How to Stop Your iPhone From Connecting to a Specific Wifi Hotspot

This tutorial will explain how to get your iPhone (or iPad) to “forget” a network that it has previously connected to, so that it stops connecting to it automatically in the future.

  1. Tap the Settings button on your iPhone/iPad.
  2. iphone and iPad settings button

  3. Select the Wi-Fi setting.
  4. Make sure your Wi-Fi is turned ON. Scroll down to the Network that you want to stop your iPhone/iPad from automatically connecting to, and tap the small ‘blue arrow’ next to it.
  5. Tap the large Forget this Network button.
  6. Tap the Forget button to confirm.
  7. Going forward, your iPhone or iPad will not automatically connect to the network. You’ll need to manually reconnect to it if you wish to use it again.

How to Set Up Your iPhone For the First Time

This detailed guide will take you each step of the way through setting up your iPhone for the first time. This is the first in a series of “getting to know your iPhone” tutorials. It will be updated frequently with links to other helpful iPhone tutorials, tips and tricks. Scroll to the bottom of this guide for a list of very helpful tutorials relating to setting up and using your iPhone. …