How do you remove the Network icon from Gnome Shell?

Question

Using Gnome Shell, how do I get rid of the Network icon from the top right in the panel?

Answer 1

I would suggest using the Evil Status Icon Forever extension. Install it by clicking the On toggle switch HERE and open and edit the extension.js once installed:

gnomesu gedit ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/EvilStatusIconForever\@bone.twbbs.org.tw/extension.js

You then change the section below by uncommenting what you'd like to hide, in your case "network" so it would look like so:

var removeStatusIcon = [
    // 'a11y',         // Accessibility
    // 'volume',
    // 'battery',
    // 'keyboard',
    // 'bluetooth',
     'network'
]

Ctrl+s to save.

The reason I don't suggest editing the internal panel JavaScript or modifying the network applets js itself either, is because upon updating either of these could be easily replaced and you would have to reapply your changes.

Answer 2

Or you could /etc/init.d/network-manager stop. That gets rid of it. To get it to stay gone, you could mv /etc/init/network-manager.conf /etc/init/network-manager.conf.bak. Of course, if you're on a wireless connection you might have one heck of a time getting wireless running unless you set it up in /etc/network/interfaces.

l300lvl's answer is so much better