Advice: Remove a Wirless Network

adam_debusscher
New Contributor

I've had success with the following script in order to remove an SSID from auto-joining:

#!/bin/sh
WirelessPort=$(networksetup -listallhardwareports | awk '/Wi-Fi|AirPort/{getline; print $NF}')
PreferredNetworks=$(networksetup -listpreferredwirelessnetworks "$WirelessPort" | sed 's/^   //g')
echo "<result>$PreferredNetworks</result>"
sudo networksetup -removepreferredwirelessnetwork $WirelessPort 'SSID'

However, if the device is still connected to it, it remains connected until it disconnects, which isn't often.

Does anyone know how to completely forget the network and not just remove it from the preferred list?

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sdagley
Esteemed Contributor II

@adam.debusschere You can force a disconnect via

sudo /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport --disassociate