Network and Internet Delete Wi-Fi Network Profile in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to delete a Wi-Fi network profile in Windows 11.

Wi-Fi is a wireless local area network (WLAN) technology and standard that uses high-frequency radio waves to provide wireless Internet and network connections to your Windows device.

When you connect to a Wi-Fi network for the first time, Windows will automatically add a profile for the Wi-Fi network. The saved profile contains the SSID (network name), security key (password), and connection and security properties used to connect to this specific Wi-Fi network.

This option will not be available if you turned off Wi-Fi on your PC.

1 Open Quick Settings (Win+A).

2 Click/tap on the Manage Wi-Fi connections arrow on the Wi-Fi (Available) quick setting button. (see screenshot below)


3 Right click on an available Wi-Fi network (ex: "Brink-Router2") you want to delete the profile for, and click/tap on Forget. (see screenshot below)

If Forget is not available in the menu, then it means there is not a profile available for the Wi-Fi network to delete.

1 Open Settings (Win+I).

2 Click/tap on Network & internet on the left side, and click/tap on Wi-Fi on the right side. (see screenshot below)


3 Click/tap on Manage known networks. (see screenshot below)



4 Click/tap on Forget for the Wi-Fi network profile (ex: "Brink-Router2") you want to delete. (see screenshot below)


5 You can now close Settings if you like.





1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.

2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter to see a list of all Wi-Fi network profiles on each interface on your PC. (see screenshot below step 3)


3 Make note of the Wi-Fi network profile name (ex: "Brink-Router2") you want to delete, and which interface (ex: "Wi-Fi") this profile is on if you have multiple interfaces.


4 Do step 5 (delete profile on all interfaces) or step 6 (delete profile on specific interface) below for how you would like to delete the profile.

Substitute Profile Name in the command above with the actual Wi-Fi network profile name (ex: "Brink-Router2") you want to delete from step 3.

For example: netsh wlan delete profile name="Brink-Router2"

Substitute Profile Name in the command above with the actual Wi-Fi network profile name (ex: "Brink-Router2") you want to delete from step 3.

Substitute Interface Name in the command above with the actual network interface name (ex: "Wi-Fi") you want to delete the profile on from step 3.

For example: netsh wlan delete profile name="Brink-Router2" interface="Wi-Fi"

7 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.





1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.

2 Copy and paste the command below into Windows Terminal, and press Enter.

netsh wlan delete profile name=*

3 When finished, you can close Windows Terminal if you like.


That's it,
Shawn Brink