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Hi there - I've been researching this for a week now between Google, YouTube and indeed some of the threads in here, but I can't seem to find out a clear flow for disabling the onboard Wifi on a Raspberry Pi 3 for using a USB wifi dongle instead.

I'd really appreciate if someone could clear things up for me. My understanding so far is that all I need to do is add a line or two of code to a config file inside a Boot directory, which I believe can be done using Notepad?

A google search with "site:raspberrypi.org dtoverlay=pi3-disable-wifi" will give you a lot of information on this subject.

Check my signature, there are 2 options (for disable and to blacklist drivers)

If you have cheap aluminum case (from aliexpress), very recommended to use official USB dongle.

runboy93 wrote:Check my signature, there are 2 options (for disable and to blacklist drivers)

Which part of your code is most appropriate for disabling the onboard WiFi, so that WiFi is still allowed via a WiFi dongle? I'd consider myself an advanced user of the Raspberry Pi but not really knowledgeable on the coding side of things ...