[GH-ISSUE #435] use public method resetSettings(); #369

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opened 2026-02-28 01:24:58 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:24:58 +03:00

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Originally created by @speendo on GitHub (Oct 6, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/issues/435

I just try to find a solution for issue #120 of the project esp8266_milight_hub, which uses this great project.

The aim is to find a proper solution for the ESP8266 to leave a WiFi network and reconnect to another one.

In my opinion this is a genuine "duty" of a WiFiManager. Therefore I was just about to suggest you to create a wrapper method for WiFi.disconnect().

Checking the code of WiFiManager, I found that such a wrapper method already exists (it is called WiFiManager::resetSettings(), find it here).

However, this method seems to be undocumented. My programmer friends always warn me not to use undocumented methods ;-)

Is it "safe" to use WiFiManager::resetSettings()?

If yes, would it be possible to write a line of documentation about it?
If no, could you add another public method to reset the WiFi connection?

Originally created by @speendo on GitHub (Oct 6, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/issues/435 I just try to find a solution for issue [#120](https://github.com/sidoh/esp8266_milight_hub/issues/120) of the project esp8266_milight_hub, which uses this great project. The aim is to find a proper solution for the ESP8266 to leave a WiFi network and reconnect to another one. In my opinion this is a genuine "duty" of a WiFiManager. Therefore I was just about to suggest you to create a wrapper method for `WiFi.disconnect()`. Checking the code of WiFiManager, I found that such a wrapper method already exists (it is called `WiFiManager::resetSettings()`, find it [here](https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/blob/master/WiFiManager.cpp#L335)). However, this method seems to be undocumented. My programmer friends always warn me not to use undocumented methods ;-) Is it "safe" to use `WiFiManager::resetSettings()`? * If yes, would it be possible to write a line of documentation about it? * If no, could you add another public method to reset the WiFi connection?

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2026-02-28 01:24:59 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-02-28 01:24:59 +03:00

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@speendo commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2017):

Oh!

My bad. It is documented in the API reference. It just didn't make it to the README. Sorry.

@speendo commented on GitHub (Oct 6, 2017): Oh! My bad. It is documented in the [API reference](https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/wiki/API-reference#void-wifimanagerresetsettings). It just didn't make it to the [README](https://github.com/tzapu/WiFiManager/blob/master/README.md). Sorry.