How To Find The Password Of Wifi On A Laptop

Do you also want to know how to find a wifi password from a laptop? If yes, then read out this article, to know more about the finding password for wifi.

Finding wifi password in laptop

To find wifi password from a windows laptop follow these steps:-

Step1:- Open your laptop or PC.

Step2:- Refresh it.

Step3:- press the window button on the keyboard or click on the start button.

Step4:- Search for the command prompt in the search bar.

Step5:- Left-click on it and select the option "run as administrator " so that you can access it faster.

Step6:- You can also press the window + R  button on the keyboard of the laptop or PC and then type cmd to directly access or open this command prompt page.

Step7:- Once you are done with the above process you need to type in the command prompt the following command - netsh wlan show profiles.

Step8:- After it, you will see the list of all the available wifi networks on the command prompt window page through which your laptop connected previously.

Step9:- Now you need to type the following command in the command prompt to find the password of one network profile.

Note -:  keep in mind that you replace the profile name with the name of the network whose password you want to know.         

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     netsh WLAN show profile name=profilename key=clear.

Step10:- Once you are competing with the above process, find the "Key Content" line in the command prompt window which will be the password of that corresponding network.

This is how you can find your wifi password using the command prompt. you can also use this method on Windows 8 and 10. It is effective on both windows.

Find wifi password on Apple or MAC

To find the wifi password on an Apple laptop or MacBook follow these steps:-

Step1:- Open your apple laptop or Macbook.

Step2:- Refresh it.

Step3:- Click the Launchpad icon in the Dock, type Terminal in the search field, and then click Terminal.

Step4:- You can also open the terminal by this In the Finder, open the /Applications/Utility folder, Then double-click Terminal.

Step5:- Once you are done with the above process you need to type in the mac terminal the following command changing the wifi name for the name of your Wi-Fi network: security find-generic-password -wa wifi name

Step6:- Then Hit Enter, type in your admin credentials in the mac terminal, and hit Enter again to see the password.

Step7:- Your Wi-Fi password will be displayed in the Terminal window.

There is one more way to find the password on MacBook by using keychain access follow these steps:-

Step1:- Open your apple laptop or Macbook.

Step2:- Refresh it.

Step3:- You can also open the terminal by this In the Finder, open the /Applications/Utility folder, Then double-click on the option keychain access.

Step4:- In the keychain, access window Select the option System in the left panel.

Step5:- Select the Passwords tab at the top of the screen.

Step6:- Then Double-click on your network to display additional Wi-Fi information.

Step7:- Tick the option Show password checkbox and enter your admin password

Step8:- Copy the Wi-Fi password

 This is how you can find your wifi password using the mac terminal and keychain access.

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Conclusion :

This blog concludes with the process through which you can find a wifi password on a laptop.