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title: "How to fix your iPhone 7 that cannot access the Internet but connected to Wi-Fi"  
description: "How to fix your iPhone 7 that cannot access the Internet but connected to Wi-Fi"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-10-19  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50813/how-to-fix-your-iphone-7-that-cannot-access-the-internet-but-connected-to-wi-fi  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["iphone7"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to fix your iPhone 7 that cannot access the Internet but connected to Wi-Fi  

How to [fix your iPhone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51464/how-to-fix-your-iphone-se-that-won-t-update-to-ios-version-11-4-1) 7 that [cannot access](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33726/inside-onclicklistener-i-cannot-access-a-lot-of-things-how-to-approach) the [Internet](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44099/best-internet-hobby) but [connected](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/126/define-connected-and-disconnected-data-access-in-ado-dot-net) to Wi-Fi \
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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

Another approach to **restart [your iPhone](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50411/what-to-do-if-your-iphone-x-can-t-be-detected-by-computer)'s wireless connection** is to delete or forget your wireless network, then reconnect. This will allow your device to join to your Wi-Fi network for the first time as if it were the first time. Any flaws that may have caused your wireless network to become corrupted will be removed as well. Follow these steps to give it a shot: \
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1. From the **Home screen, choose Settings.**
2. Select **Wi-Fi.**
3. Next to the **Wi-Fi network**, you wish to forget or remove, tap the information icon (blue I
4. Select Forget This Network from the drop-down menu.
5. If you find any other stored Wi-Fi networks, **delete/forget** them as well to avoid any conflicts with your current Wi-Fi network.
6. R**eturn to the Settings-**> **Wi-Fi menu** after restarting your iPhone.
7. To join or connect to your wireless network, turn on Wi-Fi and then touch the option to join or connect to your wireless network.

Do some work when you're connected. test browsing and see if your phone is now able to [access](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12994/how-foreigners-can-access-blocked-websites-in-china) websites.


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