How to Forget a Wi-Fi Network on iPhone [Video]

These are instructions on how to forget a Wi-Fi network on your iPhone.

You may need to do this if your iOS device keeps connecting to a wireless network you don't want it to. Your iPhone remembers each Wi-Fi network it has joined and attempts to automatically rejoin a network when in range. If you want to prevent this or join the same network with a different password, there's no need to reset network settings, just follow these steps to forget that network.

Step One

Tap to launch the Settings app from your Springboard, then select Wi-Fi.

Step Two

You'll be shown a list of available Wi-Fi networks. Tap the Info button corresponding to the network you'd like to forget, then tap Forget This Network.

The Info button is a blue lowercase i inside a blue circle. You can find it on the right side of available Wi-Fi networks.

Step Three

To confirm, tap Forget on the popup that appears.

Additional Details

● If your device is managed or supervised by your work or school, you may not be allowed to forget that Wi-Fi network.

● As an alternative to forgetting saved Wi-Fi networks, you can also choose to turn off Auto-Join for that network. You iPhone will remember its network settings but will not attempt to automatically connect.

● You can also forget saved Wi-Fi networks on your Mac. On macOS, unlike iOS devices, you can set the order of Wi-Fi networks so that your preferred networks are joined first. Check out those instructions here: How to Forget a Wi-Fi Network on Mac.