How to Forget a Wi-Fi Network in Windows 10

Well that wasn’t obvious. I was struggling last night as my Surface Pro 3 would not connect to the internet. I went through the troubleshooting checklist I’ve compiled from advice from various  colleagues at itgroove:

• Disconnect Surface from Wi-Fi network. Reconnect. (No luck.)
• Turn off Wi-Fi. Turn it back on again. (No luck.)
• Restart machine. (No luck.)
• Hard shut down machine. (No luck.)
• Disconnect router. Count to 10. Reconnect. (No luck.)
• Repeat everything above. (No luck.)
• Right click on Wi-Fi network to forget the network and re-enter the password. = Right click wouldn’t work!
• Open Network and Sharing Centre to try and track down the Forget button… also not there…
• Realize it’s pushing 1am so give up and go to bed.

This morning I expressed my frustration to my co-workers and they were kind enough to point out where you can get to the button now that the familiar location from Windows 8/8.1 days is behind us. Here’s how:

How to Forget a Wi-Fi Network in Windows 10:

1. Click on Start Menu. Type “Settings”.
2. Click on Settings button.
3. In the Settings menu, click on “Network & Internet”.
4. In the Network & Internet menu, scroll down to bottom.
5. Click on “Manage Wi-Fi settings”.
6. In the Manage Wi-Fi settings menu, scroll down to bottom.
7. Click on the Wi-Fi network you want to forget. A “Forget” button will appear.
8. Click on Forget button.

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Hope that helps someone stuck out there!