diff --git a/src/dom_components/model/Component.js b/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
index eba486d56..fe2e4ea92 100644
--- a/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
+++ b/src/dom_components/model/Component.js
@@ -887,14 +887,18 @@ const Component = Backbone.Model.extend(Styleable).extend(
 
         // Propagate remove only if the component is an inner symbol
         if (!m.__isSymbolTop()) {
+          const rmEv = 'components:remove';
           const { index } = o;
+          const parent = m.parent();
           const opts = { fromInstance: m, ...o };
           const isSymbNested = m.__isSymbolNested();
           let toUpFn = symb => symb.remove(opts);
-          let toUp = m.__getSymbToUp(toUpOpts);
+          // Check if the parent allows the removing
+          let toUp = !parent.__isSymbOvrd(rmEv)
+            ? m.__getSymbToUp(toUpOpts)
+            : [];
 
           if (isSymbNested) {
-            const parent = m.parent();
             toUp = parent.__getSymbToUp(toUpOpts);
             toUpFn = symb => {
               const toRemove = symb.components().at(index);
diff --git a/test/specs/dom_components/model/Symbols.js b/test/specs/dom_components/model/Symbols.js
index c9386ed7c..78be315f2 100644
--- a/test/specs/dom_components/model/Symbols.js
+++ b/test/specs/dom_components/model/Symbols.js
@@ -478,12 +478,17 @@ describe('Symbols', () => {
         allInst.forEach(cmp =>
           expect(cmp.components().length).toBe(innCompsLen)
         );
+      });
+
+      test('Symbol is not removing components data if override is set', () => {
+        symbol.set(keySymbolOvrd, ['components']);
+        const innCompsLen = symbol.components().length;
         // Check for remove action
         symbol
           .components()
           .at(0)
           .remove();
-        expect(symbol.components().length).toBe(2);
+        expect(symbol.components().length).toBe(innCompsLen - 1);
         allInst.forEach(cmp =>
           expect(cmp.components().length).toBe(innCompsLen)
         );