How to find saved passwords on Xiaomi smartphones: official and hidden ways

Why Xiaomi Passwords Are Hidden from Users and How to Recover Them

Xiaomi’s MIUI-based smartphones automatically store passwords from Wi-Fi, apps and websites, but don’t always provide easy access. Unlike “pure” Android, where passwords are stored in Google Smart Lock, the manufacturer has integrated its own encryption mechanisms, which makes it difficult to find data, especially if you forgot your master password or didn’t sync with your Google account.

In this article, 5 working methods for viewing passwords on Redmi, POCO and Mi (including the 2023-2026 models) will be used to look at both official MIUI tools and workarounds for rootless devices. Importantly, some methods require pre-configuration, which we will highlight separately.

⚠️ Warning: Extracting passwords through third-party utilities (such as WiFi Password Viewer) may violate Xiaomi’s security policies.

Method 1: Built-in MIUI password manager (for Xiaomi accounts)

If you are logged in to a Xiaomi account and have previously saved passwords through Mi Browser or system dialogs, the data is available in cloud storage.This method works on all devices with MIUI 12-15, including the Redmi Note 12 Pro, POCO X5 and Mi 13.

Instructions:

• 🔹 Open the Settings. → Xiaomi accounts → Mi Cloud.
• 🔹 Go to the Passwords section (may be called Data Management) → Saved passwords).
• 🔹 Sign in at the request (if you have not been logged in).
• 🔹 Click on the desired site or application – the password will appear after entering PIN-device code or fingerprint.

⚠️ Note: If you reset your phone to factory settings without detachment of your Xiaomi account, access to passwords will be blocked, in which case you can only recover data through support with proof of ownership.

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Method 2: Google Smart Lock (for Chrome and Android apps)

If you use Google Chrome or other apps integrated with Google Smart Lock, passwords are stored in a Google account, a method that is universal for all Android devices, including Xiaomi, but requires pre-sync.

How to see it:

1. 📱 Open the Settings. → Google → Managing a Google Account.
2. 📱 Go to the Security tab. → Password manager.
3. 📱 Sign in if you need to, and the passwords you saved will be displayed after you confirm your identity.
4. 📱 To see the password, click on the site/app and enter PIN-phone.

🔍 Important: If the list does not have the right password, check:

• 🔸 Is password synchronization enabled in Settings → Accounts. → Google → Synchronization of the account.
• 🔸 Have you used Mi Browser instead of Chrome – such passwords are stored in the Xiaomi cloud (see Method 1).

Method 3: View Wi-Fi passwords without root (via configuration files)

Passwords from Wi-Fi networks on Xiaomi are stored in an encrypted file wpa_supplicant.conf. It is possible to access it without root rights, but only through ADB (Android Debug Bridge works on all devices with MIUI 11–15, including Redmi 10C and POCO M5.

Step-by-step:

1. 🖥️ Install. ADB-PC drivers.
2. 🖥️ Turn on Debugging. USB on the phone: Settings → The phone. → Version. MIUI (Press 7 times, then Settings → Additionally. → For developers → Debugging by USB.
3. 🖥️ Connect your phone to your PC and execute on the command line:

adb pull /data/misc/wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml


adb pull /data/misc/wifi/WifiConfigStoreSoftAp.xml

Files will be saved to your computer. Open them through Notepad or Notepad++ - passwords will be in <string name="PreSharedKey"> tags.

⚠️ Note: Some models (e.g. Xiaomi 13 Ultra) have additional encryption, which requires root or specialized utilities like WiFi Password Recovery (power users only).

Method 4: Third-party applications (only for unlocked downloaders)

If your Xiaomi has an unlocked bootloader, you can use applications like WiFi Password Viewer or Password Manager, which read data from system files, but have limitations:

🔧 How to unlock the loader:

1. 📲 Go to the site. en.miui.com/unlock And you get permission.
2. 📲 Install Mi Unlock Tool on PC and follow the instructions.
3. 📲 Connect your phone in Fastboot mode (press the Power). + Vol Down when switched off).

Important: Unlocking the bootloader resets all data on the phone and can result in some MIUI features being blocked (e.g. Mi Pay or Face Unlock).

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Before unlocking the bootloader, back up your data via Settings → Additional → Backup and Reset. This will save contacts, messages and settings, but not passwords!

Method 5: Backup of MIUI (for power users)

Making a full backup with Mi Backup allows you to extract passwords from the archive, but the process requires technical skills.This method is suitable for devices with MIUI 13-15, where backups are encrypted, but the key can be extracted.

Algorithm of action:

1. 📱 Create a backup: Settings → Additionally. → Backup and reset → Local backup.
2. 📱 Connect your phone to your PC and copy the backup.ab file from the folder MIUI/backup/AllBackup.
3. 🖥️ Use the MiBackupExtractor utility (available on GitHub) to unpack your archive.
4. 🖥️ Passwords will be in com.android.providers.settings (Wi-Fi) and com.xiaomi.account (Xiaomi account) files).

⚠️ Attention: Starting with MIUI 14, the backups are encrypted with a connection to the device. Decrypting them will require an authorization token that can only be obtained with the unlocked bootloader.

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Backup MIUI is the only way to recover passwords after resetting settings if cloud sync has been disabled.

Frequent Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

When trying to extract passwords, Xiaomi users face typical problems, and here are the most common ways to solve them:

• 🚫 "Passwords are not displayed in Mi Cloud" → Check if synchronization is included in Settings → Xiaomi accounts → Mi Cloud → Synchronization. If not, data is stored locally.
• 🚫 "ADB no sees the file wpa_supplicant.conf" → On the new versions MIUI changed course /data/misc_ce/wifi/ or /data/vendor/wifi/. Try these options.
• 🚫 "The app requires root, but it doesn’t" → Use Shizuku (available in Play Market) to bypass restrictions without rooting.
• 🚫 "After resetting the passwords disappeared" → If you didn’t have Google or Xiaomi sync enabled, you can’t recover data.

🔧 Tip: To avoid losing passwords in the future, set up automatic synchronization:

• 🔄 For Google: Settings → Accounts. → Google → Synchronization of the account → Passwords.
• 🔄 For Xiaomi: Settings → Xiaomi accounts → Mi Cloud → Synchronization → Passwords.

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