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Remove profile on the Networks panel when the "minus" sign is grayed out

I ran an install script a second time by mistake and a second profile was created on the networks panel... and I want to remove however THE MINUS SIGN IS GRAYED out.

Is there another way to remove that profile ?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 25, 2020 9:37 AM

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Posted on Jul 25, 2020 9:58 AM

Replying to myself here... maybe will help someone else...

I was able to delete from command line but only after I renamed the offending profile.

Open a terminal

networksetup -listallnetworkservices -- this will give you all the profiles


Now go into the networks panel, highlight the offending profile and click on the cog; then select rename and give it a simple work name (I picked DeleteMe) - I didnt even look at the minus sign if it changed.... I went immediately to terminal


and typed:


networksetup -removenetworkservice DeleteMe


Since I had the networks panel open, I could see it disappeared in an instant.


Done.

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Jul 25, 2020 9:58 AM in response to yeahme2

Replying to myself here... maybe will help someone else...

I was able to delete from command line but only after I renamed the offending profile.

Open a terminal

networksetup -listallnetworkservices -- this will give you all the profiles


Now go into the networks panel, highlight the offending profile and click on the cog; then select rename and give it a simple work name (I picked DeleteMe) - I didnt even look at the minus sign if it changed.... I went immediately to terminal


and typed:


networksetup -removenetworkservice DeleteMe


Since I had the networks panel open, I could see it disappeared in an instant.


Done.

Remove profile on the Networks panel when the "minus" sign is grayed out

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