How to see the wifi password is connected on the computer and phone

Instructions to view Wifi passwords saved on Windows / Mac OS / Linux computers, and on mobile phones using Android and iOS.

When you ask for the Wifi password and connect successfully, the computer will automatically connect for the next time. On a beautiful day you want to see the password to share with your friends? Very simple, please follow my instructions below.

I. Instructions to view the Wifi password on the computer

See wifi password on Windows

There are many ways to view the wifi password saved on the computer, but I only introduce one way, which can be applied to see the wifi password quickly on different operating systems such as Win XP, Windows 7. and Win 10.

Step 1: Use the key combinationWindows + R.

Step 2: Type: cmd

-> Press Enter or OK to open a command prompt.

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Step 3: Type the following command:

In there change 'freetuts' to the name of the Wifi you are connecting

For example: The name of the Wifi I am connecting to is named Long_oanh, we will enter the following command:

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You can see that the Key content item is the password.

In addition to the password, this command line provides us with a lot of other information about the Wifi we are connecting to.

View Wifi passwords on Mac OS X

Similar to Windows, however, for Mac OS X the command-line software is not called cmd, but rather Terminal.

To start viewing the saved Wifi passwords on Mac OS, follow these steps:

Step 1: Open Spotlight using the key combinationCmd + Space.

Enter: terminal -> open Terminal.

Step 2: The command prompt window appears, enter the following command line:

In it please change the name 'freetuts' to the name of the Wifi you are connecting to.

Next, a window appears, log in with your Mac's username and password into it.

View saved Wifi passwords on Linux operating system

Like a Mac, open Terminal and enter the following command and change 'freetuts' to the name of the Wifi you are connecting to.

If you do not know the name of the Wifi, enter this command line:

Instructions to see the Wifi password on the phone

View saved Wifi passwords on Android phone

For Android before, it was required to root in order to view saved Wifi passwords, but in the new updates there has been a WiFi sharing feature by QR code, so a simple way to view Wifi passwords If you have saved it on your Android device, you can just translate this QR code. Please follow these steps:

Step 1: Access Settings on phone.

Step 2: Click on Wi-Fi settings.

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Step 3: Select Wifi connected -> Click Touch to share password.

Step 4: Take a photo of the QR code shown on the screen with the screen capture feature.

Step 5: Using QR code scanning software (QR code has just been captured with the screen capture feature), there are 3 popular ways to scan QR codes:

* Method 1 : Device has been installed with Scanner application - Scan QR Code / Scan QR Code.

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Result.

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* Method 2 : Use the built-in QR code scanning feature in Zalo.

* Method 3 : If the QR code scanning application is not available on your phone, you can search it on Play Store.

View the Wifi password saved on your IOS phone

* Method 1: View password via Modem - Router Wifi setting

This is simply to log in to the IP address of the Wifi Router via Safari browser, in the Wifi settings there are all the details about Wifi. However, in order to apply this method, you must have access to the Wifi Modem / Router to have the ID and Password to login, but using this way you can also change the password and the Wifi name, which can be applied above. both computer and phone.

Step 1: Turn over the Modem / Router Wifi to see the IP address and password for login.

Below is the location of IP, User and Password of some Modem types for your reference.

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Wifi Modem Of FPT

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Wifi Modem Viettel (ZTE)

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VPNT's modem

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TP-Link Wifi Router

Step 2: Open the browser on Iphone / IOS (Safari, Google Chrome .)

Step 3: Log in to the Wifi Modem / Router with the IP, User and corresponding password on the device.

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Step 4: After logging in, go to Wlan / Secutity to see the Wifi password , here you can also change the password.

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* Method 2: View passwords saved on Iphone by Jaibreak

This way is quite complicated but will definitely see the wifi password saved on the iPhone 100% successful

Step 1: Refer to this article to Jailbreak your Iphone.

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Step 2: Access Cydia and search for the software with the keyword 'Password Wifi'

In the example below I have selected and downloaded the software Wifi Password 2.0.2.

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Step 3: Run the software, you will see immediately the passwords of the Wifi connected on the Iphone, extremely simple !!!

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Conclude

Above is the whole way to view the saved Wifi passwords on Windows / iOS / Linux computers and Android and iOS phones. I firmly believe that with these simple instructions anyone can see the Wifi password saved on their device, wish you success!

Update 13 August 2020
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