I often get questions about how to delete a wi-fi network on a computer running Windows 7. In this article I will try to answer this question in detail, and show you how to delete information about the desired Wi-Fi network in the settings of wireless networks.
Let's first try to figure out why this is generally needed. In fact, simply deleting the wireless network on a laptop or desktop computer, you can solve a lot of problems with connecting to a Wi-Fi network on Windows 7. And the main problem is when you change the password on Wi-Fi, or the network name in the settings router, and the laptop after that does not want to connect to Wi-Fi. The error "Windows could not connect to ..." or "The network settings saved on this computer do not match the requirements of this network" appears. I will prepare separate articles about these errors, but I can say that they are usually solved by removing the network and reconnecting.
When you connect your computer to Wi-Fi, it remembers your network settings (name, password, etc.). After changing these parameters, he can no longer establish a connection with the router. Therefore, you just need to delete the network information and re-establish the connection. In Windows 8, it is even called Forget Network.
Perhaps removing the wireless network will still come in handy in the event that you do not want your computer to automatically establish a connection to some wireless networks.
Removing a wireless network in Windows 7
Click on the Internet connection status icon on the taskbar and select Network and Sharing Center.
Next, on the left, click on the item Wireless network management.
A list of all Wi-Fi networks to which you have connected your computer will open. Find the network you want to delete in the list, right-click on it and select Delete network.
After deleting the network, open the list of available networks and reconnect.
After these steps, the problems with connecting to the wireless network should disappear. We plan to write another detailed article for Windows 8 and mobile devices.
