How to Find Wi-Fi Password on windows using CMD

If you wanna know the password of your own wifi network that you are connected to or have connected before, then this post is for you. Today I will show you how to find the wifi password on windows  using cmd. Please note that this is not a hacking guide, however if you want a hacking guide on WiFi then please click here.

Find the wifi password on windows

Open Command Prompt in administrator mode.

Right click on start menu choose command prompt (Admin).

After command prompt shows up enter this command:

netsh wlan show profile name=YOURSSIDHERE key= clear

 Remember to replace YOURSSIDHERE with the name of your Wireless SSID (this is the name of the Wi-Fi network that you connect your computer to). The password will show up under the Security Setting section.

If you would only like to see the password and not the other information, use the findstr command:

netsh wlan show profile name=YOURSSIDHERE key=clear | findstr Key

If you do not see the password, probably you’ve not opened the command prompt window as administrator.

Start WLAN AutoConfig (Wlansvc Service)

 If you are using this technique to retrieve WiFi password on your windows computer and getting an error that says - The wireless AutoConfig Service (wlansvc) is not running

 Here is the simple fix:

Press and hold windows key and R (windows+r) this will open Run box, in the run box type "services.msc" and hit enter. This will open your services, scroll down and check if WLAN Autoconfig service is in Running state, If not start it.