How can I remove the launchpad? I don't use the launchpad, especially as it has a lot of useless apps in there that you can't delete either. For things like the dock and the dashboard I found guides online on how to remove them, but none for launchpad. Is it possible to remove launchpad completely (on OS X 10.9.4)?
It is not possible to remove it but you can disable it.

In order to do so you need to:


Go into System Preferences then under Trackpad and More Gestures you
can disable pinch to launchpad
Remove it from the dock
Use FunctionFlip to reassign the F4 key to something else