diff --git a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/appUtils.js b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/appUtils.js
index b5e532fb25..b712305c9a 100644
--- a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/appUtils.js
+++ b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/appUtils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const Cinnamon = imports.gi.Cinnamon;
 const CMenu = imports.gi.CMenu;
+const Gio = imports.gi.Gio;
+const Util = imports.misc.util;
 
 let appsys = Cinnamon.AppSystem.get_default();
 
@@ -115,3 +117,68 @@ function loadDirectory(dir, top_dir, apps) {
     }
     return has_entries;
 }
+
+function _launchMintinstall(pkgName) {
+    Util.spawn(["mintinstall", "show", pkgName]);
+}
+
+// launch mintinstall on app page
+function launchMintinstallForApp(app) {
+    if (app.get_is_flatpak()) {
+        const pkgName = app.get_flatpak_app_id();
+        _launchMintinstall(pkgName);
+    } else {
+        const filePath = app.desktop_file_path;
+        if (!filePath) return;
+        
+        const proc = Gio.Subprocess.new(
+            ['dpkg', '-S', filePath],
+            Gio.SubprocessFlags.STDOUT_PIPE | Gio.SubprocessFlags.STDERR_PIPE
+        );
+        proc.communicate_utf8_async(null, null, (obj, res) => {
+            try {
+                let [success, stdout, stderr] = obj.communicate_utf8_finish(res);
+                if (success && stdout) {
+                    const foundPkg = stdout.split(':')[0].trim();
+                    _launchMintinstall(foundPkg);
+                }
+            } catch (e) {
+                global.logError("dpkg check failed: " + e.message);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+function _launchPamac(pkgName) {
+    Util.spawn(["pamac-manager", `--details=${pkgName}`]);
+}
+
+// launch pamac-manager on app page
+function launchPamacForApp(app) {
+    if (app.get_is_flatpak()) {
+        // pamac-manager doesn't open on page of flatpak apps even if flatpak
+        // is enabled but let's launch it anyway so user can search for it.
+        const pkgName = app.get_flatpak_app_id();
+        _launchPamac(pkgName);
+    } else {
+        const filePath = app.desktop_file_path;
+        if (!filePath) return;
+        
+        const proc = Gio.Subprocess.new(
+            ['pacman', '-Qqo', filePath],
+            Gio.SubprocessFlags.STDOUT_PIPE | Gio.SubprocessFlags.STDERR_PIPE
+        );
+        proc.communicate_utf8_async(null, null, (obj, res) => {
+            try {
+                let [success, stdout, stderr] = obj.communicate_utf8_finish(res);
+                if (success && stdout) {
+                    const foundPkg = stdout.trim();
+                    _launchPamac(foundPkg);
+                }
+            } catch (e) {
+                global.logError("pacman check failed: " + e.message);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js
index 28b48126e7..c388729709 100644
--- a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js
+++ b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/applets/menu@cinnamon.org/applet.js
@@ -430,12 +430,17 @@ class ApplicationContextMenuItem extends ContextMenuItem {
                 this._action = "add_to_favorites";
                 closeMenu = false;
                 break;
+            case "app_info":
+                if (this._button.applet._mintinstallAvailable) {
+                    AppUtils.launchMintinstallForApp(this._button.app);
+                } else if (this._button.applet._pamacManagerAvailable) {
+                    AppUtils.launchPamacForApp(this._button.app);
+                }
+                closeMenu = true;
+                break;
             case "app_properties":
                 Util.spawnCommandLine("cinnamon-desktop-editor -mlauncher -o" + GLib.shell_quote(this._button.app.get_app_info().get_filename()));
                 break;
-            case "uninstall":
-                Util.spawnCommandLine("/usr/bin/cinnamon-remove-application '" + this._button.app.get_app_info().get_filename() + "'");
-                break;
             case "offload_launch":
                 try {
                     this._button.app.launch_offloaded(0, [], -1);
@@ -534,13 +539,17 @@ class GenericApplicationButton extends SimpleMenuItem {
 
         const appinfo = this.app.get_app_info();
 
-        if (appinfo.get_filename() != null) {
-            menuItem = new ApplicationContextMenuItem(this, _("Properties"), "app_properties", "xsi-document-properties-symbolic");
-            menu.addMenuItem(menuItem);
+        if (this.applet._pamacManagerAvailable || this.applet._mintinstallAvailable) {
+            const filePath = this.app.desktop_file_path;
+            // Software managers usually only know of system installed apps.
+            if (!filePath.startsWith("/home/") && !filePath.includes("cinnamon-settings")) {
+                menuItem = new ApplicationContextMenuItem(this, _("App Info"), "app_info", "xsi-dialog-information-symbolic");
+                menu.addMenuItem(menuItem);
+            }
         }
 
-        if (this.applet._canUninstallApps) {
-            menuItem = new ApplicationContextMenuItem(this, _("Uninstall"), "uninstall", "xsi-edit-delete");
+        if (appinfo.get_filename() != null) {
+            menuItem = new ApplicationContextMenuItem(this, _("Properties"), "app_properties", "xsi-document-properties-symbolic");
             menu.addMenuItem(menuItem);
         }
 
@@ -1346,7 +1355,8 @@ class CinnamonMenuApplet extends Applet.TextIconApplet {
         this._activeActor = null;
         this._knownApps = new Set(); // Used to keep track of apps that are already installed, so we can highlight newly installed ones
         this._appsWereRefreshed = false;
-        this._canUninstallApps = GLib.file_test("/usr/bin/cinnamon-remove-application", GLib.FileTest.EXISTS);
+        this._pamacManagerAvailable = GLib.find_program_in_path("pamac-manager");
+        this._mintinstallAvailable = GLib.find_program_in_path("mintinstall");
         this.RecentManager = DocInfo.getDocManager();
         this.privacy_settings = new Gio.Settings( {schema_id: PRIVACY_SCHEMA} );
         this.noRecentDocuments = true;