Easy Guide: How to Forget a Wireless Network in Windows 10

I agree whole heartedly! Too many issues with MS. Sooner or later, an update will totally change your display, icons, and a dozen other things about your computer. One just recently took away the "touch" from my touch screen. On another computer, it killed the network card, but I was able to restore it after some time. This issue with "forgetting a wifi network has driven me nuts for the past half an hour. Following MS directions, I only found three of the 8 networks I see on "available networks". After moving several times in two years, I can't shake the old ones I've used. Funny thing is that it doesn't show any of my neighbors who have wifi. So...... think I'll buy and Apple.

'Does not match the process on my Surface Pro, which shows the network I want to forget when I click on the WiFi icon, but does not show on the settings page when I navigate to it through Windows.

I do this every time I log because an old network continues to reappear and keeps the active network from connecting. "Forgetting" the network doesn't remain forgotten. Help.

If only the "manage known networks" option even showed up........................................

If you previously connected to a wireless network you are no longer accessing, but its showing up in your list of available networks, you can forget it. Forgetting a wireless network can also be used to troubleshoot issues when you are attempting to connect to a network. In this article, we show you how to do that:

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