In this article I will share with you information with which you can view the forgotten password from the Wi-Fi network on your computer with Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7. Moreover, we will view the password from Wi-Fi through the command line. Using this method, you can find out the password for any Wi-Fi network to which your computer or laptop was previously connected.
Earlier, I already wrote about how to find out your Wi-Fi password. And even published a separate article for Windows 10: https://help-wifi.com/reshenie-problem-i-oshibok/kak-uznat-parol-ot-svoego-wi-fi-na-windows-10/.
In these articles, I described a method by which you can view a forgotten password through the "Wireless Network Management" in the system itself, or using a special program. But sometimes it happens that the "Wireless Network Management" item itself is not in Windows. And in such a situation, you can try to see the password using a special command through the command line.
In general, this topic is very popular. Very often, in the process of configuring the router, they change the password from the Wi-Fi network, and do not write it down. Set up, connected multiple devices, and successfully forgot your password. And then you need to connect a new phone, tablet, computer, etc., and you cannot remember the password for Wi-Fi. And if you have at least one computer that is connected to your wireless network, or was connected before, then the key can be found, it is saved in the system. You can, of course, see the password in the router settings, but this method is more complicated.
This method works in all versions of Windows, starting with the "seven" and ending with the "ten". Or maybe it works in XP too. I don’t know, I haven’t tested it.
How to view the Wi-Fi network key through the command line
First, we need to run the command line. Press the keyboard shortcut Win + R, we introduce cmd, and click Ok. In Windows 10, you can right-click on the Start menu and select Command Prompt.
Next, on the command line you need to run the commandnetsh wlan show profiles... It displays a list of all Wi-Fi networks, information about which is stored on the computer, and the password from which we can find out.
To find out the password for the Wi-Fi network we need, we need to substitute the name of the network in the command:
netsh wlan show profiles name = wifi_network_name key = clear
And execute it on the command line. In my case, the command looks like this:
netsh wlan show profiles name = TP-LINK_9ED6 key = clear
The line "Key content" will contain the password for this wireless network.
That's all. Now you know how, using two commands, you can get information about Wi-Fi networks to which your laptop or PC was once connected. Including the password for these networks.
If something didn't work out for you, or you have another problem, then describe it in the comments, we'll figure it out.
