How to share Wi-Fi password from iPhone to iPhone

Entering a long password to connect to a Wi-Fi network can be tedious.

Thankfully, iOS has a handy feature to share your Wi-Fi password from one iPhone connected to Wi-Fi to another.

No more typing long strings or remembering complex passwords.

With just one tap on your iPhone connected to Wi-Fi, you can join your friends and family to the same Wi-Fi network without entering a password.

How to do it? It will be explained step by step below.

Checklist for sharing Wi-Fi passwords between iPhones

Before sharing your Wi-Fi password between iPhones, there are five things to check:

After checking the above, if there are no problems, you are ready to share the Wi-Fi password between the two iPhones.

How to share Wi-Fi password from iPhone to iPhone

First, connect one iPhone (called a donor iPhone) to Wi-Fi. The other iPhone (called the receiver iPhone) has Wi-Fi turned on but is waiting for a password.

If you bring your two iPhones closer to the Bluetooth range:

that's all! This saves valuable time by eliminating the need to enter complicated passwords.

How is password sharing between two iPhones done?

This seamless password sharing is a feature that has been available since iOS 11.

Password sharing is done via Bluetooth. So don't forget to turn on Bluetooth on both iPhones and bring them closer to each other.

All passwords are stored in your iPhone's keychain. Unless you jailbreak your iPhone, there is no way to read your Wi-Fi password directly from your iPhone, which is a relatively secure sharing method.

This way you can share your password without having to look it up.

Also, if you don't know your Wi-Fi password, you can retrieve your Wi-Fi password from a previously connected Mac or Winodows 10.

If that doesn't work, hard reset your Wi-Fi router.

If Wi-Fi password sharing doesn't work

If you are having trouble sharing Wi-Fi password between iPhones, please check the above checklist first. If that doesn't work, try the following:

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