How to clean up "Other" menu?

[Robby Workman]

Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I wonder how I can clean up the "Other" default menu which ATM contains dozens
> of entries which have been gone a long time ago. The corresponding .desktop
> files exist nowhere on my system and running "update-menus" only results in
> nuking my desktop context menu. (Hail the backup.)


Are you sure the .desktop entries aren't in $HOME/.local/applications?

RW