🤔 To not remember 🧠 To stop thinking 📞 To not do 🔑 To leave behind 📱 To remove data

to forget

1 4.1

Remove saved passwords or network names so the device no longer remembers them

verb
/fərˈɡɛt/

Specialized

: olvidar

After clearing the settings, the device will forget all previously stored Wi-Fi networks.

Examples

So but now they have a way to reset the Vision Pro if you forget your password through your iPhone or just like on it.
If the shortener accidentally erases a database, forgets to renew its domain, or just disappears, the link will break.

Blog text (19)
Thus, IP forgets about a packet and recycles its buffer immediately after forwarding (MRU replacement).

Academic text (2012)
You need to forget the old password to set up the new account.
To enhance security, make sure your browser is set to forget saved passwords and data after each session.

Synonyms

to erase

vsto forget

355 2.2

Remove all traces of something from memory or history

clears saved data so it no longer automatically loads but may leave traces

Antonyms

to retain

10 3.2

To keep facts or information in your memory

Idioms

to forgive and forget

Informal

18 3.5

To stop feeling angry about a past event and be friendly again

forgive but don't forget

Informal

1 6.5

To stop being angry with someone but keep remembering what they did to avoid being hurt again

Phrasal Verbs

to forget someone's birthday

27 1.6

Not remember the date of someone's birthday

to forget oneself

7.0

Act without control because of strong feelings

to totes forget

Informal

9.9

To not remember something at all

Compounds

forget-me-not

3 4.7

A small plant with bright blue or white flowers that comes back every year

Chinese forget-me-not

1 7.2

A small plant that lives for two years and makes bright blue flowers

cape forget-me-not

South African

8.9

A plant from southern Africa with bright blue flowers often grown in gardens

forget me drug

NSFW

9.9

A strong sleeping drug used by criminals to make people forget what happened

garden forget-me-not

4.8

A small plant often grown in gardens with tiny blue, purple, or white flowers

How Forgetful

to erase

355 2.2

to unteach

Specialized

9.5

to forget

Specialized

1 4.1

to suppress

151 4.8

Surface Forms

forget infinitive

forgetting present participle

forgets third person singular

forgot past

forgotten past participle

Morphology

forget = get (opaque) = for + get

In computing contexts 'forget' meaning 'remove stored data' is a specialized extension and not transparently predictable from the morphemes for typical learners.

Etymology

Forget comes from old parts for- meaning 'away' and get meaning 'to take'. In computing, to forget a network or password is like telling your phone or computer to let that information 'get away' so it will not be remembered or used automatically.