Launchpad-Control

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Utility for Mac OS X Lion that makes apps and groups invisible in Launchpad by blocking unwanted utility, helper, or updater icons, using a simple graphical interface, supporting reversible changes, and enhancing Launchpad organization without uninstalling.

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Cost / License

Free
Proprietary

Origin

Germany
EU

Alerts

Discontinued

Platforms

Mac

Discontinued

Work on Launchpad-Control was discontinued in 2013, as Apple started putting obstacles in my way by changing their database reindexing. This tool does and will not work for 10.8+.

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Danilo Venom updated Launchpad-Control
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Danilo Venom added Launchpad-Control as alternative to Launchy Launchpad, NovaPadGo and Quick App Launcher
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Developed by
Andreas Ganske
Licensing
Proprietary and Free product.
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Launchpad-Control was added to AlternativeTo by aint on Dec 8, 2012 and this page was last updated Apr 20, 2026. Launchpad-Control is sometimes referred to as Launchpad Control.

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What is Launchpad-Control?

Launchpad-Control is a small tool which allows you to easily hide/unhide apps (and groups) from Launchpad in Mac OS X Lion. A huge disadvantage of Launchpad is that every app located in your /Applications folder is shown. That means that you will see little helper programs like uninstallers or updaters, too. These apps can’t be hidden from Launchpad easily because Apple does not provide any preference pane or tool to do so.