Once your laptop is connected to Wi-Fi, you feel there is no reason to remember the password. Until you need to connect another device or change your Wi-Fi password, then you may be wondering “what’s my Wi-Fi password?”, don’t worry, it’s great. easy to find it again and even change it if the situation requires you to do so.
So if you are using a Windows 11 computer, how can we review the Wi-Fi passwords that have been connected and saved? Please refer to the following instructions.
How to view Wi-Fi passwords that have been connected and saved in Windows 11 from Control Panel
Call up the RUN dialog box and enter the command “control”, then press the ENTER key.
The Control Panel window appears, click Network and Internet.
Tap the name of the Wi-Fi network you’re connecting to.
The configuration window of the Wi-Fi network you are connecting to appears, click on Wireless Properties.
An information window appears, click the Security tab.
Check the Show characters line.
Then, the Wi-Fi password will appear.
How to view Wi-Fi passwords that have been connected and saved in Windows 11 from Command Prompt
Enter the command “cmd” in the RUN dialog box to invoke the Command Prompt. Then enter the command “netsh wlan show profiles“, then press the ENTER key to execute.
Then, a list of Wi-Fi networks you have ever connected to will appear. Now if you want to see the password of a certain Wi-Fi network, for example “Mr.Hoc”, use the command “netsh wlan show profile name=Mr.Hoc key=clear“, then press the ENTER key to execute.
After launching the command, the Wi-Fi password will appear in the Key Content line.
How to view Wi-Fi passwords that have been connected and saved in Windows 11 from Windows PowerShell
Start Windows PowerShell and enter this orderall the Wi-Fi networks and passwords the computer has ever connected to are displayed.
In case if you do not like to view manually above, you can use WirelessKeyView software to view. It’s free and not too difficult to use.
Good luck.