Can't remove broken links from Finder Sidebar

[sbillin3]

For quick access, I added some commonly used folders to "Places" on my Finder Sidebar. A few of those folders don't exist anymore, and Finder won't let me remove the links! When I right click a link that is not broken, it gives me the option "Remove from Sidebar". If the link is broken, it doesn't give me this option!

I thought about fixing this by creating the folder again, then removing it from the sidebar, and then deleting the folder. But Finder won't even show me where the broken link is pointing so I can't do this. The only option I have when right-clicking the folder is "Open Sidebar Preferences".

I tried dragging the folder to trash, and didn't work. Any ideas???

(I am running Snow Leopard Mac OS X V10.6.7)

 

[Kaveman]

Command - Drag the shortcut out and it will poof disappear.

 

[sbillin3]

Works! Thanks so much! =)

 

[JohnDelannoy]

I have been wondering about this, I had a folder alias in my places in the finder sidebar to an external drive that I didn't have. I'm so glad to have it gone. Thanks for the tip Kaveman.

 

[otishenzie]

DUDE. i've been trying to figure that out for weeks. thanks!