Will there be any issues if I delete snap in Ubuntu 22.04?

Question

I don't use snap, and I am going to do a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04.

So can I remove snap without having any issues? Do I have to follow different steps in order to do that, or is the removal procedure the same as in previous versions?

Answer 1

Q. So can I remove snap without having any issues?

⇢ This depends on whether you can find replacement packages for some of the things that run as Snaps. On a stock 22.04 installation, snap list will show the following:

Name               Version                     Rev    Tracking         Publisher         Notes
bare               1.0                         5      latest/stable    canonical✓        base
core18             20220309                    2344   latest/stable    canonical✓        base
core20             20220318                    1405   latest/stable    canonical✓        base
firefox            99.0.1-1                    1232   latest/stable/…  mozilla✓          -
gnome-3-28-1804    3.28.0-19-g98f9e67.98f9e67  161    latest/stable    canonical✓        -
gnome-3-38-2004    0+git.1f9014a               99     latest/stable/…  canonical✓        -
gtk-common-themes  0.1-79-ga83e90c             1534   latest/stable/…  canonical✓        -
snap-store         41.3-59-gf884f48            575    latest/stable/…  canonical✓        -
snapd              2.55.3                      15534  latest/stable    canonical✓        snapd

If none of these are needed, then you should have no issues after removing Snap from your system.

^{Aside: In the event you would like to replace Snap with Flatpak, this script from Alan Pope may be of interest to you.}