When you join your laptop to a wi-fi community, you often should log in with a password. This is true in cafés and libraries, for instance – but in addition once we are in our personal or another person’s residence. This login solely must be performed as soon as and the following time you join, the pc will bear in mind the password.

The drawback is that this occurs routinely with out you with the ability to see the password in plain textual content. If you have got forgotten your password and wish to join your cell phone, pill or some other pc to the identical community, this automation could be a drawback. The identical applies if you wish to assist another person signal into your Wi-Fi community.

To view the passwords you have got saved in your pc, you need to use a traditional free program known as Wireless Keyview. But when you have Windows 11, you don’t truly have to get this program; you could find the password by way of the Windows 11 settings menu. Here’s the right way to do it:

1. Open the Settings by way of the Start button within the backside left nook or by urgent the Windows+I.
2. Select Network and Internet within the left-hand menu after which click on Wi-Fi.
3. Go to Properties on your community and scroll down.
4. To the suitable of Show Wi-Fi safety key is the button View. Press it and you will notice the password in plain textual content on the display screen. You might have to re-enter your Windows 11 password earlier than seeing the password.

This article was translated from Swedish to English and initially appeared on pcwelt.de.