If you’ve ever desired that sharing wi-fi passwords with your iPhone was easier, you should be aware that iOS 18 brought about significant changes.

The option to read and copy your Wi-Fi passwords much more easily than with prior versions, which was added in iOS 16, is very helpful. Customizing your lock screen and editing iMessages are also fantastic. However, Apple’s Passwords app in iOS 18 went one step further and brought them together in a manner that had never been possible before.

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Prior to iOS 16, attempting to connect to Wi-Fi would cause other iOS devices on the same SSID to get pings, which could be readily shared, informing them that someone was attempting to join to the network. Only with iOS devices, it operated (and continues to operate) in a very Apple “magic” fashion. The steps to see and copy Wi-Fi passwords on iOS 16 Plus and iPadOS 16 Plus are provided below.

See the settings you should adjust after installing iOS 18 for additional information.

How to access your iPhone or iPad’s Wi-Fi network password

You need to be close enough to the router for the network to show up in your settings, and you need to be either currently connected to the Wi-Fi network or have previously connected to it. If these criteria are met, open the Settings app on your iOS 16 or later iPhone or iPad and do the following actions:

1. Access Wi-Fi.
2. Tap the blue information button to the right of the network name after locating the Wi-Fi network for which you need to get the password.
3. To display the password, tap Password and enter your PIN, use Face ID, or Touch ID.
4. To store the password to your clipboard, click Copy at the end.

iOS 16 Wi-Fi network settings
As long as you are presently connected to the network or close enough to it to show up under My Networks, you may examine the passwords for any Wi-Fi networks you have ever connected to.
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After that, you may share the Wi-Fi network password with someone by pasting it into an email or text message, or you can just tell them the password.

How to use the Passwords app to see, copy, and share your Wi-Fi network password

Apple released the Passwords app in iOS 18, which also saves your Wi-Fi passwords. However, it is not available to users of iPhones or iPads running versions lower than iOS 18. Additionally, users of iOS 18 or later have two locations to retrieve their Wi-Fi network details, albeit this may be the easiest to remember. We’ll clarify.

Launch the Passwords app, which needs passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID verification.
To choose a Wi-Fi network, tap on it.
To see the password, just tap on it.
As soon as the password is shown to you, a copy option will be displayed. You may then send it in a message or in any other way you like. However, you may press the Show Network QR Code to display a QR code that can be read by someone else’s camera to instantly connect in to the Wi-Fi network if you’re sharing the password with someone you’re presently with. If you just want to let someone connect in to your Wi-Fi network without providing them with the password, this is quite useful. This approach is also quicker and simpler.

For further information on iOS, check out the useful new function that iOS 18 adds to Apple Maps and how to record video and play music simultaneously.