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Bug 694946 - Should have a way of clearing frequent apps
Should have a way of clearing frequent apps
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: overview
3.7.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-03-01 18:23 UTC by Cosimo Cecchi
Modified: 2020-11-16 07:26 UTC
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Description Cosimo Cecchi 2013-03-01 18:23:05 UTC 
We should probably have the Clear Recent History button in Settings' Privacy panel forget the frequent apps in the Shell too. Currently there appears to be no way of clearing that history.
Comment 1 Leslie Satenstein 2013-04-15 03:27:51 UTC 
2.8 Gnome

Frequent gets updated when an application in Favorites is selected.

Since it is already in favorites, why show it again in Frequent side of the display. That shows it twice. 

I walked through the ALL set of applications and this filled FREQUENT. There should be (must be) a facility to selectively purge items in the FREQUENT menu.
Comment 2 Leslie Satenstein 2013-04-15 03:28:38 UTC 
Typo  2.8 should read 3.8
Comment 3 Florian Müllner 2020-11-15 19:12:38 UTC 
Frequent apps are no longer shown anywhere, so this is obsolete.
Comment 4 Leslie Satenstein 2020-11-15 19:18:53 UTC 
I agree that frequent apps list is no longer relevant.
So is the dash

Given we can shuffle all icons around, including promoting one icon from a lower window to the top pane, there is absolutely no need for the dash.

With one click, I have a page of icons, which I have placed in my priority sequence.  
The only thing remaining in the dash is the icon to open the pages with the icons.

IT IS TIME TO GET RID OF THE OBSOLETE DASH. 

We don't need the dash to feed the panel.
Comment 5 André Klapper 2020-11-16 07:26:23 UTC 
Leslie Satenstein: Please read the ticket summary and post random off-topic stuff somewhere else. Thanks.