{"id":12991,"date":"2017-05-26T19:32:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T23:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=12991"},"modified":"2020-12-30T08:20:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T13:20:04","slug":"how-to-find-your-wireless-network-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-find-your-wireless-network-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Your Wireless Network Password"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Find Your Wireless Network Password Without Using a 3rd Party Program<\/span>
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This tip works in Windows 7, Windows 8x, and Windows 10 (all versions)<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone should be using a Wi-Fi password for their home network. And most everyone does. And most everyone lets\u00a0Windows remember that password for them, so they don\u2019t have to type it in every time they want to connect (for example after a restart).<\/span><\/p>\n

In the modern era, so-to-speak, it’s more likely you’ll need to know your Wi-Fi network name and password to set up another PC, Chromebook, tablet, or smartphone so it can connect to your home Wi-Fi network. If you’re going to be doing this, you’re going to need your Wi-Fi network password. \u00a0And if you don\u2019t remember what it is, you\u2019ll be fumbling around, wasting time, trying to get those other devices connected.<\/span><\/p>\n

But you don’t need to do that, I tells ya!\u00a0It\u00a0is really easy to find your network password… all you need to know is the name of your network. If you don’t know, you can find it in Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center… or in Windows 10 Creators Update (as well as other versions) in Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you know your Wi-Fi network name, all you need to do is enter in a simple command. In just a few seconds\u00a0you\u2019ll know your network password.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you do it:<\/span><\/p>\n

Step one: Open a command prompt with administrator privileges:<\/span><\/p>\n

On Windows 7, type CMD in the Start menu search, press Enter, \u2013 right-click CMD when it appears at the top, and choose \u201cRun as administrator\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Windows 8, press Windows Key + S, type CMD press enter, right-click when it appears, and then choose \u201cRun as administrator\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Windows 10,\u00a0right-click the start button and click on \u201cCommand Prompt (Admin)\u201d. If you don’t see Command Prompt (Admin), but you see Windows PowerShell (Admin), here’s how<\/a> to change PowerShell to Command Prompt and back again with the flip of a switch. Or if you want to be lazy, you can enter the command in PowerShell (Admin) just like Command Prompt (Admin)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Step two: Enter the following command, at the prompt in the Command Prompt window. Make sure you\u00a0Substitute your Wi-Fi network name for my network name which is OMAHA<\/strong>. Don\u2019t worry — network names are not case sensitive in Windows.<\/span><\/p>\n

netsh wlan show profile name=OMAHA key=clear<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAbove: My network password showing in plain text. No! I am not going to let you see it! I blurred it! I don’t want you telling EB and then having here mooch off my Wi-Fi. Are you crazy?<\/span><\/p>\n

REMEMBER:<\/strong> When typing commands in a Command Prompt or PowerShell window, you must type them exactly as shown – including spaces… OK?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How to Find Your Wireless Network Password Without Using a 3rd Party Program This tip works in Windows 7, Windows 8x, and Windows 10 (all versions) Everyone should be using a Wi-Fi password for their home network. And most everyone does. And most everyone lets\u00a0Windows remember that password for them, so they don\u2019t have to type it in\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1433],"tags":[1315,155,106,1684,7,1353,207],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12991"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20612,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12991\/revisions\/20612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}