If you connected to a specific Wi-Fi network with your Mac in the past, there is a way to find this Wi-Fi password again. This can come in handy when you want to connect more devices to that network but don’t remember the password. Or when you’re trying to share the password to that network with a friend.

This actually happened to me recently. I was setting up my iPad, but could not remember the password for my office’s Wi-Fi network. After spending a few minutes trying to find it in Network Preferences on my MacBook Pro, I realized that I was looking in the wrong spot.

Indeed, dating back several macOS versions, passwords are now stored in an application called Keychain Access. So if you’re looking for a saved Wi-Fi password that you simply can’t remember, you’re in luck because I’m going to show you how to find a Wi-Fi password on Mac…

How to see saved Wi-Fi passwords on your Mac

Following these instructions will allow you to find the passwords of all the Wi-Fi networks you have connected to on your Mac.

1) Open the Keychain Access app on your Mac. You may now know about this app, but it comes installed on all Macs.

2) In the sidebar, make sure you click on Passwords, then search for the network you want the password for. Double click on that network.

3) Click on Show Password. Confirm your administrator user credentials to reveal the Wi-Fi password.

4) You may be prompted to enter your administrator credentials again.

5) The Wi-Fi password should appear in the text box next to Show Password.

Keychain Access isn’t only useful to retrieve Wi-Fi passwords on your Mac. It can also store your applications, internet and web form passwords. If password management is something you are not great at, consider looking into 1Password on the Mac App Store. It’s a very useful app!

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