By Sophia | Last Updated
“I have forgotten my Wi-Fi password, I want to recover the lost Wi-Fi password on my Windows 11, how do I do that?”
Well, it's okay to forget Wi-Fi password because there are more ways than difficulties. In this post, I walk through three different ways to view Wi-Fi password in Windows 11. Now, let's discuss how to do it.
Step 1: Tap on Search on the Taskbar, then search for Control Panel in the search box and open it.
Step 2: After opening the Control Panel, you can see the View network status and tasks option, click on it.
Step 3: Find Wi-Fi your computer has connected to, and click on it to prepare to view Wi-Fi password.
Step 4: Then you'll go to Wi-Fi Status window. Next, click on the Wireless Properties button.
Step 5: After that, there appears a Wireless Network Properties window.
Step 6: Tap on the Security tab in the Wireless Network Properties screen, and you can see the security type, encryption type, and hidden network security key.
Step 7: Check Show characters, you can see the network security key. This time you successfully see Wi-Fi password in Windows 11.
Step 1: Right-click the Start on the taskbar and click on Windows Terminal(Admin) in the context menu.
Step 2: Click Yes if you want to allow this app to make changes to your device.
Step 3: There will then display the Windows PowerShell screen.
Step 4: Type the command netsh wlan show profiles in it and press the Enter key to view the name of Wi-Fi.
Step 5: That is Wi-Fi name shows beside the ALL User Profile.
Step 6: Continue to type the command netsh wlan show profiles name=SHARED_WIFI Key=clear and press the Enter key to start viewing Wi-Fi password in Windows 11. Here, you should replace SHARED_WIFI in this command with the SSID of your Wi-Fi.
Step 7: Now, what you view next to the Key Content is Wi-Fi password. The steps of viewing Wi-Fi password in Windows 11 are done here.
Note: If you have a desktop computer, then you may need to plug a USB wireless network card into your PC to complete.
iSunshare WiFi Password Genius is a tool that allows you to recover all Wi-Fi accounts and passwords you have ever connected to from your computer in seconds. With it, you can view forgotten Wi-Fi passwords on your Windows 11 PC in no time. Now, let's discuss how to see Wi-Fi password in Windows 11 using iSunshare WiFi Password Genius.
Step 1: Download and install the program on your Windows 11 PC, and launch it.
Step 2: You can then hit Refresh to read all WiFi accounts and passwords and other information that can be displayed here. After doing this, you can view and save the forgotten password.
Step 3: Click Save to save the recovered Wi-Fi password to your computer in case you forget the password again.
Step 4: Save Wi-Fi password to a file and please remember where you saved as.
Conclusion:
From this post, you can get three ways how to view Wi-Fi password in Windows 11. You can view the forgotten password through Control Panel, Windows PowerShell, or the third-party software -- iSunshare WiFi Password Genius. Compared with the previous two methods, iSunshare WiFi Password Genius is a more quickly and easily way to find and view the forgotten Wi-Fi password in Windows 11.
