You want to share your WiFi connection with a friend or just connect a new device, but it’s been a long time since you entered a password to get online. If you already have a device connected to WiFi, you can use this guide to find your WiFi password without resetting the router or calling for help.
This is a process that in most cases anyone can do without much technical knowledge. We will start with the simplest ways to find your WiFi password on Windows or Mac and how to connect to WiFi without password. If all else fails, we’ll walk you through how to reset your WiFi password.
How to find your WiFi password in 30 seconds?
How to Find Your WiFi Password?
Most modern WiFi routers have a default WiFi password and name that allows you to connect without worrying about remembering any particular passwords. If you changed that, you might be lucky enough to write it under the router. Whenever we establish a new WiFi connection, we write the password below.
Find your WiFi router or modem and WiFi combo and locate the . You will see something like in the photo below showing what your WiFi password is and how to manage the router if you need to change your WiFi password.
How to find your WiFi password.
This is what you should see in WiFi on your computer or smartphone. Next to or below it. If you didn’t change the settings during installation, you should be able to use this information to get online.
Some routers put the WiFi Password on a label that comes up when you set it up. If you kept it, you may have put it in the box.
If you have successfully found your WiFi password using this step, now is the time to log into the Router admin section and change it to something you can easily remember. If you do, you must reconnect all your devices. Make sure you save this or write it under your router. You can search your WiFi admin password using this useful website.
How to Connect Without Your WiFi Password
If you can’t find your WiFi password using the method above and need someone to connect quickly, you can still get online. Most new routers include a button that lets you connect devices without using a password.
How to connect to wifi without password.
This works on Windows and may work on some Android devices, but WPS (WiFi Protected Setup), which lets you press a button to get online, won’t work on iPhone, iPad, or Mac computers.
find one . Normally this is on the side or back. Make sure you are not pressing the power button.
If you see this message, you can connect to WiFi without password.
and then on your computer or WiFi devices you will want to press a WPS button or follow the directions. You can press the button if you choose to connect to a new WiFi network in Windows 10 and then see the “” message. It should connect after a minute or so.
How to Find Your WiFi Password in Windows
With a Windows computer connected to WiFi, you can find the WiFi password so you can give it to someone else. This works on most Windows versions up to Windows 10.
Right click on the WiFi icon.
- bottom right.
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- This is yours.
This only works for the WiFi network you’re connected to, so if you don’t have at least one of your connected devices, you won’t be able to find it. It is possible to find WiFi passwords for other networks you connect to, but this is a bit more difficult and not everyone will want to do it.
How to Find Your WiFi Password on Mac
It is very easy to find your WiFi password for the network you are connected to or a past connection on a Mac. You need to know the Mac password to access this information.
- To open Spotlight
- to open your local password keyring.
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- Now you will see your password in the window.
This works for your current connection as well as your previous connections; this is useful if you need to help someone connect at your parent’s home even if you are miles away.