully understand it but this seemed to work.

I had to follow bruno's steps as I had done but this time, rather than drag and drop the app to my dock, I had to open it directly from the applications folder and then once I did that it appeared on my dock. Then I just needed to select keep in dock.

Dragging and dropping seemed to cause the issue for some reason.

Thanks for your help Bruno.

• #6

Okay I've just figured out what was wrong. I don't fully understand it but this seemed to work.

I had to follow bruno's steps as I had done but this time, rather than drag and drop the app to my dock, I had to open it directly from the applications folder and then once I did that it appeared on my dock. Then I just needed to select keep in dock.

Dragging and dropping seemed to cause the issue for some reason.

Thanks for your help Bruno.

The drag and drop failed the first time because you dragged it from the image onto your dock the first time, so all subsequent launches of the app from the dock were pointing at the disk image and not the copy you put in the applications folder.

You could have done the same by removing the alias from the dock (after quitting chrome) then dragging it back onto there using the one in the Applications folder.

For all future installs from disk images:

* open the disk image
* drag the application from within the image into your applications folder
* eject the image (drag it to the trash or right click, eject), *then* subsequently trash the image itself from your downloads folder
* launch the application from the apps folder. To make it stay in the dock after you quit it, either move it somewhere else in the dock or right click on it and select "keep in dock" under the option menu.

• #7

Very helpful. I have struggled with this a bit and was never quite sure what the issue was. Thanks! Most helpful!

I was coming over from 20+ years of Windows so the correct procedure was unfamiliar to me.

I somehow managed my way around it, most of the time, but without knowing how I did it

• #9

2. right click the Chrome icon on the desktop : "Eject" (do NOT move to Trash)

Why not? It's the same thing!

How to Remove Google Chrome Icon From Desktop Mac

Source: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-do-i-get-this-off-of-my-desktop.1860251/

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