The Ultimate Guide to Viewing, Copying and Sharing Wi-Fi Passwords on Your iPhone
If you’ve ever wished there was a more convenient way to share Wi-Fi passwords with your iPhone, you should know that, with iOS 18.
Personalize your lock screen and Edit iMessages It’s great, and the ability to view and copy Wi-Fi passwords more easily than previous versions introduced in iOS 16 is very useful. But in iOS 18, Apple’s Passwords app goes a step further and brings them together like never before.
Prior to iOS 16, when trying to connect to Wi-Fi, other iOS devices on the same SSID would be pinged, indicating that someone was trying to connect to the network, which could be easily shared. It worked in a very Apple “magical” way (and still does), but only on iOS devices. Below, we’ll show you how to view and copy Wi-Fi passwords on iOS 16 Plus and iPadOS 16 Plus.
For more information, check out Settings you should change after installing iOS 18.
How to check your Wi-Fi network password in iPhone or iPad settings
To do this, you must be connected to a Wi-Fi network or have connected to it in the past, and be close enough to the router for the network to appear in your settings. If you meet these requirements, launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 16 or iPadOS 16 or later, and then do the following:
1. Go to Wifi.
2. Find the Wi-Fi network you want the password for and click Blue information icon to the right of the network name.
3. tap password And use Face ID, Touch ID or enter the password to view the password.
4. Finally, hit copy Save password to clipboard.
You can view the password for any Wi-Fi network you’ve ever connected to, as long as you’re currently connected to it or close enough for it to show up under My Networks.
You can then paste your Wi-Fi network password into a text message or email and share it with others or tell them the password directly.
How to view, copy, and share your Wi-Fi network passwords in the Passwords app
exist iOS 18Apple launched password appit also stores your Wi-Fi credentials, but anyone with an iPhone or iPad running versions below iOS 18 won’t be able to access it. This also means that those using iOS 18 or later have two places to access their Wi-Fi network information, although this is probably the best one to remember. We’ll explain.
- Open password App (requires authentication via Face ID, Touch ID, or password).
- Click on the Wi-Fi network you want.
- Click on the password itself to display it.
Once the password is shown to you, the option to copy it will appear. From here, you can send via message or however you want. That is, if you share your password with someone currently at your company, you can click Display network QR code Displays a QR code that can be scanned with someone else’s camera to instantly log into the Wi-Fi network. This is especially useful if you just want to allow someone to log into your Wi-Fi network without giving them their password. This method is also easier and faster.
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