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In the My Connections or Everyone tab, you can remove the connections between you and the users who are your contacts via one of two following ways.
The first way
Click Remove Connection under the contact name; or hover your cursor over the contact name and click to remove your established connection.
Access the profile page of the contact who is your connection, then hover over the Connected button to select Disconnect.