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njnatale-lm
Tin Contributor
Jan 26, 2026
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Edge 144 Creates Multiple GNOME Menu Icons

Starting in Edge 144, there are now 2 icons displaying in the GNOME applications menu. com.microsoft.Edge.desktop microsoft-edge.desktop Both of these files are installed as part of the RPM;...
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    njnatale-lm
    Jan 30, 2026

    It looks like 144.0.3719.104-1 has fixed this.

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juelance
Copper Contributor
Sep 18, 2026

The com.microsoft.Edge.desktop file is required to comply with XDG Desktop Portal specifications. The Edge team deliberately added the NoDisplay=true attribute to this file because removing microsoft-edge.desktop and relying solely on com.microsoft.Edge.desktop might cause existing user configurations to fail, so they kept microsoft-edge.desktop visible while hiding com.microsoft.Edge.desktop to err on the side of caution. However, this design flaw prevents users from properly pinning Edge to Ubuntu Dock favorites, causing multiple separate icons to appear on the Dock instead of grouping under a single pinned icon every time a new window is opened. The solution is straightforward: remove the hidden com.microsoft.Edge.desktop file and rename microsoft-edge.desktop to com.microsoft.Edge.desktop, which resolves the conflict and restores proper window grouping behavior.