"Share WiFi password" keeps coming up for an old network

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"Share WiFi password" keeps coming up for an old network

I'm at home with my phone and laptop connected to my home WiFi. Yet every time I try to do anything on my phone, I must first close a screen asking me if I'd like to share a WiFi password from an old network with my laptop. That WiFi is miles away. Nothing is connected to it. I've rebooted my phone.

I don't want to turn off the option to share a WiFi password, I just want that option to work correctly and maybe stop asking 37 straight times.

Thanks!

iPhone 12

Posted on Jul 29, 2022 09:17 AM

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lobsterghost1

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Jul 29, 2022 09:35 AM in response to matt.baker05

If you don't need access to that old network, on your iPhone, open Settings > Wifi > See the little circle with an i in it and tap that circle. Then tap Forget Network. If you ever need to, you can rejoin the network anytime in the future.

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matt.baker05 Author

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Jul 29, 2022 09:59 AM in response to lobsterghost1

But since I'm not anywhere near that Wifi network, the network doesn't pop up. Do I have to drive back to that place (a retreat center), ask for permission to enter, and then do this? There's no way to forget a WiFi network from where I am?

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matt.baker05 Author

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Jul 29, 2022 10:03 AM in response to matt.baker05

I think I got it!

It's not the phone that's the problem, it's that my MacBook has a memory of all of the old WiFi networks and apparently keeps asking my phone for the password. I had to get into my Macbook's WiFi settings and set it to not automatically connect to the center's WiFi.

Ever since I did that, the problem has gone away.

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Jul 29, 2022 10:10 AM in response to matt.baker05

I'm glad you got it sorted. As you were right, you can't forget a previous network on your iPhone unless your near it.

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