A WiFi AP will never tell you a password. There’s no profile named Lumia 535 as I never connected to any network of such name. I tried to execute the same command and faced an error. Only for this test, I made a mobile hotspot using my mobile phone and I tried to connect to it.Īfter a while, Windows prompted for the WiFi password: The good news for all fellow admin – no, you can’t. I found a video clip where the presenter claims that you can discover the key of unknown WiFi using this method. Now, if I’m malicious user, I can gain access to the WiFi infrastructure. In this demonstration, I will use the profile of the test network used in my mobile hotspot demo.Īs you can see, I retrieved its password. However, if you’re the local admin, you will see all details. Now, if you’re only a standard user, you will see almost all details, except the connection key. If we want to see details of the specific network, we will execute the command netsh wlan show profiles profile_name key=clear For security reasons, I hide SSIDs of all existing networks. You need to enter this command: netsh wlan show profilesĪnd you will see all saved profiles on your computer. If you continue to read this article, you accept full responsibility. The author of this article cannot be held responsible for your actions. You, and solely you, will be held responsible for all consequences that will arise from such act. If you misuse this information, you’ll committed a serious crime. If you read this article searching the way to illegally access any computer system and/or network, please leave this page immediately. Important notice: This information is shared for educational purposes, to assist any legal owners and administrators of the systems. We can list all saved profiles on any Windows 7 and later computer.

Of course, as many other mighty tricks of the Dark Side, this one will be performed using the pure command line. And you can retrieve it if you have the local admin rights.

The access password for each WiFi network you have ever successfully connected to is saved in the connection profile.

How to retrieve your wifi password