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Here's How to Recover Your Wi-Fi Password: Check Out Step-By-Step Guide

Forgot your Wi-Fi password? Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you recover your Wi-Fi password easily using your device or router settings.

Edited by Deepti Ratnam |Published: Jul 20, 2025, 01:48 PM (IST)

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Wi-Fi has become an important part of our daily life. From watching movies on Netflix to study online and working from home, Wi-Fi plays a crucial role. Nevertheless, there are times when we urgently requires to finish our office work or any school project, but we forget the password of our Wi-Fi. Forgetting the password of our Wi-Fi is a common thing that happens almost with everyone at some point. Instead of getting frustrated, we will tell you tips and tricks on how to recover the password of your Wi-Fi. Thankfully, there are simple ways and steps that will help you either recover or view your Wi-Fi password.

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Check Out Step-By-Step Guide on How to Recover Password on Android Phone:

  1. To see the password, go to the settings of the smartphone.
  2. Here you will find the WiFi and Network option, click on it.
  3. Now click on WiFi.
  4. Here you will find the QR code, tap on it.
  5. After this you will see the WiFi password written below the code.
  6. Windows users can check WiFi password like this
  7. Go to the Start menu for the password.
  8. From here open the Control Panel section.
  9. Open the Network and Sharing Center from the Control Panel.
  10. Click on the WiFi network.
  11. Now you will see the existing connected network, click on it.
  12. Open Wireless Properties.
  13. A new window will open on the screen. Click on Security in it.
  14. The Show Character checkbox will appear in the new window, tap on it.
  15. After doing this, you will see the WiFi password.

If the password is not known by the above method, then here is another trick, which will be useful for you:-

  1. Open the Start menu and type cmd and press Enter.
  2. Give the command ‘netsh wlan show profile name=”WiFi-Name” key=clear’ in the command box. Note: Enter the name of your WiFi connection in place of WiFi Name.
  3. After this, press Enter again.
  4. Then you will see a long detail on the screen. In it, you will see the password written in front of Key Content.