I'm using gnome-shell 3.0.2 on Arch Linux and I want to use AWN's notification area plugin. However when I try to activate the plugin it complains that there's already a notification area running.This is expected, of course, except that I can't find a way to disable gnome-shell's notification area. In gnome 2 I'd just right click on the notification area and select remove from panel - how do I do the equivalent in gnome-shell, so I can use awn's notification area (or any other third party notification area)?
How to use third party notification area with gnome shell
gnome3;gnome shell
At this time, you cannot.  It is core functionality in the current GNOME shell.