I was also facing the same issue on my new installation of Ubuntu 22.04 I'm using a 1366x768 display, and it is probably something to do with the scaling.
I found this post on Ask Ubuntu, that suggests a temporary workaround https://askubuntu.com/questions/1404384/how-to-change-app-icon-size-for-ubuntu-22-04-lts -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1969577 Title: Small icons in app grid of Activities Overview Status in GNOME Shell: Unknown Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock package in Ubuntu: Opinion Bug description: I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. As soon as I installed, I noticed that the icons present in "Show Applications" are smaller than expected (i.e. smaller than that used to be in other versions). So here it is: https://i.postimg.cc/2jn4xVh3/Screenshot-from-2022-04-20-13-36-48.png issue went gone when i disable ubuntu dock extension https://i.postimg.cc/cJd7KZr6/Screenshot-from-2022-04-20-13-35-44.png Here is my system information: $sudo lshw -short H/W path Device Class Description =========================================================== system 81WA (LENOVO_MT_81WA_BU_idea_FM_ /0 bus LNVNB161216 /0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS /0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-10110U CPU /0/4/5 memory 128KiB L1 cache /0/4/6 memory 512KiB L2 cache /0/4/7 memory 4MiB L3 cache /0/24 memory 4GiB System Memory /0/24/0 memory 4GiB Row of chips DDR4 Synchrono /0/24/1 memory [empty] /0/100 bridge Intel Corporation /0/100/2 /dev/fb0 display CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] /0/100/4 generic Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th G /0/100/8 generic Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 /0/100/12 generic Comet Lake Thermal Subsytem /0/100/14 bus Comet Lake PCH-LP USB 3.1 xHCI H /0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller /0/100/14/0/3 input10 input Microsoft Microsoft Nano Transce /0/100/14/0/7 input16 multimedia Integrated Camera: Integrated C /0/100/14/0/a communication Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Pe /0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller /0/100/14.2 memory RAM memory /0/100/14.3 wlp0s20f3 network Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi /0/100/15 bus Serial IO I2C Host Controller /0/100/16 communication Comet Lake Management Engine Int /0/100/17 storage Comet Lake SATA AHCI Controller /0/100/19 bus Comet Lake Serial IO I2C Host Co /0/100/19.2 communication Intel Corporation /0/100/1d bridge Comet Lake PCI Express Root Port /0/100/1d/0 /dev/nvme0 storage KBG40ZNT256G TOSHIBA MEMORY /0/100/1d/0/0 hwmon2 disk NVMe disk /0/100/1d/0/2 /dev/ng0n1 disk NVMe disk /0/100/1d/0/1 /dev/nvme0n1 disk 256GB NVMe disk /0/100/1d/0/1/1 volume 1023MiB Windows FAT volume /0/100/1d/0/1/2 /dev/nvme0n1p2 volume 2047MiB Linux swap volume /0/100/1d/0/1/3 /dev/nvme0n1p3 volume 59GiB EFI partition /0/100/1d/0/1/4 /dev/nvme0n1p4 volume 175GiB EFI partition /0/100/1f bridge Comet Lake PCH-LP LPC Premium Co /0/100/1f/0 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/1 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/2 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/3 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/4 generic PnP device INT3f0d /0/100/1f/5 input PnP device PNP0303 /0/100/1f/6 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/7 system PnP device PNP0c02 /0/100/1f/8 input12 input Ideapad extra buttons /0/100/1f.3 card0 multimedia Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS /0/100/1f.3/0 input18 input HDA Intel PCH Mic /0/100/1f.3/1 input19 input HDA Intel PCH Headphone /0/100/1f.3/2 input20 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 /0/100/1f.3/3 input21 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 /0/100/1f.3/4 input22 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 /0/100/1f.3/5 input23 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 /0/100/1f.3/6 input24 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 /0/100/1f.4 bus Comet Lake PCH-LP SMBus Host Con /0/100/1f.5 bus Comet Lake SPI (flash) Controlle /1 power CRB Battery 0 /2 power OEM Define 5 /3 input0 input Lid Switch /4 input1 input Power Button /5 input13 input MSFT0001:01 04F3:31BE Mouse /6 input15 input MSFT0001:01 04F3:31BE Touchpad /7 input17 input Video Bus /8 input2 input Power Button /9 input3 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1969577/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp