How do I disable xfinity wifi?

jodymaryk wrote:

Not sure if this will help you or not but posting it anyway.

When I originally removed ( - ) the xfinity hot spot from my networks,

Just to clear up a misconception, that list is not of 'your' networks, they are 'other' peoples networks that you are in range of.

IOS: When joining Comcast or Xfinity on an iOS device a profile is created. This profile causes you to automatically join the Xfinity/Comcast Wi-Fi if it's available. If you remove the profile the problem goes away.

Note: You will no longer have access to the Xfinity Wi-Fi.

To remove the profile:

1. launch the "settings" app.

2. select "general"

3. Select "profile" option

4. Select the comcast profile (notice it says it will auto-join the xfinity network)

5. Delete the the profile.

You should be free of comcast

Hello, I know your answer was posted a few years back but I'm having the same problem, my wifi on my phone keeps switching from my private wifi at home to xfinity. Thank don't know why this is happening but I read your comment how to fix this and when I click on this the xfinity wifi it does not give the option to click on anything that says forget this. Can you help? Thank you

Hello, when I go into settings, general, there is no option for profile to delete xfinity, that is my cell phone we are talking about, can it be under something else. This continues to happen to me and no matter what I try I continually have to manually click off of xfinity to my home wifi. Hoping you can help! Thanks in advance

Hi! Can you tell me if you ever figured this out it's driving me insane!! My wifi also switches to xfinity and I don't have xfinity. That means it's probably using my data too when I have my own wifi. Did you ever get a response and is so can you help please. Thank you!!

Were u ever able to fix this mess? No matter what I do my wifi also keeps switching to xfinity. Therefore I don't know if that means it's using my data on AT&T ,, when I clearly have my own personal wifi at home ,,,but it keeps switching over. Can you please tell me what you did to correct this? Thanks so much in advance!!

I cannot verify the effectiveness of this new option, but new in 10.3 for iOS, under the "xfinitywifi" SSID in Wifi, there are two new options - Auto Join and Auto Login

Both were set ON, so I switched them both off. Hope this helps.

I tried Forgetting it several times, but it kept being added back to the list of wifi networks. I have xfinity, but it whenever I am on wifi and suddenly get no response, without fail, the wifi has jumped over to xfinitywifi and I've lost my connection.

See my post below. I think 10.3 for iOS has solved it - there are two new options called Auto Join and Auto Login that can be switched off.

Hi, was having the same problem and I think I resolved it. What I did was go to settings, general wifi, wait for all of the wifi options to come up. When you see the xfinity one there will be that little i that comes up meaning like information I assume, I clicked or entered on that then it gives you the option to "forget network" , click or enter on that and it will ask if your sure you want to forget network, I selected yes and it says I am no longer connected to the xfinity iCloud Keychain. I don't know how I was joined to that wifi in the first place. Very suspicious! Anyways can you reply back I'm curious if that works for you.

yes, the pic you posted of your phone does not come up like that on mine. It did have an option to click on forget network and that's what I did so I'm thinking that should end the problem. I assume from that post you have it figured out too. What a mess so many with the same issue. Thanks a lot for your help!! ;)

I dropped out of this discussion some time back and haven't kept up with it. Perhaps that is due to Xfinity, perhaps it is just a new security tool. Who knows? But if it works for you that is great. I've never had Xfinity so it was never an issue for me but my brother had it and had a similar problem. On his Samsung phone.

I have been plagued by this same problem, like others I have tried to delete it from my list of networks and it has returned. I believe I have found a solution for those that experience this when on their home WiFi network. In your WiFi preferences Xfinity is listed higher in priority than the network you'd rather be using. Basically whenever your device has the chance it tries to get on a higher priority network. To resolve this System Preferences > Network > Advanced then move Xfinity to the bottom of the list of networks.

Are you purposely trying to be obtuse??? . . . . This is a legitamate complaint and needs correction . . . . I HATE xfinity but have little choice . . . . My wifi is constantly overridden by xfinity wifi and it's terribly annoying . . . If you're not helping, please don't post!!! . . . . I'm still reading through this chain trying to find a solution . . . I hope there's one at the end here!!!

there are 650 people reporting the issue (they check. I have this issue too. you don't have to type a reply to be counted) and it hasn't changed over time....

I have this problem all over town. 30 times a day at least.. it slows the phones ability to respond , send text or pics. it doesn't seem to know if it is on wifi or not . whatever ping xfinity sends back or doesn't seems problematic. I end up shutting wifi off which then gets me the message ' location services are better with wifi on'. just shutting off the automatically try to connect to networks does not work with xfinity.

Apparently, lots of people with this problem have tried what you suggest to no avail. Not sure why some people have the problem and can't make it stop. So the question is: Who is to blame, Apple or Comcast?