How to Remove an Icon from Launchpad

How to Remove an Icon from Launchpad

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 (Standard Gnome). I recently was using app designer on MATLAB when all of a sudden, I started seeing an icon in my launchpad (image link here). I want to remove it but I can't see the option even when I use the super + alt + right-click shortcut. I tried searching for a desktop file in the following folders
/usr/share/applications
/usr/local/share/applications
~/.local/share/applications
But I couldn't find the .desktop file.

My MATLAB R2017b is installed in the directory /usr/local/MathWorks/MATLAB/R2017b.

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1 Answer

Okay, I tried opening MATLAB and moving a file that was present in the directory (which was being shown by the icon), now the icon is gone.

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