How do I remove bad entries I have made in the "open with Other application..." list?

What version of Ubuntu are you using? If you are using gnome, right click on a file of that type, click properties, then on the tab that says "open with," then click on the entries that you want to remove and click . . . remove.

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10.

The properties, "open with" you describe is different and doesn't list the entries I put into the "Open with Other application..." list.

If you right-click a file and mouse over "Open With" then a slide-out appears with "Open with firefox..", etc. At the bottom is the "Open with Other application..." I have 2 entries in that list that I want to remove.

Thanks

I still don't get it. You want to remove entries from the menu, or from the window that pops up with all applications installed?

When I click on "Open with Other application..." a windows comes up to choose which application I want to use. There are entries in that list that I want to remove.

Thanks

I get it. The applications that show up are installed on your computer. You can't remove programs from that list, but if you want them off your computer, and thus off the list, go to Applications, Add/Remove. Change Show: to "Installed Applications. Then unchect the ones you don't want, and press Apply Changes

Well, i have a similar problem. The thing is, i have already used add/remove programs, to remove those programs. I also checked with the synaptic package manager to make sure they're all gone.

However, when i choose "open with other application", the uninstalled programs are still in the list. Is there any way to remove them?

I am running on Gutsy Gibbon, 64 bit version.

Me, too.

my problem is with the app freemind. I installed the newest stable version (not out of the ubuntu repositories). Nothing wrong with it.
Freemind produces .mm files. I want them to be opened on a double click. So i right clicked the file, gone to the "open with" tab and choose "add" to add a new application.

In the pop up window i choose "use userdefined command" and typed in "fremind". That was a mistake, not "fremind" "freemind" was right. But i was not able to change it, delete it or something else. So where is this list of "open with commands" defined? Or where can i customize it?

Ubuntu 8.04

Now, in Hardy, you have a button to delete unwanted applications.

They may be in ~/.local/share/applications

Open a terminal window
type the following commands:

  cd
  cd .local/share/applications
  ls user*

The applications you add to the menu appear as userapp-applicationname-uniqueidentifier.desktop. For example one I created for OpenOffice appears as userapp-ooffice-5PDCDV.desktop. If this information is sufficient you can use any text editor (I prefer pico) to edit the file. If you are unsure you can use the command

  less user*

to show each of the files. Press :n to advance to the next file or :q when you see the one you are looking for. Within the file you will see a line that starts with Exec= This line contains the program name and any command line options. Edit the line to change any spelling errors you made that keep the application from opening. The %f at the end is a token representing the file name of the file you clicked on when this item appeared. If you don't like the name that appears in the menu list simply edit the Name= line.

I tried rdgreenlaw's instructions in Ubuntu 10.10, but found the settings in a file called ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list