Unwanted Wi-Fi networks

So, here’s the deal: on my phone (an iPhone 4s), there’s this one specific Wi-Fi network that just keeps popping up in my available networks list like it's stalking me. I’ve already tried selecting "forget," but the damn thing just reappears every single time. I don't have this issue with any other networks; once I tell them to go away, they actually stay gone. The weird part is I can't even remember where I first connected to this thing—maybe at some small town in rural America—but now I'm seeing it all over the city, and my phone keeps trying to jump onto it automatically. With any other connection, if they aren't in range, my phone just moves on, but this one won't let it be.

Is there any way to kill this Wi-Fi signal for good without having to resort to a full factory reset?
(And if I do go that route, does that wipe out every single saved Wi-Fi network I have?
)
Thanks

From what I gather, hitting "forget" just wipes any saved info for a specific Wi-Fi network, like your password. If the Wi-Fi signal is still there, it’ll show up in your list of available networks, but since you cleared the credentials, it'll ask you to type the password in again from scratch.

If I recall correctly, there’s actually an option within your Wi-Fi settings that allows you to prevent the device from searching for any available networks at all

Well, just make sure you keep it powered off when you aren't using it... By the way, a factory reset wipes everything, including that...

Even after you perform a factory reset, the device will likely keep suggesting those open networks unless you go into the settings and manually disable that feature.

If that keeps popping up on you, it's definitely just an open, unsecured network.
If it's driving you crazy, just head into your settings and kill the notification for available free networks—that should stop it from jumping out at you all the time.

How can I get rid of this Wi-Fi issue without performing a full factory reset
(would that wipe all my saved Wi-Fi networks ) ?

Peter Morgan3 said:Well, you could always just keep it turned off when you aren't using it... By the way, a reset wipes everything, including those settings.

Nathan Ramos said:Even after a factory reset, it will still suggest open networks unless she disables that in the options...

That was my point regarding the comment above. 😵

Peter Morgan3 said:That’s exactly what I had in mind when I wrote that earlier. 😵

I know exactly where you're coming from... my message was actually intended for her specifically. 🙂

Thanks for all the input, everyone—I finally managed to sort this out. I ended up connecting to that WiFi network, though I honestly have no clue how it even worked; there isn’t a single signal with that name anywhere near my house, yet there it was. I just clicked "forget network" and, lo and behold, the whole thing cleared right up, even if I still can't wrap my head around why it was giving me such a hard time in the first place.