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If you're referring to the main window's list of interfaces, at least in Wireshark 4.x, then, to the right of the "...using this filter:" label and filter expression box, there should be a box that starts out saying "All interfaces".

Clicking on that should drop down a menu. If the menu has a bunch of items with checks next to them, click on all items except for "Wired" to turn off the check; the main window should show only wired interfaces. (If it doesn't have "Wired" in the list, Wireshark didn't find any interface that it thinks is a wired interface.

If Wireshark doesn't show "Wired", and if you know that you do have a wired interface, please report this as an issue on the Wireshark issues list. You must report the operating system on which you're running, and the version of that operating system, as well as the version of Wireshark; the Help > About menu on most operating systems, and the Wireshark > About menu on macOS, will give you all that information, which you can copy and paste into the issue report. Also report what interfaces you have that you know are wired, and the list of interfaces that Wireshark reports. All of this is necessary in order for us to be able to figure out what the issue is.

If you're referring to the main window's list of interfaces, at least in Wireshark 4.x, then, to the right of the "...using this filter:" label and filter expression box, there should be a box that starts out saying "All interfaces".

Clicking on that should drop down a menu. If the menu has a bunch of items with checks next to them, click on all items except for "Wired" to turn off the check; checks on those items; the main window should show only wired interfaces. (If it doesn't have "Wired" in the list, Wireshark didn't find any interface that it thinks is a wired interface.

If Wireshark doesn't show "Wired", and if you know that you do have a wired interface, please report this as an issue on the Wireshark issues list. You must report the operating system on which you're running, and the version of that operating system, as well as the version of Wireshark; the Help > About menu on most operating systems, and the Wireshark > About menu on macOS, will give you all that information, which you can copy and paste into the issue report. Also report what interfaces you have that you know are wired, and the list of interfaces that Wireshark reports. All of this is necessary in order for us to be able to figure out what the issue is.

If you're referring to the main window's list of interfaces, at least in Wireshark 4.x, then, to the right of the "...using this filter:" label and filter expression box, there should be a box that starts out saying "All interfaces".

Clicking on that should drop down a menu. If the menu has a bunch of items with checks next to them, click on all items except for "Wired" to turn off the checks on those items; the main window should show only wired interfaces. (If interfaces.

If it doesn't have "Wired" in the list, Wireshark didn't find any interface that it thinks is a wired interface.

If Wireshark doesn't show "Wired", and if you know that you do have a wired interface, please report this as an issue on the Wireshark issues list. You must report the operating system on which you're running, and the version of that operating system, as well as the version of Wireshark; the Help > About menu on most operating systems, and the Wireshark > About menu on macOS, will give you all that information, which you can copy and paste into the issue report. Also report what interfaces you have that you know are wired, and the list of interfaces that Wireshark reports. All of this is necessary in order for us to be able to figure out what the issue is.