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How to remove Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapters (vEthernet) ?

I was recently testing Hyper-V and VMware Workstation Pro on my Windows 10 Pro Laptop . After deciding to only use VMware I removed the Hyper-V feature however, for no reason the Hyper-V Virtual Ethernet Adapters (vEthernet) will not be uninstalled or deleted. Its becoming a problem now since it is randomly conflicting with my VMware Virtual Ethernet, Wi-Fi and Ethernet Adapters by continuously dropping my network connections.

After continuous attempts of disabling and uninstalling the devices from device manager>network adapters it always re appears. Further research recommended to remove the Sandbox and Linux Subsystem for Linux (WSL) features. This also did not work. I also tried several PowerShell commands to disable the NetAdapter and the NetAdapterBindings unfortunately this did not resolve the issue.

I am kindly asking for assistance.

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I think i have figured it out. After spending more time researching i'm believing that the way in which Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) works it uses Hyper-V resources for security. After remove the windows feature WDAG the NICs were gone. I had no idea about this feature until now. I highly recommend to turn on this feature but even though its a great feature i personally turned it off since i have Sophos home with ATP protection.

Read more here  md-app-guard-overview


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DSPatrick answered

Please post a screenshot Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections

also the text results of ipconfig /all







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Thanks for your reply. See attached items.

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DSPatrick answered AnilLutchman-7384 commented

I'd try;
- From cmd.exe set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 and press ENTER
- In Device Manager, click view then SHOW HIDDEN DEVICES.
- Expand NETWORK ADAPTERS, check if there are any grayed out NICs and select UNINSTALL


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I tried these steps already unfortunately, their are no grayed out adapters. See image below. After uninstalling all the Hyper-V related adapters they reappear.
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amomen answered AnilLutchman-7384 commented

You can go to Hyper V Manager -> 'Your PC' settings and remove virtual switches.

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Hey,

I have already removed the Hyper-V Feature.

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This trick may work: If you reinstall Hyper V, remove the virtual switches by going to Hyper V Manager and then uninstall Hyper V again.

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Their is only the Default Hyper-V Switch and i am unable to remove it.

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You can also try the registry edits here.
https://superuser.com/questions/1127645/ip-address-assigned-to-non-existent-adapter

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I attempted to delete the registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\<GUID>Connection\Name as instructed in the forum however, after rebooting the Hyper-V adapters reappeared.

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I'd probably clean install it and move on.

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