No internet access after using ProtonVPN SOLVED

[another person]

ProtonVPN destroys my internet connection.
After I was logged out for no reason while ProtonVPN was running I lost all internet access. Somehow my computer logged me out and all my apps closed and it caused ProtonVPN to lock my internet.
I
made sure to:
I purged all protonVPN packages through Synaptic (completely remove all traces of the 6 packages)
I deleted the dummy network connection through nmcli command (pvpn ipv6 leak protection)
Now when I type nmcli connection show --active I just get my regular ethernet connection nothing else.
I still have no internet, protonvpn is off the system, I deleted the dummy connection and rebooted, Its not my modem or router as I'm using my second computer to post this hooked up and no issue.

System:
Kernel: 5.4.0-109-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 info: plank wm: muffin 5.2.1
dm: GDM3 3.36.3, LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Acer model: Aspire TC-220 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P11-A4 date: 04/26/2016
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G
bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Steamroller rev: 1 L2 cache: 2048 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
bogomips: 24753
Speed: 1395 MHz min/max: 1400/3100 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1397 2: 1397 3: 1397 4: 1397
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM206 [GeForce GTX 950] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
v: 510.60.02 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1402
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.60.02 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:14.2 chip ID: 1022:780d
Device-2: NVIDIA GM206 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fba
Device-3: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver S type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus ID: 6-2:2 chip ID: 0951:16ad
serial: <filter>
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-109-generic
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000
bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp2s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.74 TiB used: 161.13 GiB (5.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: BarraCuda SSD ZA1000CM10002
size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 1024 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EZRX-22D8PB0
size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter>
rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
size: 14.44 GiB serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 915.40 GiB used: 158.23 GiB (17.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 11.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 29 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 40%
Repos:
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
1: deb http://moblock-deb.sourceforge.net/debian stretch main
2: deb-src http://moblock-deb.sourceforge.net/debian stretch main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gezakovacs-ppa-focal.list
1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu focal main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth-pro.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com una main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
Processes: 231 Uptime: 2m Memory: 15.62 GiB used: 853.4 MiB (5.3%)
Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0 alt: 8/9
Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

[another person]

Ok so I just tried connecting to the internet again after computer was shut off for awhile and it works again.

[axrusar]

next time try disconnecting from Proton.

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protonvpn-cli disconnect

I lose connection to the internet too if i do not fully disconnect from the VPN after a computer sleep for example.

[raksiam]

I'll have to try this solution next time.

I used Timeshift to go back to the time before I installed ProtonVPN and that resolved the problem.

[jackkileen]

ProtonVPN destroys my internet connection.
After I was logged out for no reason while ProtonVPN was running I lost all internet access. Somehow my computer logged me out and all my apps closed and it caused ProtonVPN to lock my internet.

You may have had the "Kill Switch" on? I've used ProtonVPN with no issues on Mint 20.3.

You can always restart the Network Manager if that happens by...

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service network-manager restart