How to View Saved WiFi Passwords on Mac

Here are all the required instructions to view your saved WiFi passwords on Mac. After the first time you enter the WiFi password, it gets saved on your device or get’s synced with your account. As a result, the next time you need to enter it, you could easily make use of the saved password settings or log in back to your account. However, there might come a time or two when you would need to know your password in plain text.

If you are using a Mac, then there are quite a few methods through which it could be done. In this guide, we will be using Keychain and macOS Terminal for this purpose. Follow the steps exactly as mentioned and you will get the hold of your saved WiFi password in no time. Let’s begin! On that note, if you are having an Android device, check out our separate guide on how to find the WiFi password on the Android device.

View Saved WiFi Password on Mac

First of all, we will be discussing the steps using the Keychain. This tool is inbuilt in Mac and saves all the WiFi password as well as their associated SSID (network name). Furthermore, it also has iCloud support. This helps in syncing the saved login data from the Safari browser across all your Apple devices.

All in all, you could consider it as a Password Manager that works both offline as well as online. The second method through which you could check saved WiFi password on Mac is using the Terminal. Well, this is something that everyone will be aware of. With that said, here are the required instructions for Keychain and Terminal, beginning with the former.