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1 Sometimes we need to reset the wireless network settings on devices. Choose the device below to get detailed instructions on how to do this:
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5 == {{id name="Windows"/}}Windows ==
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7 ==== {{id name="Windows-10/11"/}}Windows 10/11 ====
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9 1. Click on the **Network** icon in the Task Bar
10 1. Click on **Network Settings** at the bottom of the window
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13 1. Scroll down and click on **Manage Wi-Fi settings**
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16 1. Scroll down and click on the network name
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19 1. Click **Forget**
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22 1. Rejoin the network from the Network menu
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25 ==== {{id name="Windows-7"/}}Windows 7 ====
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27 1. Click on the Wireless icon in the Task Bar
28 1. Click **Open Network and Sharing Center**
29 **\\[[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 3.51.04 PM.png||height="400"]]**
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31 1. On the left side of the window click **Manage wireless networks**
32 **\\[[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 3.51.48 PM.png||height="400"]]**
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34 1. Choose the wireless network you would like to forget and click on **Remove**
35 **\\[[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 3.53.21 PM.png||height="400"]]**
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37 1. Rejoin the network if desired from the Wireless network list in the Task Bar
38
39 == {{id name="Mac"/}}Mac ==
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41 1. Click on the Wi-Fi icon in the Menu Bar
42 [[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 2.45.14 PM.png]]
43 1. Click on **Open Network Preferences...**
44 [[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 2.36.51 PM.png||height="400"]][[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-09 at 3.04.52 PM.png||height="400"]]
45 1. Click on **Advanced...**
46 1. Find the name of the network in the list and select it, then click the - button to remove it from the list
47 [[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-09 at 3.06.57 PM.png||height="400"]]
48 1. Click **Ok**, then **Apply**
49 1. You can now rejoin the network from the Wi-Fi network menu
50 [[image:attach:Screen Shot 2017-08-11 at 2.44.06 PM.png||thumbnail="true" height="250"]]
51
52 == {{id name="iOS"/}}iOS ==
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54 1. Open the **Settings** app
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57 1. Navigate to **Wi-Fi**
58 **\\[[image:attach:IMG_1290.PNG||height="400"]]**
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60 1. Tap the //**i**// icon next to the network you would like to forget
61 1. Tap **Forget This Network** then hit **Forget**
62 **\\[[image:attach:IMG_1291.PNG||height="400"]][[image:attach:IMG_1292.PNG||height="400"]]**
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64 1. Go back and rejoin the network if desired
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66
67 == {{id name="Android"/}}Android ==
68
69 1. open the **Settings **app
70 1. Click on **Wi-Fi**
71 1. Click on the network you are trying to forget
72 1. Click on **Forget**
73 [[image:attach:Screenshot_2017-08-11-15-45-09.png||height="400"]][[image:attach:Screenshot_2017-08-11-15-48-12.png||height="400"]][[image:attach:Screenshot_2017-08-11-15-48-24.png||height="400"]]