How to remove Wifi Networks from your devices

Overview

Most devices will save or "remember" previous wi-fi networks that you have connected to in the past. This will also save the settings that were used at the time you connected. However, if the settings of the network change, your device's version of those settings may no longer match, which can cause issues when trying to reconnect. One way to resolve this is to delete or "forget" these wi-fi networks from your device, and re-add them again. This article will show you how to forget saved wi-fi networks. For instructions on how to reconnect to SLU networks once you have forgotten them, please click here.

Instructions

Windows

  1. Click on the Start button on the bottom left corner of the screen.
  2. Click on the Settings icon (the icon shaped like a gear).
  3. Click on Network and Internet.
  4. Click on the Wi-fi tab on the left side of the window.
  5. Click on Manage known networks.
  6. You will see a list of your wi-fi networks. Look through the list and click on the one you wish to remove.
  7. Click on Forget. You can now close the Settings window.

Mac

  1. On the top-left corner of the screen, click on the Apple button.
  2. Click System Preferences.
  3. In the window that appears, click the icon labeled Network.
  4. On the bottom right corner of the window, click Advanced...
  5. You will see a list of wi-fi networks labeled as Preferred Networks. Click on the wi-fi network you want to remove. It will become highlighted.
  6. Click the Minus (-) button.
  7. The wi-fi network will disappear from the list. Click OK.
  8. Click Apply. You can now close the Network window.

iOS

  1. From the home screen, tap the Settings app.
  2. Tap on Wi-Fi.
  3. On the wi-fi network you wish to remove, tap the blue information ( i ) button.
  4. Tap on Forget this Network.
  5. Tap the red Forget button that appears.

Android

  1. Open the Settings app.
  2. Tap the Wi-Fi button.
  3. Tap the More Settings button (the button that has 3 dots in a vertical line)
  4. Tap on Saved Networks.
  5. Tap on the network you wish to remove.
  6. Tap Forget.

Chromebook

  1. On the bottom right of the screen, click the Time.
  2. On the box that appears, click the icon shaped like a gear to open the Settings.
  3. Click the Wi-Fi button.
  4. Click Known Networks.
  5. Click on the network you want to remove.
  6. Click Forget.
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