Tip: How to See Wi-Fi Password or Security Key in Windows 11

If you want to view the saved password or security key of a Wi-Fi network or mobile hotspot in your Windows 11 device, this article will help you. In this article, we’ll discuss a quick and easy way to grab the password of any connected Wi-Fi network or hotspot in Windows 11 operating system. We’ll not take help of any 3rd party software program for this task. Windows 11 provides a native or built-in option to see the stored passwords or security keys of all known Wi-Fi networks.

When you try to connect to a Wi-Fi network or hotspot, you need to enter a password or security key to connect to the network for security reasons. If you know the password, you can enter it and start using the Wi-Fi connection but if you don’t know the Wi-Fi password, you’ll need to ask the Wi-Fi router administrator for the password.

Sometimes you might forget the saved Wi-Fi password in your Windows 11 device and you can’t find any way to find the password. In this situation, Windows 11 can help you in revealing the stored Wi-Fi password.

Microsoft has added a very useful feature to Windows 11 which helps users in easily finding the Wi-Fi password or security key if it’s a known network i.e. the device was previously connected successfully to the network.

Windows 11 stores the Wi-Fi password or security key whenever the user connects to a Wi-Fi network or hotspot and users can view and read the stored password any time using Windows 11 Settings app.

If you also want to view the saved password or security key of a Wi-Fi network in your Windows 11 computer, following steps will help you:

STEP 1: Right-click on the Network icon in Taskbar notification area or system tray and select “Network and Internet settings” option.

Alternatively, you can open Settings app from Start Menu or by pressing WIN+I keys together and then select Network & Internet section present in left-side pane.

STEP 2: Now in right-side pane, click on Wi-Fi option and then click on Manage known networks option.

STEP 3: Windows 11 will show a list of all saved or stored Wi-Fi networks in your computer system. Click on the desired Wi-Fi network and you’ll see an option “View Wi-Fi security key“. Click on the “View” button.

That’s it. Windows 11 will immediately show the correct password or security key of the selected Wi-Fi network on your computer screen.

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