Question How to delete multiple LAN entries?

Mar 1, 2023
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Win 10 64 Pro
I'm an expat retired in Argentina. I don't have decent net access, so I am forced to use my phone in USB tether mode. This causes Windows to frequently create a new LAN entry. At this point, it's showing network 400+

Is it possible to delete those 400+ old LAN entries?
I have seen that it's possible to delete unused Wi-Fi entries, but I haven't found anything about LAN.
I tried searching the forums for this issue, but found nothing.
 
Mar 1, 2023
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in device manager, open network adapters and in menu select "show hidden devices", and then you can delete old lan entries, one by one

I do thank you for your reply, but that didn't show them to me, I just got this -
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Ralston18

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You might need to delve a bit deeper:

Powershell.

FYI:

https://woshub.com/remove-hidden-ghost-network-adapter-windows/

Use Powershell to first find the "old entries" via a Get cmdlet. Maybe NETSTAT and/or WMIC

Then the next step would be to then work out how to delete the "old ones".

Very likely that there is some script out there that will do the work very quickly.

However, you must first investigate and have some certain sense of what is being found and targeted for deletion or removal.

And, of course, be very sure that the entire system is backed up. Just in case.......
 

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