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Windows - Networking - WiFi - Find the Wi-Fi Password of your Current Network

Run this command as administrator.

netsh wlan show profile name=labnol key=clear

NOTE: Replace labnol with the name of the Wireless SSID.

  • The password will show up under the Security Setting section.
  • If you would only like to see the password and not the other information, use the findstr command:
    netsh wlan show profile name=labnol key=clear | findstr Key

NOTE: If you do not see the password, probably you have not opened the command prompt window as administrator.

Start WLAN AutoConfig (Wlansvc Service)

If you are using this technique to retrieve the WiFi password on a Windows computer but getting an error that says – “The Wireless AutoConfig Service (wlansvc) is not running” – here’s a simple fix:

  • Click the Windows Start button.
  • Type services.msc in the Run box to access Windows Services.
  • Here go to the WLAN Autoconfig service and make sure that the status is Running.
  • Else right-click the WLAN AutoConfig service, select Properties and go to Dependencies.
  • Check all the dependencies to make sure they are all running.
windows/networking/wifi/find_the_wi-fi_password_of_your_current_network.txt · Last modified: 2023/06/09 16:30 by peter

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