Remove an unused/hidden network connection so that an existing name can be reused

Remove hidden adapter: Proposed solution:

Steps:

1) Remove adapter from: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\NetworkSetup2\Interfaces

2) use https://github.com/jschicht/RunAsTI to grand needed permissions

There is a much easier way.

1- Open Device Manager and in View tab enable Show hidden devices.

2- Find the device linked to network interface you want to remove

3- Remove the device (it is not necessary to remove the drivers)

For wired connection:

Type the command

netsh lan show profiles, press Enter to obtain all wired network profiles.

netsh lan delete profile name="WiredProfileName"

For wireless connection:

Type the command

netsh wlan show profiles

netsh wlan delete profile name="WirelessProfileName"

Besides that, go into the following registry entryL

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\Profiles

Find those unused network profile by right pane profile name, delete them(GUID).