How To Turn Off Your Wi-Fi's "Auto-Join"

How To Turn Off Your Wi-Fi's "Auto-Join"

Turning off "Auto-Join" in your Wi-Fi settings will help ensure the smoothest setup experience possible

Momentarily turning off the “auto-join” feature in your wifi settings will help your Alertify device connect to your wifi network faster and without interrupting the set-up process. This can be done whether you are using a smartphone or laptop to connect your Alertify device to your internet. Turning auto-join off is something that can be easily reversed, so don’t worry about losing that feature.

Turning off Auto-Join on a phone:




  1. Go to your settings and click on “Wi-Fi” to open your wifi settings

  2. Click on the Wi-Fi network that you are connected to

  3. Above your password, you will see “Auto-Join” with a button to the left. Switch this off, and your Auto-Join will be off

  4. When your setup is complete, you can easily turn Auto-Join back on by clicking the button again


Turning off Auto-Join on a laptop:



  1. Click on the Wi-Fi icon in the top right-hand corner of your screen

  2. Click on “Network Preferences” at the bottom of the drop-down

  3. Underneath your network name, find “Automatically Join This Network” and unselect this option

  4. When your device set-up is complete, you can easily turn Auto-Join back on by reselecting “Automatically Join This Network.”


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