How to find the Password of your WiFi using CMD.

In this article we will understand how to find the password of your WiFi you are currently connected to and all other previously connected WiFi profiles. In case if you forget your home WiFi password but you have previously connected to it, this will save your time, with just 2 command prompt commands the password can be easily retrieved. 

First open the command prompt as Administrator. Type the command as shown below to get all the WiFi SSIDs your PC has associated as of now.

C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show profiles

User profiles

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    All User Profile     : 802.1x

    All User Profile     : Test

    All User Profile     : Home

Find the SSID for which you need to know the password and type the command as shown below. The password is available under Security Settings.

C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show profiles name=Test key=clear

Security settings

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    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal

    Cipher                 : CCMP

    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal

    Cipher                 : GCMP

    Security key           : Present

    Key Content            : Test1234

Note:

The Quotation mark should be used when there is a space available in the selected WiFi SSID. If the SSID is Tech world, the command should be changed as below.

C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show profiles name="Tech world" key=clear