Verily, most web-connected contrivances possess the convenient faculty to recollect Wi-Fi networks thou connect to on a daily basis, alongside those networks thou only join on occasion. Macs and MacBooks do not exempt themselves from this rule. Yet, what action shouldst thou take if thou possesseth a macOS machine and earnestly desire for it to expunge a Wi-Fi network from its remembrance? ‘Tis simple: manually extricate it from thy contrivance entirely.
Ridding thy Mac’s mind of Wi-Fi tidings is a facile feat to accomplish, and we have curated this guide to shepherd thee through the process. Our directives art fashioned around macOS Sonoma (the most recent OS), but the steps ought to be applicable to most iterations of macOS.
How to Erase a Wi-Fi Network in macOS
Step 1: To commence the journey, thou must first launch System Settings.
Step 2: Elect Wi-Fi from the column situated on the left.
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Step 3: If thy wish is for thy Mac to forget the Wi-Fi network it presently connects to, click the Details button adjacent to the network denomination. The Wi-Fi to which thou art currently allied shall be delineated right at the pinnacle of the dashboard.
Step 4: In this forthcoming window, thou shalt espy the Forget This Network button at the lower-left corner. Upon thy selection of this option, another window shall emerge to apprise thee that any devices associated with this network through iCloud Keychain shalt no longer receive support.
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Step 5: Shouldst thou desire solely for thy Mac to cease automatically linking to this Wi-Fi network (albeit retaining its memory), thou canst merely toggle off the Automatically join this network lever at the apex of this window.
If thy heart yearns to manually eliminate the network, proceed forthwith and click Remove.
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A Second Method
Step 1: Upon returning to the Wi-Fi dashboard, thy Mac shall discern and enumerate all recognized Wi-Fi networks beneath the Known Networks header. Shouldst thou wish for thy Mac to forsake one or all of these networks, click the More button, depicted as an ellipses, adjacent to each Wi-Fi denomination.
Step 2: The Forget Network button shall reside as the concluding option in this dropdown. Click it, and if thou art content to bid adieu to this network, conclude the affair by clicking Remove.
Engage in this act for every Wi-Fi network thou wishest thy Mac to forget.
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A More Advanced Strategy
Step 1: Shouldst thou wish to behold a record of every Wi-Fi network thy Mac hath ever joined, click Wi-Fi, traverse to the very depths of the dashboard, and thenceforth click Advanced.
Step 2: To expunge any of these archived networks from thy Mac, simply click the More button, thereafter selecting Remove from List.
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