How To Find & Change Your WiFi Password

Here’s what you need to do:

• Open Windows Search and type Notepad
• Right-click the Notepad icon
• Click Run as Administrator

• Paste the following text into the notepad file:echonetsh wlan show profile name=“INSERT_SSID_HERE” key=clearpause
• Replace INSERT_SSID_HERE with the name of your WiFi network (keep the quotes)
• Click File > Save As
• Click Text Documents (*.txt) and from the dropdown, select All Files
• In the File name field, type: Find-My-WiFi-Password.bat
• Click Save

Now when you are connected to your wireless network, you can double-click this file to fire up a command prompt that shows your current password. Look for the field that says “Key Content”, that’s your password.

Once you have this information, there are several easy ways to share WiFi passwords with friends.

However, you can’t change your password with this method, you can only see it.

Find It And Change It

If creating a BAT file is too difficult for you, then there’s a simpler way—but it involves several clicks every time.

Here’s what you need to do:

• Open the Run command with the keyboard shortcut Win Key + R
• Type ncpa.cpl in the box and hit Enter

• You will see all your network adapters. Right-click your WiFi connection and clickStatus
• Click Wireless Properties > Security tab > check the Show Characters box.

You can now see your current WiFi password, and you can even change it if you need to. It’s really that simple.