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May 10, 2019 By Gary Thompson

How to Forget a WiFi Network on an iPhone 7

Are you connecting to a certain Wi-Fi network whenever you’re at home or work, but it’s not the network that you want to connect to? You may already know how to switch to a different one, but you might prefer to make it a little easier so that you simply connect to the right network automatically.

You can do this by forgetting a Wi-Fi network to which you are connected, which will prevent you from connecting to it in the future. With that network forgotten, your iPhone will now connect to that other network automatically.

How to Stop Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network on an iPhone 7

The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 12.2, but also work in many earlier versions of iOS as well. Note that you will need to be currently connected to the network that you wish to forget in order to complete these steps.

Step 1: Open the Settings app.

open the settings menu

Step 2: Choose the Wi-Fi option.

open the wifi menu

Step 3: Tap the i button to the right of the network to which you are currently connected.

tap the i button

Step 4: Touch the Forget Network button. Alternatively you can also turn off the Always Join option instead.

choose the forget network option

Step 5: Tap the Forget button to confirm that you no longer wish to connect to this network automatically.

how to forget a wifi network on an iphone 7

Note that you can always connect to this network again in the future if you need to do so.

Do you need to turn off Wi-FI? Learn how to temporarily disable Wi-Fi on your iPhone so that your device doesn’t try and connect to any available networks.

Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson

Gary Thompson has been in IT consulting since the mid 2000s, and enjoys writing about mobile devices and computers. His primary topics of interest include iPhones and Windows, but he has written about many other devices and applications.

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