How do I disable the left-(meta|windows) key binding in gnome-shell

In recent GNOME use:

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''

and to restore the default keybinding use:

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key 'Super_L'

borrowed from here.

 gconftool -s /apps/mutter/general/overlay_key -t string "Super_R"

worked (after shell restart) for me. Instead of Super_R feel free to put name of any key which doesn't exist on your keyboard.

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