How to see wifi password on windows 10

• To find the Wi-Fi password on Windows 10, from the “Network connections” page in Control Panel, open the “Wireless Properties” page for the active connection and check the “Show characters” option to view the Wi-Fi password.
• If you want to view the password for saved wireless networks, you will have to run the “netsh wlan show profile name=”Wi-Fi-Profile” key=clear” command in Command Prompt.

On Windows 10, you can find the Wi-Fi password of the current connection or saved networks. The ability to determine this information can come in handy, for instance, if you are trying to help someone with a laptop join the same wireless network or remember it for future reference.

While the Settings app does not offer a way to view this information, you can use Control Panel to find the Wi-Fi password of the current connection and Command Prompt (or PowerShell) to view the current and saved network passwords you connected in the past.

In this guide, you will learn the steps to quickly find a Wi-Fi password on Windows 10 using Control Panel and Command Prompt.

• Find Wi-Fi password on Windows 10 from Control Panel
• Find Wi-Fi password on Windows 10 from Command Prompt

Find Wi-Fi password on Windows 10 from Control Panel

To find the Wi-Fi password on Windows 10, use these steps:

1. Open Control Panel on Windows 10.

2. Click on Network and Internet.

3. Click on Network and Sharing Center.

4. Click the “Change adapter settings” option from the left pane.

   

5. Double-click the wireless adapter.

   

6. Click the Wireless Properties button.

   

7. Click the “Security” tab.

8. Check the Show characters option to find the Wi-Fi password on Windows 10 in the “Network security key” field.

   

Once you complete the steps, the wireless password will be revealed on Windows 10.

Find Wi-Fi password on Windows 10 from Command Prompt

Using Control Panel, you can only view the Wi-Fi password for the network you’re currently connected to. If you want to see your current password or saved Wi-Fi networks stored on Windows 10, you’ll need to use Command Prompt. These steps will also work on PowerShell.

To see the Wi-Fi passwords from saved networks on Windows 10, use these steps:

1. Open Start.

2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the result, and select the Run as an Administrator option.

3. Type the following command to view a list of the Wi-Fi networks your computer connected to at one point in time and press Enter:

   netsh wlan show profiles

4. Type the following command to determine the Wi-Fi password for a particular network and press Enter:

   netsh wlan show profile name="Wi-Fi-Profile" key=clear

   

After completing the steps, the password will be displayed in the Key Content field under “Security settings.” Remember to change Wi-Fi-Profile for the name of your current or saved network you want to see the password in the command.

The steps to find the Wi-Fi password can always come in handy to help others connect to the same network and when you need to reconnect after resetting your network connections.

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There can be a lot of reasons as to why you might want to know the Wi-Fi password for a network you are currently connected to or you have connected in the past. Either your friend wants to know the password for the café you regularly visit, or you just want to know the password of the Wi-Fi at your friend’s place who won’t tell you and prefer typing it.

We have already seen how to uncover the secret on Android and iOS and today we would see how to get that done on a Windows computer. Just make sure you have the admin access to the computer.

View Password of Network You are Connected to

The trick I am going to show you right now has been documented on Windows 10. But it also works on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. When you are connected to the network, right click on the Wi-Fi icon on the Windows System Tray and click on Open the network and Sharing.

Once the Network and Sharing Center opens up, it will list all the networks your computer is currently connected to under the Active Network section. Click on the Connections: your computer is connected to and it will open the Wi-Fi Status Window.

Click on Wireless Properties in the Wi-Fi Status window and Wireless Network Property of the connected network. The page will show you the connection name and type and will have a Security tab you can click on.

The Network Security Key option will have the Wi-Fi password and you can check the option Show characters to make the password visible. Do not change any properties in here or it might mess up the connection and you can have trouble while connecting next time.

That was an easy solution to find the password to the network you are currently connected to. What if I share a secret using which you can get Wi-Fi password of networks you are not connected to anymore?

While we’re on networking: Why don’t you check out how you should pick out a Wi-Fi router that is right for you.

View Passwords of Networks You Were Previously Connected to

Open the command prompt, with admin access of course, and type in the command netsh wlan show profiles. It will list all the Wi-Fi networks you have connected to. Each of these mentioned profiles will be displayed using the SSID Name.

The next command you should type is netsh wlan show profile name=”Profile-Name” key=clear. The profile name should be the name of the Wi-Fi network you wish to know the password of and without quotes. The screenshot will clear any doubts you might have.

That’s all, the password for the said network will be displayed under the security tab.

Note:

Word of Advice on Windows 10 Wi-Fi Sense

While talking about the Windows 10 W-Fi Sense previously, we mentioned that a user will have to type in the password again to enable Wi-Fi password sharing. But the trick might be a way to break that. So if you really don’t what to share your Wi-Fi, read about the Optout trick.

Conclusion

So that was how you can view saved Wi-Fi password on Windows. Don’t forget to check out how you can view the saved Wi-Fi password on Android and iOS. For any doubts, you can join me on our forum. have a good one guys.