Where is the location of application shortcuts in Gnome?
You are looking for the .desktop files, which are located in /usr/share/applications (or sometimes /usr/local/share/applications).
Some applications may place these files in ~/.local/share/applications instead.
- Most apps: /usr/share/applications/
- Some apps: ~/.local/share/applications/
- Installed by Snap apps: /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/
- Installed by Flatpak apps: /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/
Your own shortcuts can also be placed in ~/.local/share/applications.