How to Easily View and Copy WiFi Passwords on Your iPhone

Both iOS 17 and especially iOS 18 brought some major new features to iPhone users, but it’s hard not to look back fondly on iOS 16. Personalizing your lock screen and editing iMessages are things you see or use every day, so their presence is still felt.

Another small, quality update in iOS 16 was the ability to view and copy your Wi-Fi passwords much more easily than in previous versions of the operating system.

Before iOS 16, when attempting to connect to Wi-Fi, other iOS devices on the same SSID would be pinged that someone was attempting to connect to the network, which could easily be shared. It worked (and still works) in some sort of Apple “magic” way, but only with iOS devices. Below we’ll show you how to view and copy Wi-Fi passwords on iOS 16+ and iPadOS 16+.

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How to View Your Wi-Fi Network Password on Your iPhone or iPad

For this to work, you’ll need to be connected to the Wi-Fi network, or have connected in the past, and be close enough to the router for the network to appear in your settings. Once you meet those requirements, launch the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad running iOS 16 or iPadOS 16 or later and do the following:

1. Go to Wi-Fi.

2. Find the Wi-Fi network you want the password for and tap blue information icon to the right of the network name.

3. Crane Password and use Face ID, Touch ID, or enter your passcode to view the password.

4. Finally, touch Copy to save the password to your clipboard.

You can then paste the Wi-Fi network password into a text message or email to share it with someone. You can also just give the password away.

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