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title: Wi-Fi network manual override behavior
slug: dmg-android/guide/wi-fi-network-manual-override-behavior
createdAt: 2026-10-06T07:46:35.769Z
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A user’s ability to manually choose a Wi-Fi network depends on the <font color="#323232">Always Connect Device to Managed Wi-Fi </font>setting in the Lockdown policy, as shown in the table.

Table: Wi-fi network manual override behavior

| Lockdown Policy Setting                                                                    | Wi-Fi SSID manual override behavior                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| <font color="#323232">Always Connect Device to Managed Wi-Fi</font>:<br />Disable<br />    | A user can select and override a Wi-Fi SSID connection by connecting manually.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| For <font color="#323232">Always Connect Device to Managed Wi-Fi</font>:<br />Enable<br /> | A user can attempt to select an SSID by connecting manually, however, if at any time a higher priority network is in range, the device disconnects from an unmanaged network and connects to the highest priority managed network.<br />If the user manually connects to a managed network, the connection is maintained even if a higher priority managed network comes into range. |