One of the most annoying things about Wi-Fi are those offered by big corporations. Local Starbucks or library have terrible cell reception? Join the Wi-Fi network. However, a separate location might have better or faster cell reception than what the Wi-Fi offers.
This is when you’d typically just forget the network or turn off Wi-Fi entirely. Luckily, there’s a way around this by dialing what is known as Wi-Fi Auto-Join. What this does is only connect to that specific network when you go into Settings and tap it yourself.
iPhone & iPad: How to disable Wi-Fi Auto-Join
- Go into Settings > Wi-Fi.
- Find the Wi-Fi you’d like to disable Auto-Join with.
- Tap the “I” that resides next to the Wi-Fi name.
- Toggle the Auto-Join toggle to off.
For scenarios like this, you’ll need to turn off the feature on a per-Wi-Fi basis. By default, Auto-Join is enabled. However, your setting will sync over iCloud. So, if you have Auto-Join disabled on iPhone, it will propagate to your iPad, Mac, and other Apple devices signed in to your Apple ID, as well.
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