RETRIEVING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE WI-FI PASSWORD ON A COMPUTER

   

In this tutorial we will learn the easiest way to retrieve active and inactive Wi-Fi password on a computer

1. Retrieving Active Wi-fi password on a Computer.

    There are two ways to retrieve active wi-fi password on a         computer;

• Using GUI
• Using Command Prompt (CMD)

    Using GUI

        Note: this task can only be completed only when you are actively connected to a Wi-Fi

Right click on the network icon at the right side of the taskbar.

                

 

Click on "Open Network & Internet settings"

                    

 

Click on Wi-Fi at the left side

 

click on "Network and Sharing Center at the right side

 

 

Click on Wi-Fi (name of your ssid) 

 

Click on "Wireless Properties (button)" under "Wi-Fi Status"

 

Click on "Security tab

 

Click on "Show characters (check box)"

 

                 Hurray!! You have successfully completed the task.

2. Retrieving Active or Inactive Wi-Fi password from a        computer using CMD    

Click on start

Type CMD in the search

Select Command Prompt

 

Type, "netsh wlan show profiles" without the quotes in the terminal and press enter

 

The list of all currently and previously connected Wi-Fi will be displayed as shown below

 

Determine which one you want to know the password. In this example we will use the SSID name "Test" as shown below.

                

 

 

 At the bottom of the terminal, type, "netsh wlan show profile name= "The_name_of_wifi" key=clear" without the quotes and press enter as shown below

    

The details of the selected user profile will be displayed including the key content (password) as shown below.

Note: In the situation where the Wi-Fi name contain spaces, the syntax of the code must be typed as shown below.

 In this example, the name of the Wi-Fi is "Infinix Note 7 Lite". The syntax of the code is as follows; 

netsh wlan show profile name= "Infinix Note 7 Lite" key=clear

 NB: All SSIDs that contain spaces must be kept within double quotes (" ") as shown below.

 

    The output of the above code is shown below;

 

       Hurray!! You have completed the task successfully.

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