dtoverlay disable from command line

[MrBool]

I use in my config.txt file
dtoverlay=mcp23017
Is possible to disable that dtoverlay from the command line?
I know that I can remove this line from config.txt but I need to disable it from the command line during test procedure and keep original config.txt

[DougieLawson]

You can't do that.

The way to disable it is edit /boot/config.txt and change

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dtoverlay=mcp23017

to

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#dtoverlay=mcp23017

then reboot. To re-enable it reverse that change.

[PhilE]

Either my eyesight is failing or the after looks a lot like the before - should there have been a # comment character at the start of the edited version?

[rpdom]

Either my eyesight is failing or the after looks a lot like the before - should there have been a # comment character at the start of the edited version?

No comment.

[DougieLawson]

Either my eyesight is failing or the after looks a lot like the before - should there have been a # comment character at the start of the edited version?

The postie delivered my new glasses this afternoon.

[PhilE]

Although you can't remove an overlay applied from config.txt, you could apply it at runtime instead which would then allow you to subsequently remove it.

Try the following:
1. Comment out the line in the config file and reboot.
2. Run "sudo dtoverlay mcp23017"
3. Verify that it works.
4. Run "sudo dtoverlay -r" to remove the most recent overlay.
5. Confirm that the functionality has been disabled.

N.B. Some subsystems don't react to runtime overlays being applied, but SPI and I2C should be okay.