Stopping the network manager and applet from running in Ubuntu Cinnamon

Cinnamon 2.2.13
Ubuntu 14.04

# do not start network manager

echo manual > /etc/init/network-manager.override


# remove network manager applet from cinnamon dock panel

vi /usr/share/cinnamon-session/sessions/cinnamon.session

#RequiredComponents=cinnamon;cinnamon-settings-daemon;cinnamon-screensaver;nemo-autostart;nm-applet;
RequiredComponents=cinnamon;cinnamon-settings-daemon;cinnamon-screensaver;nemo-autostart;

# reboot