diff --git a/src/distrobox_handler.rs b/src/distrobox_handler.rs
index 22c6c82..9939657 100644
--- a/src/distrobox_handler.rs
+++ b/src/distrobox_handler.rs
@@ -232,8 +232,23 @@ pub fn open_terminal_in_box(box_name: String) {
     }
 }
 
-/// Exports the desktop file from a box.
-pub fn export_app_from_box(app_name: &str, box_name: &str) -> String {
+/// The in-container path of an application's desktop file, built from the
+/// desktop-file id that `get_apps_in_box` records (the file's basename).
+/// distrobox reads a box's apps from `/usr/share/applications`.
+fn desktop_file_path(desktop_file: &str) -> String {
+    format!("/usr/share/applications/{desktop_file}.desktop")
+}
+
+/// Exports an application's desktop file from a box to the host menu.
+///
+/// The app is identified by its desktop-file id, not its display name. `--app`
+/// matches against the desktop file, and a display name can be empty, repeated
+/// across apps, or match several files - which is how a single click could
+/// export more than the one app. Handing distrobox the exact file path exports
+/// precisely that app, and keeps export in step with how the host copy is
+/// detected (`{box}-{id}.desktop`) and removed.
+pub fn export_app_from_box(desktop_file: &str, box_name: &str) -> String {
+    let app_path = desktop_file_path(desktop_file);
     get_command_output(
         "distrobox",
         Some(&[
@@ -242,13 +257,15 @@ pub fn export_app_from_box(app_name: &str, box_name: &str) -> String {
             "--",
             "distrobox-export",
             "--app",
-            app_name,
+            &app_path,
         ]),
     )
 }
 
-/// Unexports a desktop file from the host.
-pub fn remove_app_from_host(app_name: &str, box_name: &str) -> String {
+/// Unexports an application's desktop file from the host. Identified by the same
+/// desktop-file id used to export it, so removal always targets the right app.
+pub fn remove_app_from_host(desktop_file: &str, box_name: &str) -> String {
+    let app_path = desktop_file_path(desktop_file);
     get_command_output(
         "distrobox",
         Some(&[
@@ -257,7 +274,7 @@ pub fn remove_app_from_host(app_name: &str, box_name: &str) -> String {
             "--",
             "distrobox-export",
             "--app",
-            app_name,
+            &app_path,
             "--delete",
         ]),
     )
@@ -937,3 +954,21 @@ mod stream_tests {
         assert!(exists, "streaming create did not produce a listable box");
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod export_tests {
+    use super::desktop_file_path;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn builds_the_in_container_desktop_path_from_an_id() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            desktop_file_path("org.gnome.TextEditor"),
+            "/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.TextEditor.desktop"
+        );
+        // A plain, single-word id is handled the same way.
+        assert_eq!(
+            desktop_file_path("gimp"),
+            "/usr/share/applications/gimp.desktop"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a20908a..0b9e09f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1440,13 +1440,15 @@ fn on_show_applications_clicked(window: &ApplicationWindow, box_name: String) {
 }
 
 fn add_app_to_menu(app: &DBoxApp, box_name: &str, success_lbl: &gtk::Label) {
-    let _ = export_app_from_box(&app.name, box_name);
+    // Export by the desktop-file id, not the display name, so exactly this one
+    // app is exported and it matches how the host copy is detected and removed.
+    let _ = export_app_from_box(&app.desktop_file, box_name);
     //TRANSLATORS: Success Message
     success_lbl.set_text(&gettext("App Exported!"));
 }
 
 fn remove_app_from_menu(app: &DBoxApp, box_name: &str, success_lbl: &gtk::Label) {
-    let _ = remove_app_from_host(&app.name, box_name);
+    let _ = remove_app_from_host(&app.desktop_file, box_name);
     //TRANSLATORS: Success Message
     success_lbl.set_text(&gettext("App Removed!"));
 }