iOS 16 - Finally lets you manage past wifi networks!

[SYD]

Not exactly new news but I just stumbled on this feature in iOS 16. In “Setting” under “Wi-Fi” there’s a new “Edit” link that lets you view, edit and delete previously visited wifi networks.

So if you want to take a walk down travel memory lane - take a look.

Yes I know, Android has had this feature forever but for some reason Apple chose to firmly bolt it down…until now.

 

[RooFlyer]

So if you want to take a walk down travel memory lane - take a look.

Oh my!!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Oh my!!

It’s a pity one can’t sort into historical order!

 

[SYD]

It’s a pity one can’t sort into historical order!

Or by location!

There‘s some pretty esoteric stuff in mine….

 

[TheRealTMA]

Or by location!

There‘s some pretty esoteric stuff in mine….

Yes and in mine!

 

[SYD]

Actually date last accessed would be handy!

 

[drron]

I did enjoy turning on my iPhone as we arrived at Changi and getting a welcome back drron from the airport wifi so I could immediately check on our air tags.

 

[p--and--t]

Interesting!

Just had a look. Have a few “helpful” network names like “guest” and “hotel”.

 

[VPS]

Just had a big clean out

 

[ausfox]

What device are you seeing the link to previous connections? My iPad doesn’t have this. I am up to date 16.2

 

[VPS]

What device are you seeing the link to previous connections? My iPad doesn’t have this. I am up to date 16.2

iPhone but not iPad

 

[ausfox]

Thanks VPS

 

[SYD]

iPhone but not iPad

But if you edit/delete something via an iPhone it appears to rolling that through keychain and probably removes/updates the same entry on the iPad (if it has it).

 

[TheRealTMA]

iPhone but not iPad

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Same setting in iPad. OS 16.x

I have 8 pages of previous Wifi connections!

 

[SYD]

Same setting in iPad. OS 16.x

I have 8 pages of previous Wifi connections!

I haven’t upgraded my iPad yet. On my “To Do” list. Did the phone a few weeks ago but SYD+1 has been having all manner of issues on iPad and now iPhone (both on iOS 16). Sorting out wifi issues is how I stumbled on the “Edit” option. I hadn’t noticed it at all for several weeks prior.

 

[ausfox]

I looked again and found it on the iPad where I found 6 pages of networks. I agree that it would be interesting to be able to sort to date.

 

[RooFlyer]

The earliest one I can identify with certainty is Feb 2013, which is about the time I first got an iPhone.

420 connections!

 

[SYD]

The earliest one I can identify with certainty is Feb 2013, which is about the time I first got an iPhone.

420 connections!

I’ve had to do the “nuclear” option (Reset Network Settings) too many times to go that far back but still, there’s many years of stuff.

Regardless of what device you have, it’s always funny when you return to a pub or restaurant many years later and they haven’t changed the wifi password….

 

[TheRealTMA]

The earliest one I can identify with certainty is Feb 2013, which is about the time I first got an iPhone.

420 connections!

You need to update your devices more often!

 

[SYD]

You need to update your devices more often!

No, they follow you from upgrade to upgrade!