Bug? Won’t forget wifi networks!

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#300674 27-Sep-2022 13:30

My iPhone 13 PM on 16.0.2 will not forget the old wifi networks from our previous house.

There is no longer a ‘Forget this network’ option under the Other Networks listing. To get that back you actually have to log in to a network that you do not have any more….!

Then you get the Forget option again.

Then you use the Forget option.

Then you find the network you told it to forget back in the Other Networks list….!

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#2973537 27-Sep-2022 13:57

Don't recall this ever being an iOS option. MacOS yes, but not iOS. Always had to use settings->general->reset->reset->network settings and that deletes all networks.

EDIT: Of course it will show in Other Networks - that's where every visible network that the device doesn't have the credentials for shows up.

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#2973538 27-Sep-2022 13:58

Can you not click the Edit option (under WI-fi) and then forget the “known networks” that are listed?

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#2973540 27-Sep-2022 13:59

Known networks will only show the currently visible networks the deivce has credentials for. If the network isn't visible (i.e. doesn't exist, too far away etc.) then it will not show there.

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#2973550 27-Sep-2022 14:23

MrGadget: Can you not click the Edit option (under WI-fi) and then forget the “known networks” that are listed?

Yes. But if you want to do it otherwise, Forget this network is an option for the active network. On mine, if you click forget it doesn’t. It reappears in the list below!

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#2973559 27-Sep-2022 14:50

RunningMan:

Known networks will only show the currently visible networks the deivce has credentials for. If the network isn't visible (i.e. doesn't exist, too far away etc.) then it will not show there.

No, looking at mine, I can see 3 networks that are NOT around me - eg my home wifi is listed, but I am at work.

This should show you all known networks, not just those visible at the time.

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#2973564 27-Sep-2022 15:04

Geektastic:
On mine, if you click forget it doesn’t. It reappears in the list below!

That is to be expected. The list below Other Networks is all the networks it can currently see. Forget means to forget the credentials, not forget that it is there. If the network is visible it will still show up under Other Networks.

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#2973599 27-Sep-2022 15:47

If I’m away from home, tap wifi from settings then edit to right of wifi.

Known networks then show up. There’s no forget option, but a red minus sign next to them. I guess swiping left or tapping on them will forget the network, iOs16.

Under wifi as mentioned in above posts it always shows all networks it can see, it’s the known networks that are acted on, depending on auto join etc.