So let's move on to action.
- Find the network connection icon in the lower right corner of the desktop and call its context menu (right-click once).
- In the list that opens, click on "Network and Sharing Center".
- In the window that appears, select "Wireless Network Management".
- In the new window, you need to find your connection and click on it once with the right mouse button. Among the proposed options, click on "Properties".
- Open the "Security" tab and pay attention to the line "Network Security Key". Hidden characters are shown here. This is your desired password! To see it, you need to check the box "Display input characters."
Your task now is not to lose or forget the password. You can write in a notepad or create a document with passwords that will be stored on your PC in a place you know.
If at step 3 you had a hitch due to the lack of the “Wireless Network Management” deadline, then do the following:
- Click on the connection icon located on the notification panel and you will see a list of networks.
- Select your network by right-clicking on it. Next, click "Properties".
- Check the "Display entered characters" checkbox and a forgotten password will appear in front of you.
Here how can be done without much effort find out on the computer mine wifi password. If this method does not work, then you need to use the router settings.
Look up your Wi-Fi password in the router settings. For this:
- connect the router to your PC using the network cable that comes with the router;
- in the address bar of the browser, type the address 192.168.1.1;
- enter your login and password - admin and admin, respectively (provided that you have not changed them);
- open the tab Wireless (Wireless mode) - Wireless Security (Protection of the wireless mode);
- in the PSK Password: line (PSK password:) your password for accessing the Wi-Fi network will be indicated. The password can also be located on this page, but on a different line.
Asus routers display the password on the main page.
If all else fails, then you can use the factory reset on the router. However, in this case, you will need to configure it yourself again (set network connection parameters, network name, etc.). But you can specify your new password and then you will not have to restore the old one.
Now you know several options on how to find out your lost wifi password on a computer. Good luck to everyone, and if you have any questions, please contact the comment line.
With Uv. Evgeny Kryzhanovsky
With the increase in the number of wireless devices, users are increasingly asking the question of how to find out the password from their WiFi. Due to the fact that the WiFi password is set once, and the connection settings, after they are entered on other wireless devices, are saved by Windows, Android, IOS operating systems, and the user does not need to enter the password (key) from the network every time he connects.
It is not surprising that over time, the previously set password from the home WiFi network can be successfully forgotten and it is no longer possible to remember a particularly long password. Let's look at all the options on how to find out a forgotten password from your WiFi.
How to find out the wifi password on a computer in Windows 7,8 and 10
If a WiFi connection was previously configured on a computer or laptop, then you can find out the password in the network connection settings of the Windows 7 operating system.
On the computer, go to the “Network and Sharing Center”, for which we right-click on the wireless network icon, then select “manage wireless networks” in the window.
In the window that opens with a list of wireless networks, select the one for which you need to find the password. 
Open the properties of the WiFi network, go to the "security" tab and put a tick in the "display signs" box. Thus, the previously entered WiFi password will appear in the security key field instead of dots. Be sure to write down this password so that you don't run into a similar problem in the future. 
I draw your attention to the fact that this way to find the password is only suitable for your own WiFi networks, to which the connection has already been configured and is not suitable for unknown networks of neighbors.
If it is not possible to display the password in this way, or there is no way to check the box, and also if the computer was not previously connected to the WiFi network we need, there is another way to find out the password in the router settings.
How to view WiFi password in router settings
First of all, we need to get into the settings of the WiFi router itself in the connection settings section. Turn your router over and on the sticker on the back you will see the IP address, username and password from your device. An example of how stickers with addresses and passwords for D-link, Asus and TP-link look like are shown below in the pictures.
In a browser on a computer or on another Android device, enter the IP of the router, for example http:://192.168.1.1, then the login and password from it. On the example of D-link flashed in dd-wrt, the password is on the WiFi tab in the security section. For other routers, the route to the settings is in many ways similar, in any case, we need to find the “Wireless Security” tab and the “Security Key” or “WPA Key” line of the WiFi connection.
If there is no sticker, but the network connection is configured on the computer, you can see the address of the router through the ipconfig command. To do this, in Windows 7, press the buttons on the keyboard Win + R, then enter the command “cmd” and press enter. For Windows 8, press the Win + X keys and select "Command Prompt" in the window that opens. So, we enter “ipconfig” into the command line and among the set of given data we look for the inscription “main gateway”, this is the address of our router.
If you can’t find the password with all the methods described above, I recommend resetting the router to factory settings (Reset button) and reconfiguring it with setting a new password in the settings.
Find saved WiFi password on Android devices
To find out the password from our WiFi on an Android phone or tablet, we need to have ROOT access to the device. If such access is available, then through any file manager you need to go to the “data / misc / wifi” folder, open the “wpa_supplicant.conf” file in a text editor and find the PSK parameter in it, which is our desired password.
You can also install the application on Google Play "WiFi Password" or "WiFi Pass Recovery", which will display previously saved passwords from all networks.
Having forgotten the password to the Wi-Fi network, you should not panic or immediately call the technical support service of your Internet operator, since you can find out the forgotten password yourself. Which does not require you to have any specific technical knowledge or install additional software. Just follow the steps below.
There is no "Wireless Network Management" column
In Windows 7 SP1, the "Wireless Network Management" column is usually missing. Therefore, the instructions for recovering a Wi-Fi network password will be slightly different in terms of the points for opening the "Wireless Network Properties ..." window.
The window of interest can be opened in two ways:
The familiar “Network security properties…” window will open, where we again open the “Security” tab and check the box next to “Display network security key”. We save the password.
Find out the forgotten Wi-Fi password by opening the router settings
If your manufacturer is different, then look among the settings for the “Wireless” tab (Wireless – English), the “Security” / “Protection” tab (Security – English). In which, among other things, there is a line "Password" (Password - English) - this is the forgotten password.
Other options to get a password for a Wi-Fi network
In addition to the options above, you can:
- Reset (zero) the router settings (if you can configure them again), as a result of which you will be able to specify a new access password;
- The support service of the Internet operator will be able to help recover a forgotten password. However, you will need to confirm the right to manage the Wi-Fi network by providing some data: the amount of the last few payments, the contract number, the contact details of the person who concluded the contract, and so on (individually for each operator);
- You can also find out the forgotten password using a tablet, a smartphone that has an allowed Wi-Fi connection. The actions are similar to viewing the password in the router settings - open the router settings (using a mobile device) and see the specified network key. This is the password.
This page will tell you how to find out the password from your wi-fi in three different ways:
1. How to find out the wifi password through a computer.
2. How to find out the password from Wi-Fi through a router.
3. How to find out the Wi-Fi encryption key through the phone.
4. What to do if nothing helps?
There are different situations in life, for example, you set up Wi-Fi at home and forgot the password. Or, for example, you want to connect to a nearby Wi-Fi hotspot and use the Internet for free. How to find out or recover the password from Wi-Fi? How to find out the password from your wifi?
Depending on the specific situation, the necessary actions may differ. Ideally, if the Wi-Fi network is your home network and you can physically access the wireless network equipment (router, modem, access point, router).
How to find out the password from wifi through a computer?
To recover a forgotten Wi-Fi password, we need only one computer connected to our network. Well, at least one computer, I hope you managed to connect. Something I write a lot of unnecessary text, let's get down to business!
We take a computer that is successfully connected to our wireless network and right-click on the connection icon (in the lower right corner). Select "Network and Sharing Center".
A window will open in which we select "Wireless Network Management" on the right.
Another window will appear, in which we right-click on our connection, select "Properties".
Now go to the "Security" tab and opposite the "Network Security Key", we see hidden characters. This is our password, in order to find out, just check the box next to "Display entered characters" and you will see the password for your Wi-Fi network.
Now the most important point, write down this password on a piece of paper and put it in a safe place, just do not forget where you put it.
How to find out the password from wifi through a router?
This option is perhaps the most effective and affordable, but requires more action. If the owner of the computer has not changed the standard access data to the router, this is only at hand (and, as practice shows, more than 95% of Internet users are such).
So, we need to go to the address of the router itself. Iteration options there can be several, for example: http://192.168.0.1/, or http://192.168.0.0/, or http://192.168.1.0/, or http://192.168.1.1/.
If you have chosen the correct address, but you will see a window for entering a login and password to access the router:
Now you need to choose a username and password. In 70% of cases, this is an admin / admin pair, but in the other 30%, it can be login / password phrases: root, user. You can select rows of numbers for the password field, in the form: 123456, 12345, 1234567890, 0000, 1111, 11111, etc.
Now you need to find where to see the password for the router in the menu. Most routers have different interfaces, but the structure is the same. The names may differ only partially, but their meaning is the same. For more convenient navigation, you should switch to the advanced settings mode.
The Wi-Fi subsection contains security settings, which is what we need. We follow the links and find the window where the old wi-fi password is indicated and watch it, or change it to a new one:
You need an encryption key (this is the password for the Wi-Fi network). You can enter it on any other device and connect to the Internet.
How to find out the Wi-Fi encryption key through the phone?
Find out your Wi-Fi password on Android
If you used an Android phone or tablet to connect to the network, you can also find out the password in it.
To do this, it is necessary that the device is able to Root rights and the appropriate explorer to view system files.
I will not dwell on this in detail, because. the site is not dedicated to this OS, but I can direct you.
You need to go to the root folder of the device, and there already to the data folder:
Then there is a misc folder in which the wifi folder is located, and already there is the wpa_supplicant.conf file we need, which also contains a list of all networks to which you connected:
It remains to open it in some editor and see the contents and find the wi-fi password.
What to do if nothing helps?
If the data has not been changed, as mentioned earlier, you should try the password and login “admin” to enter the Wi-Fi router settings.
This is usually standard data for many models. If you can't sign in, the next thing to do is look for the initialization data on the device itself.
The only thing left to do if you forgot the password, and none of the above methods can be viewed, is to reset the router settings.
To do this, you need to: Find a button (recess) on the router itself. Click on it with a suitable size object. On the computer, log in using the standard (specified on the device) data. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in resetting the router settings. The only thing you need to know after such actions is that all network settings will need to be done again (as when the router was just purchased).
In this issue, I will tell you how to find out the password from your wi-fi if you suddenly forgot it and do not want to reset the router settings to factory settings. I'll show you two easy ways.
The Wi-Fi network operates within a few meters, and in most cases residents of apartment buildings protect it with a password to avoid third-party connections.
If the network is left unprotected, there is a high risk that neighbors or other strangers will connect to it over time, who will be able to use the Internet for free by downloading various information. Because of this, the speed of the Internet for receiving and transmitting data will decrease, which is undesirable.
By restricting access to a Wi-Fi network with a password, there is a high risk that it will be forgotten in a few weeks, months or years. If you need to connect a new computer, phone, tablet or other device, the question will arise how to find out the password from your Wi-Fi so as not to reset the router settings and set up a wireless network from scratch.
This can be done quite simply in the interface of the Windows operating system or in the settings of the router itself.
How to find out the password from your Wi-Fi in computer settings
To find out the password from your Wi-Fi in the computer settings, you will need to do the following:
- Go to "Network and Sharing Center". You can do this by clicking on the notification panel on Wi-Fi connection icon right-click and select the appropriate item;
- Information about the active network to which the computer is currently connected will be displayed in the middle of the screen. Near the graph "Connection" will be marked "Wireless network *name*". You need to click on this item to open the Wi-Fi network settings;
- Next, in the window that opens, click on the item;
- A new window will open. From above you need to switch the tab to the item "Security" and tick the box "Display input characters";
- In the graph "Network Security Key" The dots will be replaced with the letters and numbers of the Wi-Fi password of the network to which the computer is currently connected.
In this way, you can find out the password from the Wi-Fi network to which the computer is connected on any version of the operating system older than Windows 7.
How to find out the password from Wi-Fi in the router settings
If you suddenly forgot your Wi-Fi password and cannot remember it, and there is no device connected to the router, you need to perform a complete reboot of the router. On the router case you will need to find a button reset, which can be pressed effortlessly or with a needle / pin. Hold it for a few seconds, after which the parameters in the router will be reset and you will need to reconfigure the Wi-Fi network, respectively, it will be possible to set the password again.
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