How to completely uninstall gnome-shell and all extensions?

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Solution 1

This command will perform the uninstallation:

sudo apt-get purge gnome-shell-*

Solution 2

Run this command in a terminal window:

sudo apt-get remove `apt-cache depends gnome-core|cut -f 2 -d :|xargs`
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Updated on September 18, 2022

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    Sty over 1 year

    I'm having a bit of trouble getting gnome-shell to work ever since I installed an extension (I don't know which) on 11.10. So what I would like to know is: How can I completely uninstall EVERYTHING gnome-shell related (all the extensions, gnome-tweak-tool, etc.), everything - so I can start fresh and re-install 'em all one by one?

    Thanks in advance.

    EDIT: After a long and hard search (for me anyway) I found it:

    sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-extensions-*