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

Question

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.

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

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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Answer 3

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

also the text results of ipconfig /all

Answer 4

Thanks for your reply. See attached items.

107140-ipconfigall.txt

Answer 5

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