In order to view the WiFi password on your Android smartphone, your device must be connected to the wifi network already. this method only finds the network passwords that are saved in the protected system of the android smartphone.

We know that Android won’t give permission for you to see saved Wi-Fi passwords like in the windows device.

You may feel difficult to see the password if you forget it. So in this article, I will share the complete detail on “How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android Without Root”. Also, you will find the details to view the saved Wifi Password on Android With Root.

How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android without root?

There are very few methods to view wifi passwords in android without rooting. So lets this method below.

1. How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android Without Root Using QR Code?

In Android 10, You can share wifi easily by just tapping a button in your Wi-Fi settings to create a QR code. You can easily connect with that but you can see the password there. Hence, with little tricks, you can view the wifi password quickly.

So, Follow the below steps to view the saved wifi password on Android without root using the QR code Method.

Note:

This method is only applicable to Android 10 and above.

1. Go to Your Phone Settings >Connections>WIFi.

How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android Without Root

2. Then, click the Small gear icon located on the right side of your connected wifi.

3. Next, Click the QR code at the bottom right and save this as an Image. You will get the image with a QR code.

4. Then, Go to Play Store & Download a QR Scanner app for decode the Password hidden in the QR code.

5. Next, Open the QR code scanner app and click on Scan images then select the QR image. Finally, you can see there is a password decoded successfully.

2. How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android Without Root Via Wifi Router?

By this method, you can view the wifi password from any device including Android. So, follow the below steps to view the saved wifi password in Android without rooting using your own Router.

1. First, Open your Android phone browser.

2. Next, enter the IP address of your router. The IP address may be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. for the IP-link router IP address is 192.168.0.1.

You can find the IP address of your router by searching on google as per your router name and also you can find the router IP address by clicking the link below.

How to Find IP address of your WIFI Router?

3. Enter username and password and login into the wifi Router.
Mostly, The Default username and password are admin and admin.

but every router doesn’t have the same username and password so check the below article to find the default router username and password.

Default Username and password of different routes

4. Then, Go to Wireless >Wireless Security, where you can find the wifi password as shown in the figure.

This image only shows the wifi password viewing method in the TP-LINK router.

You can check the wifi password on another router like D-link, Netgear, Nokia, etc by the same method.

How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android by Rooting?

Android phone’s system is quite sensitive and more protected than computers’ laptops. In Windows computers, you have full permission to modify the system but android doesn’t have this type of feature because the smartphone is normally used by everyone so if every phone got the system excess there might arise more problems so to access the system rooting is necessary. For more details about rooting your android devices please refer to the below article.

How to root android devices without a Computer

Therefore, let’s discuss the method to View the wifi password in Android by rooting the mobile.

1. How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android by Rooting Via FIle Explorer

To find the password by this method, you will require to download a file explorer, which is able to get the root excess features. So, in this article, I’m using ES file explorer to get the password. Because this is a great tool for managing files and programs. It comes with a multitude of additional features such as a tool for killing running applications, direct cloud drive storage, and an FTP client so you can use it both on your mobile device as well as your PC. Steps to find the password using ES File Explorer.

a) At first, Download ES File Explorer and install it.

b) Open the File manager and allow the Root Explorer.

c) Go to Local and Go to the device as soon in the picture.

d) GO to the “data/misc/wifi” folder.

e) In the wifi folder, you’ll find a text file named “wpa_supplicant.conf“. Opening this file requires a text editor app. This application already contains a text editor app so no need not take worry about it. In the text file, you can find the saved network configuration as soon as in the figure.

2. How to View Saved WIFI Password on Android by Rooting Using the Thirty Party Application?

There are lots of Password finder android applications, and among them, I will be explaining one here. So I’m using Wifi WPS WPA TESTER because it is an application that you can use to find out if your access point is vulnerable to WPS protocol as well as to find the saved wifi password in your android devices.

As usual, the application lets you carry out this check on any network, but it’s recommended to use it exclusively at your own risk. Finding the password using other apps is also the nearby same method so you can use any application at your convenience. Steps to find the password using AndroDumper.

a) Download the WIFI WPS WPA TESTER from the google play store and open it.

b) In the Password, you can find saved wifi networks on which you are already connected. Here is an example of the wifi network I have connected to the network.