I ran into this again today: macOS kept auto-joining an old Wi-Fi network, and every attempt to “Forget” it in System Settings → Wi-Fi demanded an admin password.
Turns out for every annoying problem, there’s a strange and unintuitive solution.
Forget the Settings app. Open Passwords (Spotlight → “Passwords” → enter your user password).
That’s it. No admin privileges needed for this. Next time macOS sees that network, it won’t auto-connect. No admin required.
I wish I never had to find out… Cheers!
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