Your Windows PC stores the credentials for each Windows computer’s Wi-Fi network. Examples include the current Wi-Fi network and any previous networks used to ...

There are multiple ways to view the Wi-Fi password, but using Settings is the easiest. The Netsh utility, accessible via Command Prompt, shows passwords for all the networks you've ever connected to.

For this method to work, you have to already be logged in to the Wi-Fi account for which you want to recover the password. This is useful for the visitor scenario above—you’re just always connected to ...