Turn lo off in NetworkManager

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Mysterious loopback network just appeared

You can hide it by excluding the device from Network Manager. Create a file: /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/unmanaged.conf with these lines: [keyfile] unmanaged-devices=interface-name:lo After saving, run sudo nmcli general reload (most of this comes from the ArchWiki)