How to find WiFi password on Windows 7/8/8.1/10 using CMD?

How to find WiFi password on Windows 10 using CMD?

How to find WiFi password on Windows 10 using CMD?
  1. Open the command prompt and run it as administrator.
  2. In the next step, we want to know about all the profiles that are stored on our computer. So, type the following command in the cmd:
    netsh wlan show profile
  3. This command will list out all the WiFi profiles that you have ever connected to.
  4. In the above picture, I have intentionally blurred some of my WiFi network names. As you can see, WiFi networks that I connect to. So, let’s go and find out the password for the WiFi ‘WIFI-NAME’ in this case, which I created intentionally for this article.
  5. Type the following command to see the password of any WiFi network:
    netsh wlan show profile WiFi-name key=clearThe command will be like:
    netsh wlan show profile NAME key=clear
  6. Under the security settings, in the ‘key content’, you see the WiFi password of that particular network.
  7. Besides knowing the Windows 10 WiFi password, you can also use this result to optimize your WiFi further. For example, Under the profile information, you can see mac randomization is disabled. You can turn on the MAC randomization feature to avoid your location tracking based on the device’s MAC address.

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