After a lot of troubleshooting, I was finally able to remove the network adapter from my Windows 10 system. In this article, I’ll mention all the different methods you can try, starting from the easiest and moving to the more technical. If you need to edit the registry, make sure you backup the registry first.

I’m not sure what the problem is, but I couldn’t right-click on the adapter I wanted to remove.

Method 1 – Use Device Manager

You can also try to remove the network adapter by using the following command: netstat -a | grep “inet”

If the device is not listed in your device list, or if you have trouble uninstall it, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Settings app and navigate to the General category.
  2. Scroll down and select Uninstall devices.
  3. Click on the uninstall button.

You can remove the driver software for the device by selecting this option. 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.

If you don’t see the device listed here, you can try to click on View and then Show hidden devices.

Method 2 – Delete Network Profile

We can 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.

netstat -an Now type in the following command to see all wireless adapters: netstat -an | grep wlan ..

sudo apt-get remove wireless-adapter

If you are having trouble connecting to the Wired or WLAN AutoConfig service, then try restarting your computer. If that doesn’t work, try running the service from a command prompt by typing services.msc and then clicking on the appropriate service. ..

When you run the command, you should see a list of profiles. In my case, I only have one profile on this computer. ..

sudo rm -rf /etc/network/interfaces To delete the network interface named eth0, type the following command: sudo rm -rf /etc/network/interfaces/eth0 ..

If you are using a wireless interface, use wlan instead of lan. 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.

Method 3 – Remove Adapter Settings via Registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon You should see a value called “COMPUTERNAME” with the following data: “COMPUTERNAME”=“C:\WINDOWS\system32 tdll.dll” If the computer is running Windows 10, you can also try to remove the adapter by going to the Control Panel and clicking on System and Security. Then click on Device Manager and select the adapter that you want to uninstall.

If you want to see what websites are being accessed by a particular IP address, you can use a website like IP Lookup. This website will show you the websites that have been visited by the IP address that you enter. ..

You can confirm which network adapter corresponds to that registry key by opening a command prompt (Start and type cmd) and typing in ipconfig.

If you want to delete the settings for an Ethernet adapter on your computer, you can do so by deleting the key under Interfaces that starts with {73123f2a-ad10-4f4b-900e…}. If you click on a different interface, one of them will have the IP 192.168.247.1, which corresponds to the VMWare Network Adapter on the computer. Again, this only deletes the settings for the adapter, not the adapter itself. Restart the computer and try Method 1 again. ..

Method 3 – Reset Network Settings

In Windows 10, you can reset your network settings to delete all network adapters and then reinstall them. You’ll have to reconfigure any settings on those adapters, but it can help remove outdated or old network adapters.

In this window, you can choose to have your computer connect to the network or not. If you choose to have your computer connect to the network, you will need to provide your name and password for the network account. If you do not want your computer to connect to the network, select this option and click on OK.

Status: Network reset Scroll all the way down to the bottom till you see Network reset. You’ll be asked to confirm and then your computer will restart. If the adapter in question is gone after the restart, then great! If not, try Method 1 again.

Method 4 – Disable in BIOS

If the network adapter in question is built onto the motherboard, then you can also try disabling it in the BIOS. If you’re not sure how, read my previous post on how to access the BIOS if you’re not sure how.

To disable onboard hardware in your computer’s BIOS, you’ll need to search for a section with the name of the hardware you want to disable, such as “Onboard Gbit” or “Onboard LAN.” You’ll usually find this option near the bottom of the BIOS screen. ..

If you are still having problems, post a comment and I’ll try to help. ..