How can we find out WiFi passwords saved in Windows 10, even if we are not connected to the wireless network

In the past, I have written about How can we find the passwords of wireless networks to which we were connected with an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or an Android smartphone. In the tutorials below you will find the steps to be followed to find out the saved WiFi passwords.

The passwords of the wireless networks can be found very easily from Windows 10. Keep in mind that this tutorial will not help you “Breakparole WiFi of some networks near you but will only look How to see WiFi passwords that have been saved on laptop / Windows PC.

1. Click-right on the wireless icon in the right-hand corner and click on “Open Network and Sharing Center

2. In the window that opens, click on “Change adapter settings” (option present in a menu on the left).

3. Click-right on the adapterWiFi, click “Status“.

4. in the window Wi-Fi Status, click on the button “Wireless Properties“, then to the tab “Security” And we find the password of the wireless network to which we are connected.

5. Click pe “Show characters” To see the WiFi password of the network we are connected to on Windows 10.

Well, in this way we can only see the password of the network to which we are connected, but we know very well that if we move with the laptop in several locations, it saves the passwords. These passwords can also be seen in Windows 10, even if we are not in the network coverage area to which we want to find out their password. This is possible using two command lines in Command Prompt. Even if they could sound quite complicated for some less experienced users, the procedure is very simple.

1. Open Command Prompt (CMD) with administrator rights. “Run as administrator…”

2. In CMD execute the command line:
netsh wlan show profile
3. Copy the name of the wireless network for which you want to see the password next “All User Profile”. In our case it is “AirPort Wi-Fi”.

4. Execute the command line:
netsh wlan show profile "AirPort Wi-Fi" key=clear
(Replace “AirPort Wi-Fi” with the name of your chosen network)

Sub “Security settings”, next “key content” You will see the WiFi password of the wireless network selected by you in the last order line above.

This way you can find out the password of a wireless network you are not connected to and / or you are not in its coverage area.

There are little ones who have routers in the house, have connected their mobile phones and computers, then forget the Wi-Fi password.

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