{"id":605,"date":"2015-03-15T08:46:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T04:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/it.iam-afghanistan.org\/?p=605"},"modified":"2015-04-07T13:52:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T09:22:43","slug":"stopping-windows-8-1-from-automatically-connecting-to-a-wireless-network-you-previously-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/stopping-windows-8-1-from-automatically-connecting-to-a-wireless-network-you-previously-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopping Windows 8.1 from automatically connecting to a wireless network you previously used"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you no longer want Windows 8.1 to connect to a wireless network that you’ve previously saved the password for you could try right clicking on it and choosing “forget” but sometimes this doesn’t work.<\/p>\n

Another way is to\u00a0open\u00a0up\u00a0a\u00a0command\u00a0prompt as an administrator (press WINDOWS-X and choose “Command prompt (Admin)”) and\u00a0perform\u00a0the\u00a0following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Type:\u00a0netsh\u00a0wlan\u00a0show\u00a0profiles<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \n
    1. Locate\u00a0the\u00a0name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0wireless\u00a0profile\u00a0you’d\u00a0like\u00a0to\u00a0forget.<\/li>\n
    2. type:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      netsh\u00a0wlan\u00a0delete\u00a0profile\u00a0name=”[PROFILE\u00a0NAME]”<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Replacing [PROFILE NAME] with\u00a0the\u00a0name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Wi-Fi\u00a0network\u00a0you\u00a0want\u00a0to\u00a0erase (from the list at step 2)<\/p>\n

      You’re\u00a0done!\u00a0You\u00a0can\u00a0still\u00a0make\u00a0Windows\u00a08.1\u00a0forget a Wi-fi network via the regular interface, but only if you\u2019re within range and fail to connect at least once. It\u2019s an Unfortunate and cumbersome process, but at least the command line tool still works well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      If you no longer want Windows 8.1 to connect to a wireless network that you’ve previously saved the password for you could try right clicking on it and choosing “forget” but sometimes this doesn’t work. Another way is to\u00a0open\u00a0up\u00a0a\u00a0command\u00a0prompt as an administrator (press WINDOWS-X and choose “Command prompt (Admin)”) and\u00a0perform\u00a0the\u00a0following: Type:\u00a0netsh\u00a0wlan\u00a0show\u00a0profiles Locate\u00a0the\u00a0name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0wireless\u00a0profile\u00a0you’d\u00a0like\u00a0to\u00a0forget. type: netsh\u00a0wlan\u00a0delete\u00a0profile\u00a0name=”[PROFILE\u00a0NAME]” Replacing<\/p>\n

      Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-instructions-kb","category-kb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions\/651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iam-afghanistan.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}