Forgot WiFi Password? Here’s How to Recover it on iPhone, Android, Mac, and Windows

Part 1: How to Recover Forgotten WiFi Passwords on iPhone?

If you are an iPhone user, then you can simply take the assistance of Dr.Fone - Password Manager (iOS) to retrieve all kinds of passwords and account details from it. Using it, you can recover your stored or inaccessible WiFi passwords that were saved on your device.

Apart from being an excellent WiFi password finder, the application can also help you retrieve the Apple ID that is linked to the target device and other saved passwords (for websites, apps, and more). Therefore, when I forgot my WiFi password on my iOS device, I followed these steps to retrieve it from my iPhone.

Step 1: Launch Dr.Fone - Password Manager and Connect your iPhone

You can start by installing Dr.Fone - Password Manager on your system and launching the toolkit whenever you want to recover your WiFi Password. From its home, you can just go to the Password Manager application.

Now, with the help of a compatible cable, you can simply connect your iPhone to the system and let the application detect it automatically.

Step 2: Start Recovering WiFi Passwords from your iPhone

Once your iOS device is detected, the application will display its basic details on its interface. You can now click on the “Start Scan” button to commence the WiFi password recovery process.

Simply sit back and wait for a while as the WiFi password finder would scan your iPhone and will retrieve its inaccessible or saved passwords.

Step 3: View and Export your iPhone's Passwords

Once the WiFi password recovery process is completed, the application will let you know. You can now go to the WiFi Account category from the sidebar and simply click on the view icon (adjacent to the password section) to check your saved WiFi passwords.

In the same way, you can also check all the other recovered passwords for your email accounts, websites, apps, and more on Dr.Fone - Password Manager. Lastly, you can click on the “Export” button from the bottom panel and simply save your passwords in a preferred format on your system.

Therefore, if you forgot a WiFi password or are facing any other related issue, you can simply use Dr.Fone - Password Manager (iOS) to resolve these problems.

Part 2: How to Check Saved WiFi Passwords on an Android Device?

Just like iPhone, Android users can also access their forgotten WiFi password from their device. To view the saved WiFi passwords on your device, you can either access its native feature or use any third-party solution.

Method 1: Use the Inbuilt Feature of your Android Device

If your device runs on Android 10 or a later version, then you can just go to its Settings > Network & Security and select your WiFi account. Here, you can view its QR code and tap on it to see the network's password. To access the WiFi password, you have to enter your phone's passcode or pass a biometric scan.

Method 2: Access its Password with a Dedicated App

Apart from that, there are several other WiFi password finders and apps that you can also use on your device. For instance, you can use any reliable file explorer (like the ES File Explorer) to meet your requirements. Just launch the ES File Explorer and go to its Device Storage > System > WiFi to access its config file. You can later open the Config file with any text or HTML reader/editor to access its stored WiFi password.

Part 3: How to View your WiFi Passwords on a Windows PC?

If you are working on a Windows PC, then you can easily change WiFi password or recover an existing password from the connected network. The only requirement is that you must know the password of the admin account on Windows or you should be currently using the administrator account on your system.

Therefore, if you want to share the password of a connected network to someone else or forgot WiFi password of any network, then just go through these steps:

Step 1: Go to the Network and Sharing Center on Windows

You can just go to your system's Settings > Network & Internet or just look for “WiFi Settings” from the search panel on the taskbar.

Once the Network & Internet Settings are opened on your system, you can just go to its WiFi settings and select the “Network and Sharing Center” from the right.

Step 2: Select the Connected WiFi Network

As the Network and Sharing Center would be launched, you can simply select the network that you have been connected to. If you want, you can also browse the list of the saved network and select a preferred option from here.

Step 3: Check the Saved Password of the Network

After selecting a connected network on your system, a new pop-up window will launch its WiFi Status. You can just click on the “WiFi Properties” button from here.

This will display all kinds of existing and saved properties for the WiFi network. Here, you can go to the “Security” tab and enable the “Show Characters” feature to unveil its security key (WiFi password).

If you forgot the WiFi password on your Windows PC, you can easily retrieve it after following this simple drill for free.

Part 4: How to View your Saved WiFi Passwords on Mac?

Similarly, you could have forgotten or changed your network's password on Mac as well. Whenever I change my WiFi password, I take the assistance of the Keychain Access app to manage it. It is an inbuilt application in Mac that can help you manage your stored logins, account details, WiFi passwords, and so much more. You can also follow these simple steps if you forget WiFi password of your network on a Mac:

Step 1: Open the Keychain Access App

At first, you can just access the Keychain application on your Mac. You can just look for it from the Spotlight search on the Finder or manually go to its Applications > Utility to launch the Keychain app.

Step 2: Find and Select your WiFi Account

Once the Keychain application is launched, you can go to the Passwords section from the sidebar to check the stored details of the WiFi account. You can also enter the WiFi network's name on the search bar at the top to look for the respective connection.

Step 3: Check the Stored WiFi Password

After selecting the WiFi connection, you can go to its properties, and visit the “Attributes” section to check its name and other details. From here, you can click on the checkbox field to show the password of the connection.

Now, you first need to enter the credentials of your Mac's administrator account to bypass a security check. After entering the right details, you can easily check the saved password of the selected WiFi account.