nm-connection-editor(1)

nm-connection-editor1

Network connection editor for networkmanager

Usage

nm-connection-editor [OPTIONS]

Overview

nm-connection-editor is a GTK‐based application to add, remove, and modify network connections stored by NetworkManager. NetworkManager must be running for any network connections to be added, removed, or modified.

Options

-t, --type=<type>

Type of connection to create or show. Values are NetworkManager setting names, eg "802-3-ethernet", "802-11-wireless", "bridge", "bond", "infiniband", "vlan", etc. Does nothing if --create or --show is not given.

-s, --show

Expand or collapse the network list to highlight the network connection type given by --type.

-c, --create

Create a new connection of the type given by --type and allow the user to modify connection details.

-e, --edit=<uuid>

Show the network connection edit window for the connection of the given UUID.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9–10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13–Arch

From nm-connection-editor 1.36.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.