How To Find WiFi Password On Windows 11? 4 Easy Ways

Are you forgotten your WiFi password? If yes, then it’s a common thing don’t worry. Actually, we need to enter the password only one time on our laptop and after that, it connects automatically so we don’t need to remember it.

Personally, I am using a strong password for my WiFi, which I recommend to you also. However, it is good practice to use a strong and complicated password but the problem is that often it is not easy to remember it.

But thankfully Windows 11 allows you to see your saved WiFi network password when it is needed and you do not need to reset it. If you forgot or don’t remember your WiFi password and want to use it on a new device or share it with someone else then there are multiple ways to see it on your Windows laptop.

In this article, I am going to show you different methods to see your Wifi password. So, it is depending upon your choice which method is easy and suitable for you.

Note: If you are using Windows 10 operating system then you can also follow these steps because all steps are the same for both.

1. View Currently Connected WiFi Network Password Using Settings

By using the Windows 11 system Settings you can access the Wi-Fi properties page and you can see your wifi password. Here is how you can do it.

Step 1: Press the Start button and then click on the Settings or simply press the “Windows + I” to open the settings page.

Step 2: Next, click on the “Network & Internet” which you can see on the left sidebar of the setting page then select “Advanced Network Settings“.

Step 3: After that, you need to select the “More Network Adapter Options” tab under the Related settings section.

Step 4: Here you will see that “Network Connections” window will open. On this page, you will see “Wi-Fi” where you have to right-click on that and then select “Status“.

Step 5: On this Status page, click on the “Wireless Properties” button.

Step 6: After opening the Wireless Network Properties window, you need to click on the “Security” tab at the top.

Step 7: Here, at this “Security” tab you can see your Wi-Fi password by just enabling the “Show Characters” check box, which is under the “Network Security Key” field.

Step 8: Once you enable that check box, the WiFi password will appear instantly in the “Network Security Key” field.

This is how you can see your currently connected Wi-Fi network password by using the Settings page. Now, you can share your WiFi password with your family and friends.

2. View The Saved WiFi Password Using Control Panel

Like the above method, this is a bit similar, which you can use to see your wifi password via a Control panel.

Step 1: Press the Windows 11’s start button and type the “Control Panel” and click on it to open.

Step 2: After opening the Control Panel, you need to click on the “View Network Status And Tasks” option which is available under the “Network & Internet” category.

Step 3: Now, you are at the “Network And Sharing Center” panel where you need to click on your Wi-Fi network name under the “View your active networks section”.

Step 4: Next, the Wi-Fi Status dialogue box will open, and need to click on “Wireless Properties“.

Step 5: Here, on top of the “Wireless Network Properties” dialogue box, you can see the “Security” tab, click on that.

Step 6: After that, you need to enable the “Show characters” check box to see your WiFi password.

3. Find All Saved WiFi Password Using Command Prompt Or Windows Powershell

Previously, you could only see the current password of the Wifi network you are connected to. But, what if you want to see the previously connected or disconnected Wifi network password?

Well, you can do that by using a “Command Prompt” or “Windows Powershell” to find the currently connected as well as previously connected wifi network password. But you will not get the password of that WiFi network if you have used the “Forget” button on your laptop.

Here is how you can do that.

Note: All the steps are the same for both Command Prompt and Windows Powershell.

Step 1: Firstly, you need to type the “CMD or Command Prompt” on the Windows Start button search and then press enter to open.

Or

If you want to use “Windows Powershell” then right-click on the start button and click on that.

Step 2: Next, type the following command on Command Prompt or Windows Powershell and press Enter button to get a list of all the saved Wifi network profiles on your laptop.

netsh wlan show profiles

Step 3: Here, you need to run another command to get the WiFi password of that particular Wi-Fi SSID.

netsh wlan show profile name=“Wi-Fi NAME” key=clear

In the above-given command, you have to replace “Wi-Fi Name” with WiFi SSID to see the saved password.

Let’s take an example, in our case, the WiFi name is “One Plus 7” so we will replace it with “Wi-Fi Name” that you can see in the below command.

netsh wlan show profile name="OnePlus 7" key=clear

4. Find The WiFi Password By Using A Third Party App

If you don’t want to do this technical thing to see the WiFi password then simply you can use a third-party app called “WirelessKeyView“. Actually, there are many apps available but this is one of the most popular apps.

On top of that, this is a free app which you can use to find your WiFi network password with just a single click. You just need to download and install the app to see the list of Wifi network user profiles and passwords. Also, this app allows you to export all the Wifi network passwords in a text file and for that, you have to click on File and then choose the Export all items option.

These are the four methods which you can use to find your WiFi password easily. So it depends upon you which method is suitable for you from Setting, Control Panel, Command Prompt / Windows Powershell, and Third-party app, and then try it out.

However, often we all forget the passwords, so, use a password manager or save the password on a text file or Word document file.

I hope that this guide on how to find WiFi passwords on Windows 11 would be helpful for you. Still, if you have any queries feel free to ask me via email or in the comment box.