After Visual Studio Code update, its icon on Dock has changed to a very tiny one which is literally inaccessible!
There is no way you can click on it or view options.
Does anyone know how to remove it from the Dock?
macOS: Mojave (10.14)
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6@Buscar웃 That's Microsoft's Remote Desktop app. Also, that tiny icon looks hilarious! – Andrew Oct 8 '18 at 0:01
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5LOL, THIS IS HILARIOUS – Dev Oct 8 '18 at 13:49
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Edit As pointed by many others (@nitive's comment below) there is a much easier way to fix this and it is killall Dock. Kudos to @nitive
Original long, boring, and not so efficient answer
LOL right after posting it, I found the answer
Fist: open the Dock config (plist):
open ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Dock.plist
Second: Find the item in persistent-apps:
Third: Delete the item! In this case, "Item 14"
Forth: Save the file
Fifth: kill the Dock to force it to restart
Honestly, I was expecting it not to have the VS Code icon anymore but magically the icon reappeared there with the right size!
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3"Delete that row" -- item 14 itself? Or a particular entry under it? – BallpointBen Oct 8 '18 at 13:19
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1Omg I think this answer in reverse may help to create dividers for a diff question lol – JBis Oct 9 '18 at 1:46
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3Just restarting Dock (via
killall Dock) was enough for me and a few other people. No need to edit plist file – Nitive Dec 5 '18 at 8:31 -
1Thanks @Nitive for pointing out command to kill dock (
killall Dock), I think it should be in original answer – naffiq Dec 18 '18 at 9:58 -
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I'd recommend removing the app from the dock and then opening it again, that should restore the correct icon. There are a few ways to remove an app from the dock:
- If you can left click the icon you can drag it out.
- If you can't drag you can Ctrl+Click and choose Options > Keep in Dock.
- If no clicking is possible you can manually edit the dock plist file.
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Thanks @andrew, the only way possible was the step 3 that I came across too. Very strange bug. – Bakhshi Oct 8 '18 at 4:05
