How to Find the Wi-Fi Password for Every Network You’ve Ever Used.
Are you seeking the Wi-Fi password for a network that you’ve previously accessed? The password should be saved on your laptop, whether it’s for a school, business, or coffee shop network. If it doesn’t connect to the network automatically the next time, you’ll have to do some digging to figure out the password.
Don’t worry if your machine has previously joined that Wi-Fi network. The network name and password are retained in memory the first time you connect to a network on a Mac or Windows machine. It’s relatively simple to extract and record the password for other devices by going into your computer’s settings.
We’ll show you how to find the passwords to all of the Wi-Fi networks you’ve ever connected to on macOS and Windows. Here’s everything you need to know about the new MacBook Pro and the macOS Monterey update for further information.
How to find Wi-Fi passwords with MacOS
Keychain Access, the password management solution for macOS, stores every password you’ve typed and saved. This includes passwords for Wi-Fi networks.
To begin, open the Keychain Access app using the search option and perform the following steps:
1. In the sidebar, click System under System Keychains.
2. Then, at the top of the window, select Passwords.
3. Double-click on the Wi-Fi network for which you want the password.
4. Finally, select Show password from the drop-down menu and enter your password when prompted.
Use the Keychain Access software to access all of your saved Wi-Fi passwords on macOS.
The password you used to log in to that Wi-Fi network will appear in the password field. You can choose the password and copy it to your clipboard by double-clicking on the password field.
How to find Wi-Fi passwords on Windows
On Windows, finding the password to the Wi-Fi network to which you’re presently connected is simple, but retrieving all stored Wi-Fi passwords takes a little more effort, so we’ll go over both techniques below.
To determine the password for the Wi-Fi network to which you’re presently connected on Windows, follow these steps:
1. After hitting the Start button, go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center (Windows 11) or Settings > Network & Internet > Status > Network and Sharing Center (Windows 10).
2. Click your Wi-Fi network name indicated in blue next to Connections.
3. Click Wireless Properties and then the Security tab on the Wi-Fi Status screen.
4. Finally, select Show characters to see your Wi-Fi network password displayed above it.
You can easily find the password for the Wi-Fi network you’re currently connected to on Windows.
This isn’t the only technique to discover your Wi-Fi network passwords. The method above only allows you to read the password for the Wi-Fi network to which you’re now connected. Still, there is a way to access the passwords for all Wi-Fi networks you’ve ever connected to on your Windows computer.
To find all of your Wi-Fi network passwords on Windows, follow these steps:
1. Right-click the Windows symbol in your desktop’s taskbar.
2. Navigate to Windows Terminal (Admin).
3. Type netsh WLAN show profile into your command prompt and press Enter to get a list of all Wi-Fi networks you’ve connected to.
4. Type netsh WLAN show profile “(Wi-Fi network name)” after finding the Wi-Fi network you want the password for. key=clear (e.g., netsh WLAN display profile “Netgear667” key=clear), press the Enter key.
To find all of your Wi-Fi network passwords, utilize Windows Terminal.
Profile, connectivity, security, and cost settings will appear. The Wi-Fi network password will appear next to Key Content in the Security settings. Instead of using Windows Terminal, you can type the instructions given above in the Command Prompt application to find your Wi-Fi passwords.
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