How can I completely remove NetworkManager?

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I want to disable NetworkManager entirely, and have my eth0 and wifi connections unmanaged. My eth0 on my main linux box is unmanaged and I have no issues with it, I want to do the same to my other linux boxes all running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, basically I want to kill Network Manager and never see any trace of it again.

"I want to kill Network Manager and never see any trace of it again." I feel you. — meawoppl, Apr 16 '14 at 19:34
+1 merely for the frustration expressed here, and shared whole-heartedly even two years later. I swear NetworkManager was some evil incarnation from Microsoft designed to torpedo Ubuntu. — David W, Mar 21 '15 at 14:10
Nicely said... Thought I was the only one frustrated at it... +1 — Sunny, Jul 01 '15 at 19:17
Network manager is an absolutely nightmare, just let us have the configs! — Owl, Mar 03 '19 at 16:22
Don't forget to remove connman too, that will keep overwriting your resolv.conf! — Owl, Jan 10 '20 at 11:31

jdthood · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31T19:45:16.150

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First edit /etc/network/interfaces so that the ifup utility can be used to configure eth0 once NetworkManager is gone.

Remove NetworkManager from the system

sudo apt-get purge network-manager

Configure eth0 using ifup.

sudo ifup eth0

edited Jan 31 '13 at 19:45

answered Jan 31 '13 at 19:12

jdthood

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ifup was what I was looking for, thanks that helps simplify things greatly. – Drassx15 Jan 31 '13 at 20:01
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This also removes gnome-control-center. – rickfoosusa Jul 29 '18 at 00:16
Thanks I can now ping google. What a stupid utility! – Owl Mar 03 '19 at 16:24

score 16 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 31 '13 at 19:19

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Gnome:

sudo apt-get remove --purge network-manager-gnome network-manager

KDE:

sudo apt-get remove --purge knetworkmanager network-manager

Unity : lol, Unity.

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answered Jan 31 '13 at 19:14

user89599

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score 5 · Answer 3 · 2018-04-15T03:35:17.230

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It might be worth it to disable it, configure your alternate setup, and then uninstall it.

Stopping and Disabling NetworkManager | help.ubuntu.com

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answered Oct 11 '13 at 17:14

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 20 '16 at 12:38

I did through it may be it will help some one to remove safely Network Manger:

sudo apt-get remove network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome

Or

sudo apt-get remove --purge network-manager network-manager-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome

score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 24 '15 at 09:33

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sudo apt-get purge network-manager

/etc/resolv.conf and /etc/network/interfaces must both be edited for a manual connection otherwise you will be left without full network capability.

edited Feb 24 '15 at 09:33

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 14 '15 at 05:02

I don't have 50 rep points to comment, so I'll add some info as an answer that may be helpful. On a Surface Pro 3 with Ubuntu 14.04 installed, Giving this command:

killall -STOP NetworkManager

made a dramatic improvement in RTP-over-wireless streaming applications. NM can be restarted with -CONT parameter. More details here:

Disable / Enable Periodic Wireless Scans

For the SP3 there are other settings required, including net.core.xxx items, and to maintain optimum performance it should remain plugged in. Likely this info applies to other tablets with Ubuntu also.

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