How to see the password of a WiFi network on Android and iOS?
When it comes to achieving optimal management of our devices, tools, and technological resources, one of the key or most important points for everyone is security—that is, protecting our data (personal, family, professional, work-related, and more) from unauthorized access by third parties. This is essential to protect our online reputation, privacy, and anonymity . To this end, we typically use passwords or other security measures on our devices, tools, and networks.
And precisely because of this, we often have many passwords for accessing (connecting to) certain sites, services, tools, and networks, especially wireless ones, i.e., Wi-Fi networks. Therefore, it's not unusual to forget the password for one of the Wi-Fi networks we regularly connect to, even though we're still connected. This is quite common, even with our home Wi-Fi networks. So, if you don't know how, in this quick guide today , we'll show you how to easily "view a Wi-Fi network password on Android and iOS . "
And when we mention a quick guide and how to do it easily, we mean that we will not address complex topics or solutions that require advanced knowledge, or performing complex prior actions such as rooting the mobile phone.
Rather, we are referring to the most direct and simple methods that any mobile user can perform on their own Android and iOS mobile device in the year 2023.
Since, certainly a couple of years ago, these options were not available.
Ways to see the password of a WiFi network on Android and iOS
On Android
On an Android mobile device or any other device with this mobile operating system and wireless connectivity, the easiest, fastest, safest, and most effective way to see the password configured on the current WiFi network you are using to browse consists of the following steps:
- We unlock our Android mobile device.
- We press the configuration button (settings) of the operating system.
- Within settings we press the Internet and networks section.
- Next, we click on the current WiFi network where we are connected. Although, any other already recorded on the mobile can also be pressed without any problem.
- Then, when the Network Details window opens, we click on the Share button, which is used to send the connection data of said WiFi network in an encrypted or encrypted way (by QR code).
- When doing so, said image will be shown to us with the QR code that we could send or show to a third party so that it can automatically connect to our WiFi. However, additionally in it, and just below the QR code, the WiFi network password appears legibly, in such a way that it can be seen and remembered.
As shown in the following image:
However, if what we wanted or needed was to be able to find out the key using only the QR code , then the solution is as simple as scanning said code with one of the many available Android QR code reader applications.
And for that, that is, if you want to know how you can scan QR codes on your mobile phone or computer , whether it's an iPhone or Android, Windows or macOS, we invite you to delve deeper into this topic by reading our previous post on the subject:
On iOS
On an iOS mobile device or any other device with this mobile operating system and wireless connectivity, the easiest, fastest, safest, and most effective way to reveal the password used on any of the WiFi networks we have configured to browse consists of the following steps:
- We unlock our iOS mobile device.
- We press the configuration button (settings) of the operating system.
- Next, we click on the WiFi button.
- Once inside, we proceed to search for the WiFi network that we want or need to know or remember the password, and once located, click on it, and then on the Information button.
- In doing so, we click on the See hidden password button.
- Then, we must use Face ID or Touch ID to unlock and reveal the password. In order to successfully complete our objective.
As can be verified in the following official Apple link on the subject.
More related information
Now that you know how to "view a WiFi network password on Android and iOS" in the easiest, fastest, safest and most effective way, it's important to know that it's not always so easy in many cases or on other operating systems.
But if that's your case, we invite you to explore our other publications related to those difficult cases that require advanced knowledge, third-party applications, or are based on other desktop operating systems.
And these are two of the many resources on our website about this topic:
And finally, we hope this new quick guide on Android and iOS has been very useful to you, but if you know any other tricks that are just as easy, fast, safe and effective, we invite you to tell us about them in the comments.