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How To Delete Wi-Fi Network Profiles in Windows

Content Type: Maintenance & Performance | Article ID: 000041420 | Last Reviewed: 01/21/2021

Environment

Operating System

windows7family, windows81family, windows10family

Click the button in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Type "change Wi-Fi" and select Change Wi-Fi settings from the search result.

Select Manage known networks.

Select the Wi-Fi profile you want to delete and select Forget to delete the profile.

Select the Wi-Fi icon on the bottom right corner of the screen.
Select View Connection Settings

Select Manage known networks

Note You won't see the Manage known networks option if there's currently no Wi-Fi profile configured on the system.

Select the Wi-Fi profile you want to delete then select Forget

Click the Start button in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Type "network and" and select Network and Sharing Center from the search result.

Select Manage wireless networks

Select the Wi-Fi profile you want to delete then select the Remove button.

Note You need to select a profile first in order to see the Remove button.
Select Yes to confirm.

You may also delete a Wi-Fi network profile using the Windows Command Prompt or Power Shell:

Start the Command Prompt as administrator and type the following commands:

Commands	What does it do
netsh wlan show profiles	Shows a list of Wi-Fi profiles configured on the system.
netsh wlan delete profile name="profile name"	Deletes the specified Wi-Fi profile
netsh wlan delete profile name=*	Deletes ALL Wi-Fi profiles configured on the system.

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