How to see saved WiFi passwords on Android and iOS?

Most of people may have suffered this situation: sometimes when you go to some of your places accompanied by your friends who might need your WiFi passwords, but you had forgot or struggled hard to find the saved WiFi password on your Android or iOS device. If you cannot see the contents of data folder without rooting the device, here we are going to provide some simple and straight processes helping you to find your saved WiFi passwords on your phone. By doing these ways, you do not need to “root” or “jailbreak” the phone.

There are two solutions for you to choose: using apps or not using any apps. Most of cases, I suggest you to use apps, there are too many relevant WiFi apps in Google Play Store or Apple Store for your choose. This article aims to help you to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of these methods letting you choose the most suitable one for your own self.

Solution 1: See saved WiFi passwords without Using Any App

1. First of all, turn on the WiFi your phone. Enter the password as you know it and phone gets connected to the web. When you get the correct password, launch a note taking software or memo on your phone. Type the name of your WiFi data connection on the left, followed by a hyphen and then the password. Each time when you get connected to a new connection, Jot down the credential in the same place.

From now, whenever you can’t recollect the password of a particular WiFi connection, open that already prepared data to figure out.

1.       Find the file name WPA_supplicant.conf

If you are using Android devices, then all the WiFi passwords would be in a file named WPA_supplicant.conf. So viewing the file means viewing the passwords. This is a simple text file can be opened with any text viewer or html viewer on Android phone.

How to find the saved password file location?

Path → /data/misc/wifi/WPA_supplicant.conf

How to access this file?

If you have rooted phone, simply navigate to given folder using any file manager. If you have non rooted phone, use App named WPA network speed test.

Solution 2: Find WiFi password by using WiFi apps

1. Install WiFi Master- Speed Test & Booster App on your Android from Google Play Store. Open up WiFi Master that you’ve downloaded on your Android device.

Step1: Tap the WiFi Monitor feature, and check who is using your WiFi and if you want to add another device, with this feature you can operate or delete the current devices in your WiFi. 

2. If your purpose is to add your friends in your hotpots, then tap on the Personal Hotspot. This feature lets you rename your WiFi name and Upload photos as your profile. Most importantly, you can create a password. By doing this way, you can recreate a temporary password for your phone.

 

Most of the cases, you may forget your WiFi network password on your long-time used Android or iOS as you’ve saved a huge number of different WiFi networks on your device. It is highly convenient to connect to all these networks automatically. If it is a laptop or a PC, it is easy to find out the saved password. It is pretty much arduous to view your saved WiFi password on your Android or iOS device. Probably, you’re stuck with your Android phone to browse the web. Here is a complete tutorial that helps you on how to find out WiFi password on your Android or iOS device. However, even after knowing so many useful methods to view your WiFi hotpots, it’s better for you to memory your WiFi password.