Amazon provides a variety of smart speakers that can play music, give commands, and control supported smart devices with your voice. An Amazon account and WiFi connection are needed for an Alexa smart speaker like Echo Dot to work.
The Alexa speaker will seek for saved Wi-Fi networks even if you move it. The Alexa speaker will keep flashing lights to indicate that it cannot connect to the internet because the WiFi network is different.
Also, if you change your WiFi password, the Alexa device won’t be able to connect until you reconnect it with the new password. How do you fix this? You can reconnect to WiFi using the procedure below.
How To Reconnect Alexa To WiFi
If your Alexa device like Echo Dot needs a password update, connect it straight to the same WiFi network or a new one. Both scenarios follow the same method. If you can’t connect to a new WiFi network, erase the one saved to your Alexa smart speaker. After that, Alexa can effortlessly connect to your new WiFi network.
Follow these five steps to reconnect your Alexa speaker to a new or current WiFi network. You may need to reconnect to a stored WiFi network if you change your password. The approach is the same for both. To connect the Alexa speaker to your WiFi network immediately, you need the password.
Step 1: First, check to see if you have the most recent version of the Alexa app installed on your iOS device. In addition to this, check to see if you are using the same Amazon account to sign in to the app.
Step 2: At this point, select Echo and Alexa by tapping the Devices icon located in the menu at the bottom of the screen.
Step 3: On this page, you will be able to view all of the Amazon Alexa and Echo devices that have been associated with your account. Simply choose the device that you want to configure with your new WiFi network or WiFi with the new password from the drop-down menu.
Step 4: Select the Settings menu by tapping on the gear-shaped icon, and then select Change next to the WiFi Network option, which can be found below Bluetooth devices.
Step 5: At this point, the app will display the instructions that you need to carry out in order to connect your Alexa device to the WiFi network. Putting your device in pairing mode, selecting the WiFi network, and entering the password are the procedures that need to be taken.
After following on-screen prompts, your Alexa Echo or other device will connect to WiFi.
How to Delete Saved WiFi Networks
Remove saved networks to associate your Alexa device with a new or saved WiFi network.
Alexa devices only work on WiFi and will only look for saved networks until in pairing mode. The Alexa App does not allow you to delete stored networks, thus you must use your web browser to do so. No option exists to remove the Wifi network. Only clear passwords from saved networks. Not ideal, but the best you can do.
Note: This method will delete password for all Alexa devices using same account.
Step 1: Launch your web browser and navigate to the Amazon website to begin the first step of this process. Sign in using the same Amazon account that was employed in the initial configuration of your Alexa speaker.
Step 2: Once you have successfully logged in to your account, navigate to the top right corner of the Amazon website and hover your mouse pointer over your name there. Once the menu has appeared, select Manage Your Content and Devices from the list.
Step 3: Navigate to the tab labelled Preferences, and once there, look for the option labelled Saved Network Passwords. To open it up, click on the arrow.
Step 4: After that, select all of the network passwords that have been saved to your Alexa speakers, and then click the Delete option to erase them all from your device.
Here’s how to stop your Alexa speakers from joining to networks that your Alexa device has saved. Now that you have removed the passwords, you can use the steps above to set up the new Wi-Fi network for your Alexa speaker.
Closing Thoughts
This brings to a close the instruction manual on how to quickly disconnect from a network and reattach your Alexa speaker to a Wi-Fi network. The method is straightforward and uncomplicated. Getting everything in order shouldn’t take you more than a few minutes at most on your end.
To confirm, it is unfortunate that Amazon Alexa does not offer a function through which the user can immediately erase the entire Wi-Fi network. People will be able to quickly erase their outdated WiFi networks once, if at all, the company decides to implement this option and make it available to everyone.
