Is there a way remove vanilla gnome and keep ubuntu's GNOME in 20.04.1?

[pranav.bhattarai]

I am trying to clean my distro by removing old packages and things that I don't need anymore.

Vanilla GNOME is one of them.

Problem is that: There are many Vanilla's GNOME packages which Ubuntu's GNOME uses. I wonder how can I remove Vanilla GNOME by keeping Ubuntu's GNOME safe!?

[exploder]

Ubuntu uses Gnome Shell with a couple of their own customization's. Removing vanilla Gnome as you put it would break the system.

[pranav.bhattarai]

But isn't there any way to purge remove only those packages needed by Vanilla Gnome?

[Frogs Hair]

There are a large number of shared packages and it would be less work reinstall if you want a vanilla Ubuntu desktop. Might be best to leave it as it is.