How to Forget a Wi-Fi Network

Your device keeps joining a network you no longer want, or a saved network connects but does not work. Forgetting it deletes the saved password and settings so you can start clean.

Forget on Windows

On Windows 11, open Settings, Network & internet, Wi-Fi, then Manage known networks. Find the network in the list and click Forget.

On Windows 10 the path is the same, and the button is also labeled Forget.

Forget on a Mac

Open System Settings, Wi-Fi. If the network is in range, click the three-dot menu next to it and choose Forget This Network. If it is not in range, scroll down to the Known Networks list on the same page, click the three-dot menu next to the network, and choose Forget This Network. Confirm when asked.

Forget on an iPhone or iPad

Open Settings, Wi-Fi, tap the (i) next to the network, and tap Forget This Network. Confirm. If the network is not in range, tap Edit in the top corner of the Wi-Fi screen to see every saved network, then remove it from that list.

Forget on Android

Open Settings, Network & internet, Internet, tap the gear icon next to the network, and tap Forget. On Samsung phones the path is Settings, Connections, Wi-Fi, then the gear icon and Forget. For a network that is not in range, look for Saved networks at the bottom of the Wi-Fi list.

To rejoin later. Select the network and enter the password again. The device no longer remembers it, so have the password ready before you forget the network.

If the network connects but misbehaves. Forgetting and rejoining is the standard first fix. It clears a stale address or a saved setting that no longer matches the router.