How do I change the wifi password on Apple TV 4?

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How do I change the wifi password on Apple TV 4?

I changed my wifi password and when I go to wifi settings on Apple TV, the network is there but when I click on the network name nothing happens. It doesn't ask me for the new password. It's been half an hour and it still doesn't do anything. I tried doing a system restart and still nothing. How do I change the password so I can reconnect to my network? Is there a way to tell it to forget the network like on my iPad and iPhone?

(btw I changed the password to “************". I feel like the punchline of a cosmic joke. )

Apple TV (4th generation), null

Posted on Jan 22, 2016 8:46 PM

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Vinceassociate

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Jan 24, 2016 10:03 AM in response to midnyte12

If you go into settings and network then WiFi, then your network name, the next option is forget network on my AT4. If it is stuck at your network name try force quitting the settings app by double clicking the tv icon button and swiping up then relaunch settings.

Then try network again.

As a workaround if it still does not work, you could change your password back, have it forget the network, change the password, then reconnect.

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vazandrew

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Jan 22, 2016 9:06 PM in response to midnyte12

Do a reset.

Also, not a good idea to post your password on a public forum

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midnyte12 Author

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Jan 22, 2016 9:26 PM in response to vazandrew

I did a reset and it didn't help. I changed the password back to what it had been, so posting it wasn't an issue. I still don't have a solution to the problem.

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midnyte12 Author

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Jan 22, 2016 9:32 PM in response to midnyte12

Sorry, I did a restart, not a reset. Having to reset to change the password seems rather inefficient. Is that the only way?

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midnyte12 Author

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Jan 24, 2016 10:05 AM in response to Vinceassociate

That worked! Thank you! 🙂

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