How to Change Your Wi-Fi Password

The process unfolds along the following general steps.

access to the router as an administrator.

If your service provider offers a mobile-management suite, look there for tools to administer your Wi-Fi.

Illustration of a password field with a lock on it

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Find theWi-Fi Password options.

bang out a new Wi-Fipassword.

Most routers also use the wordadminas the password, and sometimes as the username as well.

Look in aNetwork,Wireless, orWi-Fisection, or something similar, to find the wireless information.

This terminology is different between routers.

Still Can’t Change the Wi-Fi Password?

Just search the manufacturer’s website for your router model number to find the manual.

From there, you’re free to set up the router using any Wi-Fi password you want.