This seems to be a symptom of bug 1721740. i.e. the remove transaction fails in the same was the installs are failing and this makes gnome- software think the remove failed when it succeeded in relativity.
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1721765 Title: UI is not updated when a snap is removed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1721765/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs