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Mauro Huculak

How to prevent laptop from connecting to Wi-Fi automatically on Windows 11

Windows 11 disable Wi-Fi automatic connection.

On Windows 11, whenever you configure a new Wi-Fi network profile by default, the system will enable the option to connect automatically when the network is in range. Although this convenient feature makes connecting to the internet faster, it's not one that you need on every wireless network.

If you don't need to connect to specific networks automatically, Windows 11 includes multiple ways to disable automatic connections to wireless access points.

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