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How To Find WiFi Password In Windows 11

Anup ThapaBy Anup ThapaDecember 18, 2022
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Use Stronger Passwords is an extremely common piece of advice when it comes to securing your WiFi. And while this is indeed a good practice, one minor downside to long and complicated passwords is that they’re easy to forget.

If you manually save your passwords either in a notebook or digitally, that’s great. But even if you don’t, Windows saves the credentials for future use when you connect to a WiFi network.

The Control Panel method, which we’ve listed first, will be most intuitive for the majority of users. But the command line or powershell methods are way more efficient, and they’re actually quite simple to perform as well.

Via Control Panel

In case of active connections i.e., the WiFi your device is currently connected to, you can view the WiFi password from the Wireless Properties window. Here are the steps to do so on Windows 11:

  1. Press Win + R, type ncpa.cpl , and press Enter.
  2. Double-click the active WiFi connection.
  3. Click on Wireless Properties and switch to the Security tab.
    wifi status wireless properties
  4. Enable the Show Characters option to view your WiFi password.
    network-security-key

Using Command Prompt

If you’re trying to find the password for a WiFi network you’re not currently connected to, you can do so using the netsh command. Here are the steps to use this command on Windows 11:

  1. Press Win + R, type cmd, and press CTRL + Shift + Enter.
  2. Type netsh wlan show profiles and press Enter. Note the appropriate SSID from the list.
    netsh wlan show profiles
  3. Replace SSID with the value from Step 2 and execute the following command:
    netsh wlan show profile name=SSID key=clear
    netsh-wlan-show-profile-name-key-clear
  4. Scroll down and check the Key Content (password) in the Security settings section.
    security-settings-key-content

Using Powershell

If you’d like to view all of the previously saved credentials at once, we recommend using the PowerShell method instead. Here are the necessary steps:

  1. Press Win + X and select the Windows Terminal (Admin).
  2. Powershell should open by default, but in case it doesn’t, press CTRL + Shift + 1 to launch a new Powershell tab.
  3. Execute the following command:
    (netsh wlan show profiles) | Select-String "\:(.+)$" | %{$network=$_.Matches.Groups[1].Value.Trim(); $_} | %{(netsh wlan show profile name="$network" key=clear)} | Select-String "Key Content\W+\:(.+)$" | %{$password=$_.Matches.Groups[1].Value.Trim(); $_} | %{[PSCustomObject]@{ NETWORK_NAME=$network;PASSWORD=$password }} | Format-Table -AutoSizepowershell-wifi-password-script
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Anup Thapa primarily covers Windows systems, networking, and computer hardware at TechNewsToday. Anup has been writing professionally for almost 5 years, and tinkering with PCs for much longer. His love for all things tech started when he got his first PC over 15 years ago. It was a Pentium IV system running Windows XP on a single 256 MB stick. He spent his formative years glued to this PC, troubleshooting any hardware or software problems he encountered by himself. Professionally, Anup has had brief forays into a variety of fields from coding and hardware installation to writing. In doing so, he's worked with people of different backgrounds and skill levels, from average joes to industry leaders and experts. This has given him not just a versatile skill set, but also a unique perspective for writing that enables him to concisely communicate complex information and solve his reader's problems efficiently. You can reach out to him at anup@technewstoday.com.

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