How to manage and know the Wi-Fi keys that we have stored on the PC with the options offered by Windows

It is usual to have in the history of our PC all the networks to which we have been connected, but over time, some of them are not useful and can We are interested in eliminating them or simply knowing the password from the time we used it for the last time. Actions that can be carried out by diving through the Windows 10 options.

And it is that managing the Wi-Fi networks that we have stored on the PC, but also knowing their passwords, are two interesting aspects that we can do with just a few mouse and keyboard clicks.

Forget a Wi-Fi network

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Let&39;s imagine, for example, that we want to delete a Wi-Fi network that we have used and that we no longer use. If we want to remove it from the series of Wi-Fi networks that we have stored, just access the menu Settings of our PC and look for the section Network & Internet"

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Once inside it, look in the left bar for the subsection Wi-Fi on which we are going to click to see how in the right part displays a series of options."

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We will see two options. One of them shows the networks available at that moment, but the one we are interested in is the one called Manage known networks If we click on it, a new window will open that offers access to all the Wi-Fi networks that we have saved on the device."

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At this point, just click on one of them to see how it gives us access to two options such as Properties andStop remembering."

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If we click on Stop remembering, which is the one we are interested in, the network in question will disappear from the list as if it had never been we would have used This implies that if we ever want to use it again we will have to enter the password again."

View stored network keys

But just as we are interested in deleting that network to which we are no longer going to connect, we may be interested in remembering the password of some networkto which we have connected. Something that is also possible at the click of a mouse.

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And the first step is to access the Wi-Fi connection icon that appears in the lower right area of ​​the Taskbar Right-click and we will see two options from which we choose the titled Open Network and Internet Settings We can do the same in the menu Settings and through the option Network and Internet that we have seen before. "

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Once inside the Network and Internet section, we look for the Wi-Fi category in the left column and among the options we look at Network and Sharing Center>"

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A window opens showing the different Wi-Fi networks, including the one to which we are connected. Click on this network to access its properties and in the new window click on Wireless Properties."

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In the new window we will see two tabs, Connection and Security The latter is the one that interests us and when entering we must click on the section called Network security key That is the one that offers access to the Wi network key -Fi but not yet visible."

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To see it, click on the option Show characters just below. Windows will ask you for administrator permissions and show you the password."