How to get rid of a network interface?

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I have this unwanted network interface that is not allowing my machine to reach the mail server that has a 172.19. IP address.



I do not know where this comes from.



How do I get permanently rid of it?



br-3e7279f0a872: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.19.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.19.255.255
inet6 fe80::42:f8ff:fee2:4926 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 02:42:f8:e2:49:26 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 134 bytes 16240 (16.2 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0






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    I have this unwanted network interface that is not allowing my machine to reach the mail server that has a 172.19. IP address.



    I do not know where this comes from.



    How do I get permanently rid of it?



    br-3e7279f0a872: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    inet 172.19.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.19.255.255
    inet6 fe80::42:f8ff:fee2:4926 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
    ether 02:42:f8:e2:49:26 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
    RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
    RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
    TX packets 134 bytes 16240 (16.2 KB)
    TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0






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      I have this unwanted network interface that is not allowing my machine to reach the mail server that has a 172.19. IP address.



      I do not know where this comes from.



      How do I get permanently rid of it?



      br-3e7279f0a872: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
      inet 172.19.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.19.255.255
      inet6 fe80::42:f8ff:fee2:4926 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
      ether 02:42:f8:e2:49:26 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
      RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
      TX packets 134 bytes 16240 (16.2 KB)
      TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0






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      I have this unwanted network interface that is not allowing my machine to reach the mail server that has a 172.19. IP address.



      I do not know where this comes from.



      How do I get permanently rid of it?



      br-3e7279f0a872: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
      inet 172.19.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.19.255.255
      inet6 fe80::42:f8ff:fee2:4926 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
      ether 02:42:f8:e2:49:26 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
      RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
      RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
      TX packets 134 bytes 16240 (16.2 KB)
      TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0








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          ip link set br-3e7279f0a872 down
          brctl delbr br-3e7279f0a872





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          • this looks like a bridge interface. What about your interface setup ? no bridge somewhere ?
            – solsTiCe
            May 8 at 13:20






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            found out it's a docker bridge
            – Thiago Sayão
            May 8 at 13:39










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          ip link set br-3e7279f0a872 down
          brctl delbr br-3e7279f0a872





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          • this looks like a bridge interface. What about your interface setup ? no bridge somewhere ?
            – solsTiCe
            May 8 at 13:20






          • 1




            found out it's a docker bridge
            – Thiago Sayão
            May 8 at 13:39














          up vote
          1
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          This seems to work:



          ip link set br-3e7279f0a872 down
          brctl delbr br-3e7279f0a872





          share|improve this answer




















          • this looks like a bridge interface. What about your interface setup ? no bridge somewhere ?
            – solsTiCe
            May 8 at 13:20






          • 1




            found out it's a docker bridge
            – Thiago Sayão
            May 8 at 13:39












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          up vote
          1
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          This seems to work:



          ip link set br-3e7279f0a872 down
          brctl delbr br-3e7279f0a872





          share|improve this answer












          This seems to work:



          ip link set br-3e7279f0a872 down
          brctl delbr br-3e7279f0a872






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          answered May 8 at 13:15









          Thiago Sayão

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          • this looks like a bridge interface. What about your interface setup ? no bridge somewhere ?
            – solsTiCe
            May 8 at 13:20






          • 1




            found out it's a docker bridge
            – Thiago Sayão
            May 8 at 13:39
















          • this looks like a bridge interface. What about your interface setup ? no bridge somewhere ?
            – solsTiCe
            May 8 at 13:20






          • 1




            found out it's a docker bridge
            – Thiago Sayão
            May 8 at 13:39















          this looks like a bridge interface. What about your interface setup ? no bridge somewhere ?
          – solsTiCe
          May 8 at 13:20




          this looks like a bridge interface. What about your interface setup ? no bridge somewhere ?
          – solsTiCe
          May 8 at 13:20




          1




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          found out it's a docker bridge
          – Thiago Sayão
          May 8 at 13:39




          found out it's a docker bridge
          – Thiago Sayão
          May 8 at 13:39












           

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