How to Recover a Forgotten WiFi-Password in Mac OS X

Forget WiFi Password and don’t know how to get it back from your Mac. Don’t worry in this Post we show you how can you recover your wifi network password in your mac without downloading any third-party software.

How to Recover a Forgotten WiFi-Password in Mac OS X

Here we use Keychain utility for recovering your wifi password. Keychain in Mac stored you all type of password including your web or wifi password. You can easily see your wifi password from opening Keychain utility in your Mac Computer.

How to Recover the Forgotten WiFi Password in Mac OS X

Step 1. Go to Spotlight by pressing Command+ Space keyboard button on your Mac and type keychain access. Click on Keychain Access and follow next steps.

Open Keychain Access in Mac

Step 2. Select Local Items on the left side of the Keychain Access Tab. Now Right Click on your Airport network password and select Get info. Like this below Screenshot, I select prophethacker because prophethacker is my WiFi SSID.

Recover WiFi Password in Mac from Keychain Access

Step 3. In the next tab, you see your WiFi Network name. Check Show Password and move to next steps.

See your Saved WiFI Password in Mac

Step 4. Keychain will ask you enter your admin password, type admin password and click on Ok.

Type Admin Password in Mac

Step 5. Now you see your WiFi Password in your Mac Screen in plain text.

Recover WiFi Password in Mac from Keychain Access

This is one of the best trick for reveal your wifi password in your Mac OS.