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In Windows 8.1, when I right click a WiFi connection, nothing happens. In Windows 8, there is a menu and I can view its properties by clicking the "View Properties" menu item, and then I can see the password for that WiFi connection.
How to do the exact same thing in Windows 8.1? And also how do I tell the OS to forget certain WiFi connection?
imgen
Posted 2013-11-21T13:06:00.017
Reputation: 889
61
Network and Sharing Center.Wireless properties.Security.
Ben
Posted 2013-11-21T13:06:00.017
Reputation: 634
91
I found this on YouTube and it worked for me.
Type the command line below:
netsh wlan show profile name="INSERT SSID HERE" key=clear
Note: if you don't know your SSID, you can list all Wi-Fi profiles you have connected in the past with following command:
netsh wlan show profile
The first version of the command may dump out tens of lines of output
(commonly between 30 and 40 lines).
If you want to see only the password (Key Content),
you can pipe the command through findstr Key.
Note that the K in Key must be capitalized.
Example command line will therefore look like:
netsh wlan show profile name="Sales Dept Network" key=clear | findstr Key
You can leave out the "name=":
netsh wlan show profile "Sales Dept Network" key=clear | findstr Key
Will
Posted 2013-11-21T13:06:00.017
Reputation: 919
8@Devid key=clear is the argument that forces the actual password to be shown – Jago – 2014-09-15T10:50:48.267
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This answer does not work for me. Under the heading "Security settings" in the output I get "Security key: absent". Apparently it should say "Key content: <Password>", but it does not for me.
– Jess Riedel – 2014-12-14T20:02:59.2202@JessRiedel make sure to run CMD as adminnistrator – jitbit – 2015-01-30T08:23:27.510
@jitbit, Weird, for some I can see the password after Key content row. But for some the row doesn't even exist. Why is this so? – Pacerier – 2015-05-04T00:25:28.887
Awesome answer... exactly what I need because Network And Sharing Center can't open for me (hanging in new Windows 10... oh well). @Pacerier maybe those are unsecured == no password? – Mike M – 2015-08-02T19:25:09.473
7This answer is more useful than the Accepted answer, as you can query SSID's which you are not currently connected to. – invert – 2015-08-26T10:57:01.857
In my case, I use PEAP, Security key is Absent and no user/password information is visible with this command. So not a universal solution, unfortunately. – Irfy – 2016-03-17T12:07:42.660
netsh wlan show profile didn't work for me pulled message "There is no wireless interface in the system", maybe some one can help? – Viktor – 2016-03-23T03:07:41.437
4nice, what does the key=clear do ? – Devid – 2014-05-24T20:54:49.157
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Command line (Manage wireless network profiles) or third party utilities are your options since Microsoft removed the Wireless Profile Manager.
Brian
Posted 2013-11-21T13:06:00.017
Reputation: 8 439
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It's not removed actually just do either one of the following:
First:
Second:
Akbar Sha Ebrahim
Posted 2013-11-21T13:06:00.017
Reputation: 159
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To see the password for the network, as mentioned in the previous answer,just do the following;
netsh wlan show hostednetwork setting=security
(This assumes you are running a hosted network on your system)
Revert if you need more help
Lordoasis
Posted 2013-11-21T13:06:00.017
Reputation: 61
1It says " User security key : <Not specified>"? – Pacerier – 2015-05-03T23:41:24.717
18Not valid to recover a password of a WiFi to which you are not connected anymore – Jago – 2014-09-15T10:45:10.890
5+1 This also works for Windows 10 – user000001 – 2015-08-01T21:54:19.060
1German: 1. Netzwerk und Freigabecenter 3. Drahtloseigenschaften 4. Sicherheit – Matthias M – 2015-11-14T19:38:13.020