So lets see how to delete these network connections in Windows 7 first. It should appear in the list and you should select it. You should now see a screen that looks like the below:. You should now see the below screen:. In the above window we can delete the network connections or merge them together. You can use typical multi-select features of windows to select various connections, including ctrl-a, shift select and ctrl select.
The link to modify or delete the connections is no where to be found. The only way to remove the connections in Windows 8 is to do so by using the registry editor.
If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes. If the network adapter still refuses to budge, you can take another step and remove the network adapter profile from your system using the Command Prompt.
Input cmd in your Start menu search bar, then select Run as Administrator. Now that you've removed the network adapter profile from Windows, you should find that you can remove the network adapter from the Network Connections window or the Device Manager. Another option is to remove the network adapter settings using the Windows Registry. But, first, you need to check the details of the adapter you want to remove. Like the Command Prompt fix, this doesn't entirely remove the network adapter from your system.
You'll still have to finish removing the network adapter via the Network Connections window or the Device Manager. You don't strictly have to remove old network adapters. In some cases, Windows will do the job for you if you upgrade or change your hardware configuration, but this is also what can lead to a list of old network adapters lurking on your system. Furthermore, you might want to remove virtual network adapters for old virtual machines you no longer use if the host software hasn't automatically cleaned up.
In my case, virtual machine software created over 20 different virtual network adapters, filling the entire window with different options. Cleaning up your network adapter list should only take a minute of your time and can make it easier to figure out which connection has an issue when the time arises. If there are only one or two different options in the Network Connections window, you'll know exactly which connection has an issue.
This should hopefully not be greyed out. If it is, continue to the next method. When you select uninstall device, another window will appear asking to confirm the uninstall.
If you want to completely remove the network adapter, I suggest selecting this option to remove the driver also. If all goes well, you should see that the adapter has been removed from both Device Manager and the list of network adapters in Control Panel.
We can also try to delete the network profile via the command line and then try Method 1 again. First, you have to open an elevated command prompt by clicking on Start, typing in CMD and then right-clicking on command prompt and choosing Run as Administrator.
Now when you run the command, you should see a list of profiles. In my case, I only have one profile on this computer. The interface name is listed at the top of each heading Profile on interface name when you ran the show profiles command.
Once the profile has been deleted, restart your computer and try Method 1 again. In addition to deleting the network profile, you can also try to remove the adapter settings via the registry.
After you remove the settings, you can go back to method 1 and try to remove the adapter. To remove the settings, open the registry editor click on Start and type in regedit.
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