This tutorial describes how to identify stored WiFi passwords in Windows using the command prompt. This is very helpful for identifying your forgotten WiFi passwords.

A while ago I made a tutorial on Getting WiFi Passwords With Python which provides a script that automates the following process. For those that don’t want to install Python, this is how to identify stored WiFi passwords manually.

Identifying the Target Profile

First, you need to identify the profile associated with the stored WiFi connection. To do this, open the command prompt and execute the following.

netsh wlan show profiles

You should get an output that looks something like this:

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