Deleting a dialup connection on Windows 7

February 2nd, 2010 By Vaibhav | 27 Comments » Tags: ,

Some time ago, I had the need to setup a dialup connection on my computer running Windows 7 to connect to the Internet. Well, the need was for a couple of days. However, ever since then, I have been bugged by a popup dialog from this connection asking me to connect whenever my computer was having trouble finding the Internet. This was getting bothersome, and I looked and looked for how to go and delete this. It used to be pretty straight forward in Windows XP to delete this, as I could go and see a list of all Network Connections in the Control Panel.

But in Win 7, I just can’t find that setting in the Control Panel, under the Network and Internet option (as you can see below):

Network and Internet

So, what do I do? I didn’t know what to do and was getting very irritated day by day. Then I just tried doing one thing: I pressed the start key, and typed “Network Connections”, and voila, what do I see on top of the list? Here, see for yourself:

Windows 7

Well, then it was a matter of clicking “View Network Connections”, and then deleting the dial up connection from the window which shows up. Phew, no more pop-ups.

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27 Responses to “Deleting a dialup connection on Windows 7”

  1.   azam Says:
      June 19th, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Great oneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee waooooooooooooooooooooooo same prb i did that great thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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  2.   dspring Says:
      August 14th, 2010 at 2:57 am

    Amazing…the tip and the reality of the tip. Seems quite ridiculous that IT-minded people can’t find this option easily (although the solution is quite easy). Thanks!

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  3.   Dejavu Says:
      September 19th, 2010 at 9:54 pm

    Thanks, it worked.

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  4.   Shilpa Says:
      October 5th, 2010 at 5:55 am

    Thanks a lot……
    I needed that tip too….

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  5.   kuszner Says:
      October 20th, 2010 at 12:14 am

    Same here ;) I’ve spend several days for such SSSIIIIMMMMPPPLLEEEE ???? thing !!!! Horror … and finnaly foung that sollution. THX!!!

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  6.   Justine Says:
      November 11th, 2010 at 1:54 pm

    Fantastic! I regularly use a dial-up connection, but had temporarily installed a broadband dongle for connection while visiting the UK, which I used twice and ever since have not been able to get rid of the option for it on the dial-up box, particularly annoying as it was presented as the default option so I then had to click the drop-down menu to find my regular dial-up! Have been searching and searching for how to get rid of it!!!

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  7.   Janine Says:
      December 3rd, 2010 at 10:18 pm

    THANKS!!! You are my hero…

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  8.   Salih Says:
      December 4th, 2010 at 4:56 am

    Hey, on my win 7 it says an error has ocured :S can you help me ? Thanks

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  9.   bogdan Says:
      December 5th, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    Thanks! I has the same issue, and finally decided to google it :) Thanks for the post!

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  10.   Starman Says:
      December 10th, 2010 at 12:51 am

    Thanks mate- simple thing so da***d hard to find… it used to be Sooo easy

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  11.   Nimra Says:
      December 22nd, 2010 at 3:02 am

    You’re a life savor…thanks bro.

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  12.   Celeste Gonzalez Says:
      December 24th, 2010 at 3:54 am

    Same here ;) I’ve spend several days for such SSSIIIIMMMMPPPLLEEEE ???? thing !!!! Horror … and finnaly foung that sollution. THX!!!

    Reply
  13.   Phkyt Says:
      January 24th, 2011 at 6:44 am

    [Start] > [Control panel] > ‘Network and Sharing Centre’ > LHS Change adaptor settings >

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  14.   daron Says:
      March 20th, 2011 at 4:10 am

    Thx ! Cant believe it was so hard to find. Much appreciated

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  15.   le gears Says:
      May 6th, 2011 at 6:48 am

    super thanks! it really worked!

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  16.   Mike Says:
      June 6th, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    I had the same issue and tried the same solution, however I still get the popup trying to connect to the dial-up connection.

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  17.   hojjat Says:
      June 10th, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    excellent
    thank you verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry much

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  18.   Kat Says:
      June 19th, 2011 at 12:49 pm

    You didn’t even have to delete the connection…. just right-click on it and cancel as default…. that fixes it and still leaves the connection in case it’s needed in the future (also a way to fix it if you DO use dialup but get tired of the popup)

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  19.   Kat Says:
      June 19th, 2011 at 12:57 pm

    never mind….. just discovered that doesn’t work… because you can’t set the wireless to default! ARRGGGG!!!!

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  20.   samy Says:
      August 9th, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    wowie….it works just as simple as u explained, a minuite’s job……luv u nd thnxx a lot……:*

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  21.   ginger strain Says:
      October 2nd, 2011 at 4:46 am

    FABULOUS and EASY…I love that! Got rid of that annoying pop up – it came up , I swear, 200 times a day for me. Thanks for sharing!

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  22.   Aniket Says:
      October 23rd, 2011 at 12:09 am

    thanks a ton buddy…

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  23.   sam Says:
      January 14th, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    Nice one!

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