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Make Wifi password visible

Suppose you get someone to visit and you want to give access to your WiFi network. If you have not written down the password, it is difficult to find out. You can use the function om share wifi without the password through a friend’s device near your iPhone or iPad hold. However, if you want to know what the password is again, you will have to make a little more effort. On the iPhone you can not just find it.

Make Wifi password visible via Keychain

If you have a Mac, you can easily find out the passwords of Wi-Fi networks you’ve ever connected to. Also the password of that coffee shop where you worked last year. This works like this: if you are with you iPhone connect to a WiFi network and enter a password, the password will be stored in the Keychain.

On the Mac, you can find these saved Wi-Fi passwords:

1. Launch the Keychain Access app, for example via Spotlight.
2. Tap the name of the WiFi network.
3. Double-click on the desired network.
4. Check the box Show password.
5. Enter your credentials Mac in.
6. You will now see the password.

The beauty of this solution is that you do not have to be connected to the relevant network. It can therefore also be a wireless network that you used years ago, for example in a restaurant. You must be on the iPhone and Mac with the same Apple ID are logged in, because the passwords in the Keychain are synchronized via iCloud, but of course this only happens with your own account.

Retrieve Wifi password on your iPhone through the router

If you don’t have a Mac at hand, you can also find out the WiFi password via the router. You can log in to all WiFi routers to view and change settings, such as the password. You must then have the username and password of your router. You can often find this on a sticker on the device.

1. Connect your iPhone to the WiFi network whose password you want to know.
2. Go to Settings> Wifi.
3. Tap the i behind the network you are connected to.
4. Make a note of the number behind Router, in this case 10.0.0.1.

5. Enter the Safarirouter to this IP address.
6. Log in to your router with username and password. You can find this information on the router or in the passwords app you use.
7. The web interface of each router is different, but you often see the name of your Wi-Fi network and the ability to view and change the password.

Retrieve Wifi password from personal hotspot

Do you want to use the personal hotspot on your iPhone, for example, to share your internet connection with you MacBook or with a friend, you can do that too. You can find this out in an easy way:

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Go to Personal hotspot.
3. You will immediately see the password.
4. Change your password to something easier.

As said before, you can also easily share wifi password with a friend, without having to reveal the actual password. This has worked since iOS 11 and on the Mac.

Recovering your password is easiest if you iCloud Keychain activated. You do this via Settings app. Tap your account name and then tap iCloud> Keychain.

Do you want to find out the wifi password because you have problems with wifi on iPhone in general, check out our tip on this.

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