{"id":29460,"date":"2024-12-04T08:36:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T13:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=29460"},"modified":"2024-12-04T08:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T13:36:16","slug":"how-to-find-your-wi-fi-password-in-windows-10-or-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/how-to-find-your-wi-fi-password-in-windows-10-or-windows-11\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password in Windows 10 or Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password in Windows 10 or Windows 11<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a while since we covered recovering wireless network passwords. Christmas is coming soon and many of you will be getting a new computer, tablet, smartphone, smart thermostat, Roku player, smart TV, or another internet-connected device. You\u2019re going to need to know what your WiFi password is so you can set up your new device to connect to your home WiFi.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like us, you set up your wireless network quite a while ago and can’t remember what your WiFi password is. So, if you get a new internet-connected device and you need to know your wireless password, we\u2019re going to show you how a quick and easy way to find it in both Windows 10 and Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to find your Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/span> password in Windows 10<\/span>
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Type \u201cNetwork connections\u201d in the taskbar search and press Enter when you see Network connections appear in the search results<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Network connections dialog click, on your WiFi connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

Next, click on Status in the drop-down menu (see image below) which appears when you right-click on your WiFi connection.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Wi-Fi Status dialog, click on the Wireless Properties button (see screenshot below):<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

In Wireless Network Properties, click on the Security tab at the top (see image below):<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Wireless Network Properties Security dialog, tick the box next to \u201cShow Characters\u201d and your password will be shown to you unencrypted \u2013 in plain text.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cloudeight<\/span><\/p>\n

The above method also works in both Windows 10 and Windows 11…\u00a0 but if you’re using Windows 11, there’s an easier way.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Quick and Easy Way to Find Your Wireless Password in Windows 11<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Open Settings > Network & internet and click on Wi-Fi<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Find<\/span><\/p>\n

Click on your wireless network name. As you can see, mine is NETGEAR52<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Find<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, scroll down on the Wi-Fi > Your Network Name page and you’ll see “View Wi-Fi security key” with a “View” button to its right. Click on “View” to see your Wi-Fi password in plain text.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Find<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Find<\/span><\/p>\n

And that’s all there is to finding your wireless network key (password) in Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  How to Find Your Wi-Fi Password in Windows 10 or Windows 11 It\u2019s been a while since we covered recovering wireless network passwords. Christmas is coming soon and many of you will be getting a new computer, tablet, smartphone, smart thermostat, Roku player, smart TV, or another internet-connected device. You\u2019re going to need to know what your\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1433,2145,3948,4299,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29460"}],"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=29460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29461,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29460\/revisions\/29461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}