Windows 10 - how to stop it from auto-connecting to Wifi networks?

[airborne]

With windows 10 no matter how many times I untick the "connect automatically" box on a particular networks dialog box it always is re-ticked the next time I check. I have 3 networks and only want one to auto-connect, is this behaviour I've described normal?

It happens on my desktop and laptop and its very irritating, the one network is slow ADSL for general use/downloads etc and the other is a backup LTE network that I use sometimes to watch HD Youtube etc but then what happens is when I start-up a computer it will sometimes(or just randomly) auto-connect to the LTE router(despite having specifically unticked auto-connect for that network) and flatten my mobile data. FARRRRRRRKKK!!

The pic below shows the "connect automatically" box that keeps getting checked:


If this is typically Windows 10 behaviour is there any work around that can stop it happening?

 

[phly]

Yes this is standard on windows 10 in some instances as it helps to reconnect you to previous networks whenever they are in range and save you time entering passkeys etc. There is a workaround however. Here is a link to a detailed one http://mywindowshub.com/how-to-disable-automatic-connection-of-a-wireless-network-in-windows-10/

Hope that helps.

 

[airborne]

Yes this is standard on windows 10 in some instances as it helps to reconnect you to previous networks whenever they are in range and save you time entering passkeys etc. There is a workaround however. Here is a link to a detailed one http://mywindowshub.com/how-to-disable-automatic-connection-of-a-wireless-network-in-windows-10/

Hope that helps.

It's not about saving passkeys, it does that without needing to auto connect but going via the route specified in that link seems to work, bizarre but typical Microsoft methodology, as unintuitive as can possibly be.

 

[sajunky]

but going via the route specified in that link seems to work, bizarre but typical Microsoft methodology, as unintuitive as can possibly be.

It is intentional misbehaving, usual in Windows 10. They collect everything, send it home and they do it at all cost.
In the long run it will cost.