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How to find out WI-FI Passwords through Command Prompt

  • Writer: Jack Davies
    Jack Davies
  • Jan 15
  • 1 min read

Why would you want to do this?


Finding Wi-Fi passwords through Command Prompt (CMD) can be useful for troubleshooting or recovering forgotten credentials. If you've connected to a network before and need to reconnect without remembering the password, CMD can display the stored password securely, helping in such situations.


How do you do this?


  1. Open a command prompt session as an administrator

  2. Next type the below:

netsh
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  1. Now type in the below to see all of your WLAN profiles

wlan show profile
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  1. You now need to type in the below to get all of the required information on the SSID

wlan show profile "Example" key=clear
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Alternatively, type in the below to get all of the passwords for all of your SSIDs listed in 'wlan show profile'

@for /f tokens^=2delims^=^: %i in ('netsh wlan show profiles')do @set "_ssid=%~i" && @for /f tokens^=2delims^=: %I in ('cmd/v/c netsh wlan show profiles "!_ssid:~1!" key^=clear^|findstr /vi "absent"^|findstr "Key"')do @echo/%i: %I

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