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How do I disable xfinity wifi?

I am not sure if apple can help me solve this, but I would appreciate anyone's input

Over the past couple of months, I have found that my macbook air mini and ipad automatically join xfinity wifi where ever it is available. I do not have an xfinity account, and cannot access this, so it just blocks me from proper internet usage. I keep on setting my default back to my home wifi (which works just fine, and has been for the past 2 years), but every time I turn on the computer, it just goes back to non-working xfinity. Frankly, I am getting quite tired of having to go through this process every time I turn on my computer. Does anyone know of any way to fix this?

iPad 2, Also happening to my laptop

Posted on Dec 3, 2014 5:33 PM

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Dec 11, 2016 6:05 PM in response to Csound1

Let's restart. So the problem is: after an Xfinity Wifi profile is installed, the iOS device will keep remembering all xfinity wifi networks, even after the Xfinity profile is deleted. What the users want is to allow the iOS device to "forget" this network permanently.


The device joins the network even after the network is "forgotten" by the user on the device.



Right now, no solutions that work have been proposed.

Dec 11, 2016 6:16 PM in response to Dn791

Just for clarification, are you saying that you had a profile from Xfinity that enable your use of their hotspots, you delete the profile, forget the network for a particular location and the next time you return to the location it automatically connects to the Xfinity network. And this continues after resetting network settings?

Dec 11, 2016 6:23 PM in response to deggie

Yes except the device joins any and all xfinity networks anytime you happen upon one. So, if you go to a new location in your city where someone is broadcasting their lame "xfinity" network, your device will join it automatically. The device never did this before installation of xfinity profile. We want the xfinity network to be permanently forgotten.

Dec 11, 2016 6:29 PM in response to Dn791

The problem, my problem with it, is that when you have set up a list of preferred networks, and xfinity is not on it or is on it but at the bottom of the list, then when you are in range of a preferred/saved network ... then the computer should join the network at the top of your list. However, when I am also in range of xfinity that is the network that opens.


As you can see, xfinity is not at the top of the list. But it will be the one that opens even while the one at the top of the list are in range. I have to click on the wifi icon on the top bar of my screen and choose another network

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