Any way to customise Launchpad database manually ?

I have asked if one can create different pages as is possible in iPad and was told no. So I have removed the icons I was able to and grouped icons I wanted to keep on the back burner. All my installations were placed in a second page as well, so what I did was grouping my graphics icons, then my language icons and my business icons as well. I grabbed my graphics group and pushed it to the left, it jumped to first page and I placed it at the first spot, then did the same with the other two groups in second and third spot respectively. It is now in the premier spots on the first page. All icons on the page moved up and pushed the last icons onto the second page. It is satisfactory for me as a work around. I may ungroup my icons again and see if I can push everything annoying onto the second page. Just haven't bothered yet.

Thanks for the reply. Regarding the link you provide, it is only said to uninstall. Do not state anything to move.

The instructions aren't to remove from the Launchpad. They are to delete the app. dialabrain posted them in reference to moving the apps into folders in Launchpad.

As for moving app into a folder, I am very close to test but do not have much confident after reading this thread.

Using Subfolders in Applications Folder? - Apple Community

Are you sure all app will work as it is now after moving into a folder ? Where should be that folder ? inside Application folder or outside ? I just don't want to mass Application folder. Just want to clear thing in Launchpad.

Launchpad is not the Applications folder. The instructions should show you how to move Launchpad icons into folder by dragging one app on top of another. You can then add more apps to the folder.

Since the option to sort and/or better control how Launchpad displays, as I have done, Suggest to Apple, that it become a feature here: (The more people that suggest or request this the more attention it will get)

Feedback - macOS - Apple

you can drag any application into your desired order on any launchpad page. you can also drag an application to the very edge of a launchpad page until it moves to the next or previous page.

as seen on your above screenshot, you can drag "weather" to the right until the page shifts to the second one and drop it there.

or on your second page, drag red giant to the left until the page shifts to the first page and drop it there.

and you can use more than just two pages. I have three.

Think of LaunchPad as a collection of file Aliases. And you are creating a LaunchPad folder (a closet) where you are going to drag all the LaunchPad aliases you do not want to seen when guests come to visit.

Launchpad doesn’t create anything nor manipulate the Applications folder in any way.

Apps can embed apps inside the app bundle. You normally do not see these except in Launchpad.

Apps don’t manipulate Launchpad. Launchpad does all of that on its own.

Assuming Apple uses a sqlite3 database for that, if you could find the database file that controls Launchpad, you might be able to manipulate it. However, it is dynamically created and updated, so I'm not sure how long your modifications would persist.

Take a look at this script https://github.com/fgimian/macbuild-ansible/blob/master/extras/launchpad.py but as the database schema has changed, it would be a good starting point for further/new implemenations.

I am sure I posted but perhaps it takes some time to show my post, after my lengthy post I went and tidied up my own launchpad and this is the result. I grouped all the unwanted icons and moved the group to the right off screen it jumped to second page, this was after I placed all my programs at the front, I have a few more to move to page one but I. am happy with the work around.

Sorry my post was rejected and I don't know why.

FWIW, you could move all the apps you don't want to see into a folder or two.

See: Use Launchpad to view and open apps on Mac - Apple Support

That article is from 2016 and in the end, there is a statement that he is working on a python script, but no references to having completed it.

I have no ability to do anything to help you writing python code, so I don't know why you need me to look at that script.