How to permanently remove unused/unwanted access points appear in the network menu item Ubuntu 14.04

Question

As shown in the image below, all the access points above the connected network are unused.

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I want to remove this unused entries from the menu indicator. And I have already tried the solution explained here. The solution works perfectly fine until I log in again. The entries reappear after new login. I want these things to be permanently removed from the machine. Thanks in advance

Solution as per popular demand :)

This problem was so annoying that I decided to demolish the OS. But before that I decided to 'grep' the directories in doubt in the root. And surprise.... there they are in the bluetooth directory (/var/lib/bluetooth/-device_name-/names). After removing them from the bluetooth devices, the ghosts in the network indicator disappeared. Thus the peace restored.

So it sounds like you don't want to see those irrelevant access-points from the menu? e.g. You don't want to see "Dell store" again. — P.-H. Lin, Feb 12 '15 at 08:41
@P.-H.Lin above... I said above, not below the connected network — theDistantStar, Feb 12 '15 at 09:07
Oh ok, I missed that part, thanks, how about trying to delete them within the "Edit Connections" option? — P.-H. Lin, Feb 12 '15 at 13:10
@P.-H.Lin thats the funny part, they are not even included in the 'Network Connections' entry. They are literally like ghosts. — theDistantStar, Feb 13 '15 at 04:49
@theDistantStar I was on the edge of the same "Demolish OS" decision so you helped me a lot. Thank you mate! — YahyaE, May 31 '16 at 19:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 16 '15 at 04:41

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This problem was so annoying that I decided to demolish the OS. But before that I decided to 'grep' the directories in doubt in the root. And surprise.... there they are in the bluetooth directory (/var/lib/bluetooth/-device_name-/names). After removing them from the bluetooth devices, the ghosts in the network indicator disappeared. Thus the peace restored.

answered Feb 16 '15 at 04:41

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Could you please also add the above solution to the original question that helped you too? ;-) – Fabby Feb 17 '15 at 06:37

How to permanently remove unused/unwanted access points appear in the network menu item Ubuntu 14.04

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