Delete an old / unused VPN client?

[MeasurementRick]

Model: RT-AC68U
Firmware: 384.14

I added a NordVPN client to my router a few weeks back, everything worked fine. Had a problem unrelated to VPN today where I ended up resetting the router and then restoring from my last backup. After that my VPN still worked but it now had a DNS leak. I tried reloading a new .ovpn file from scratch and a few other things; nothing worked.

At that point I disabled the VPN client (client1) and built a new VPN client (client2). Everything works fine now, no DNS leak.

What I'm wondering is: is there a way to permanently deleted the old/bad (client) VPN profile? I renamed it so that I don't accidentally use it, but was hoping there was a way to get rid of it completely. When I go into the router I don't see a client1 profile at all -- only client2, the good one -- but the client1 profile is still in the webUI. (Admittedly I might be looking in the wrong spot.)

admin@RT-AC68U-97B0:/tmp/etc/openvpn# ls -la
drwx------ 5 admin root 120 Aug 16 21:06 .
drwxr-xr-x 9 admin root 900 Aug 16 21:06 ..
drwx------ 2 admin root 180 Aug 16 21:06 client2
drwxrwxrwx 2 admin root 60 Aug 16 21:06 dns
drwx------ 2 admin root 80 Aug 16 21:06 fw
lrwxrwxrwx 1 admin root 17 Aug 16 21:06 vpnclient2 -> /usr/sbin/openvpn

Not a big deal, things are working for now. But cleaner for me if I can get rid of that bad profile completely. Thanks.

 

[RMerlin]

What I'm wondering is: is there a way to permanently deleted the old/bad (client) VPN profile?

Click on the "Default" button at the bottom.

 

[MeasurementRick]

Perfect, thanks!

 

[eibgrad]

Click on the "Default" button at the bottom.

Wish more routers had this simple and very useful feature.

 

[andresmorago]

hello
i have been trying to delete client 3 but even after clicking on the DEFAULT button, it keeps showing with a "Error - check configuration!" message. it looks like vpn client 3 is stuck

 

[zahroc]

I have the same issue as Andres. When I hit "DEFAULT" it still comes back as "Error - check configuration"

RT-AC5300
Merlin v384.19

 

[RMerlin]

I have the same issue as Andres. When I hit "DEFAULT" it still comes back as "Error - check configuration"

RT-AC5300
Merlin v384.19

Check your System Log for more details as to what is causing it to fail.

 

[ragnaroknroll]

Any suggestions on how I can remove a WireGuard VPN client that I don't need any more? I can't seem to be able to find a Default button under WireGuard; it's only there under OpenVPN.

FYI, I'm running v388.1 of the Merlin firmware on my RT-AX86U.

Thanks!

 

[alecmascot]

Has come up twice in the last few months with a solution....

 

[ragnaroknroll]

My bad. Thought I searched far and wide for a solution, but obviously not well enough

Proposed solution here works like a charm:

How to delete wireguard client

I cannot find a way to delete a wireguard client. On the openvpn client page there is a "Default" button that will delete/reset the entry but no such thing on the wireguard page On VPN director there is also no delete button I tried zeroing all the fields but that doesn't work too. Thanks !

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