…and then selecting “Applications” from the “Go” menu at the top (or pressing its associated shortcut, which is Shift-Command-A). One way to do that is to open your Applications folder and drag the item in question down into your Dock you can find a shortcut to that Applications folder by clicking on the blue smiley face on the left side of your Dock to open the Finder…
Once that generic icon is gone, add the application back to your Dock. It doesn’t uninstall or delete the actual app from your Mac, so no worries there.
Regardless of which method you use, note that this only removes the icon from your Dock. To remove an app from your Dock, you can click, hold, and drag its icon up off the Dock and then let go, which will result in it disappearing in a nice little “poof” animation.Īlternatively, you can right-click (or Control-click) on the app’s icon and select Options > Remove from Dock in the menu. One solution to the missing Dock icon issue is to temporarily remove the app from your Dock and then re-add it.
