IPhone – How to banish wifi network from laptop but leave it enabled for iPhone

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There is a wifi network that I don't want my macbook to ever connect to. However, I do want my iPhone to connect to it. How can this be done?

I've looked in the wifi settings on my mac and I can remove the network in the advanced settings, but that will remove it from my iCloud credentials and prevent my iPhone from connecting to it.

Best Answer

Although it may not have been possible three years ago, when you asked this question, a partial solution is available on macOS 10.14 and newer, and iOS 13 and newer (probably older versions).

On iPhone/iPad, deselect Auto-Join from the Wi-Fi network's Info page. I'm pretty sure you must joint the network to have this option. Then, even if the passphrase syncs, your iPhone should not join the network without manually selecting it.

iOS wifi settings

On the Mac, de-select the Auto-Join check box next to the network name in Advanced Network settings, on the Wi-Fi tab (System Prefs-Network-Advanced-WiFi). You don't need to join to the uncheck the box. macOS wifi setting These methods have the advantage of allowing you to join the network if you ever need to.