How to View Saved Wi-Fi Passwords by Two Methods in Windows 10?
Whenever
you forget the password of your Home or Office Wi-Fi then probably the reason
is that you saved the password in your device and you have not even used it
eventually. However, this type of situation
arises very often or once in a while.
Here
we recommend you one solution is that opening your router’s configuration page
and then saw the password of your home or office Wi-Fi. But it will also be possible that you might not have the
access to your Wi-Fi router’s settings.
There is also the other way like users would be extracting the Wi-Fi password
from your Windows computer themselves.
Steps to View Password by Two Methods in
Windows 10
Here
we try to cover the best way to easily extract
saved Wi-Fi passwords from your Windows 10 Computer system. In this blog, we will cover
two methods which you can use as per the
solutions. Always keep in mind that these two methods will only disclose the key that was already saved on your computer system. We highly recommended
that once you want to reveal its password,
you need to connect with your Wi-Fi connection.
Currently, if you are connected to the Wi-Fi network for which you just want to recover the password, then you
need to follow the GUI method. And if the network credentials are saved in your device, and if your device is
already connected to the internet, so follow the CMD method.
GUI Method:
Moreover,
it is one of the simplest and easiest ways
to view the saved password for any Wi-Fi network you are presently connected.
To view the saved passwords, then you need to follow the given steps:
1. Click to launch the “Settings” tab.
2. Move towards “Network and
Internet” option.
3. Now, click to open
“Network and sharing center” tab.
4. In the Active Network
option, set your Wi-Fi network. Then click on it to easily open new dialog box.
5. On the dialog box, click
on the Wireless Properties, to launch a new dialog box.
6. Alternatively, move towards
the Security tab. In the password field
option, click on Show characters checkbox to easily reveal the password.
Finally,
the whole process is completed
successfully. Now you got the password that your computer system needs to
connect to your Wi-Fi network.
CMD Method:
Formerly,
if you are connected with any Wi-Fi network but currently not connected, then
only you can apply or use this method. The CMD method also involves punching in
few simple CMD commands to expose the password easily.
1. Click to open a CMD
Window.
2. Type the below-given path:
·
netsh WLAN
show profile
3. Now, a list of all known
Wi-Fi networks appears on the screen, and then you need to create a list of the
profile name you want to view the saved passwords.
4. Now, use the following command only to view
the passwords easily.
·
netsh WLAN
show profile “PROFILE_NAME” key=clear
5. Click to Replace
“Profile_Name” with the new name; you
created in the list.
However,
these commands above will show you a lot of details about your Wi-Fi network. You
can easily read through these details and also configuration or might be directly jumping into the Security Settings
and also search for the field which is usually called a Key Content.
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