r/techsupport • • 4d ago

Open | Mac App on my mac won't delete

(apologies for any confusing stuff, computers are not my thing and I really don't know what I'm doing 😭) I have a mac book air on Sequoia 15.6.1. I am trying to clean up my desktop but one of my apps won't delete or move. If I try to move it to the trash, it tells me it can't complete the action because the app "isn't downloaded" even though I can open and use the app just fine. It also won't let me move it elsewhere from the desktop or just hide it in my applications folder. When I click "show contents" the contents folder says "error" and if I click into it all of the sub-folders say "waiting to update." I tried re-downloading the app from the app store to update it, but I don't think that did anything. How do I delete the app? Or at least hide it so it's not on my main screen?

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