How to see all the passwords on the Xiaomi phone: hidden and saved

Why Xiaomi Passwords Aren’t Easy to Find – and Where to Find Them Most Often

Xiaomi’s MIUI-based smartphones store passwords in multiple places — not all of which are obvious to the user. Unlike iOS, where Apple provides a single “keychain” or Android in pure form with Google Password Manager, MIUI firmware distributes data across different services: system, cloud and third-party. This complicates search, but also adds flexibility — for example, passwords from Wi-Fi are stored separately from login pairs for sites.

Most often, users are looking for:

• 🔑 Wi-Fi passwords to connect a new device or share a network with guests.
• 🌐 Logins and passwords from sites saved in the Mi Browser or Chrome browser.
• 📱 Application access codes (banks, social networks, messengers).
• 🔒 System passwords — PIN-Lock screen code, pattern lock or password of Mi Account.

It’s important to understand that Xiaomi doesn’t provide direct access to all passwords through one menu, but you need to search for them in different parts of the system or through third-party tools, and some of the data can be encrypted and unavailable without additional actions (for example, unlocking the bootloader).

Method 1: Wi-Fi passwords – how to watch without root and software

The most popular request is to view the password from the current or previously connected Wi-Fi network. MIUI This can be done without installing additional applications, but with limitations:

⚠️ Attention: On phones with MIUI 12 and later, the current network password can only be seen if the device is connected to it.

Instructions for current versions of the firmware:

1. Open the Settings. → Wi-Fi.
2. Tap the name of the current network (connected).
3. In the window that opens, click Share (or Share in English).
4. The system will request confirmation by PIN-lock-screen code or print.
5. After confirmation, it will appear QR-code and text password underneath.

If you want an old network,

• 📱 Go to Settings. → Wi-Fi → Additionally. → Save networks.
• 🔍 Select the network from the list and try to connect – if the phone “remembered” the password, it will connect automatically.
• 🔄 If the network is not connected, but you are sure that the phone has previously connected to it, you will have to use methods with root access.

Method 2: Passwords from sites and apps in Mi Browser and Chrome

If you saved logins and passwords when you logged in, you can retrieve them through your browser. MIUI has Mi Browser installed by default, but many people use Google Chrome — let's look at both.

Mi Browser (Integrated Xiaomi Browser)

Here passwords are stored in encrypted form, and you can view them only through the browser menu:

1. Open Mi Browser.
2. Slip on three dots in the upper right corner → Settings.
3. Go to Confidentiality. → Passwords.
4. Confirm access to PIN-code-print.
5. Select a site from the list – the password will appear as dots, but it can be copied or shown (eye on the right).

Google Chrome

Chrome is a simpler process, but requires syncing with your Google account:

1. Open Chrome and tap on the profile avatar on the top right.
2. Select Passwords (or Passwords).
3. Find the right site in the list and click on it.
4. Put it on the eye icon (👁️) and confirm access to PIN-phone code.

If passwords are not displayed:

• 🔄 Make sure sync is enabled in Google Settings → Account management → Synchronization.
• 📱 Check if Autocomplete is disabled in Chrome settings.
• 🔒 If a third-party password manager is used (for example, 1Password or KeePass, look for data there.

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If you often forget passwords, turn on Chrome's "Offer to Save Passwords" feature in your autocomplete settings, which will make it easier to access data in the future.

Method 3: System passwords — PIN-Code, pattern lock, Mi Account

This data is protected at the firmware level, and it's almost impossible to view it without knowing the current code.

For Mi Account:

1. Go to account.xiaomi.com.
2. Press Forgot Your Password?
3. Enter the linked email or phone number.
4. Confirm the recovery via SMS or mail.

⚠️ Warning: If you forgot PIN-The lock screen code and did not tie Mi Account, unlock the phone without data reset (Wipe Data) will be impossible.

Method 4: View all root access passwords (for experienced ones)

If you want all the passwords you have saved (including old Wi-Fi networks, system tokens, and application data), you need to unlock the bootloader and get root permissions, a risky method, but it gives you complete control over the data.

What can be extracted from root:

• 📡 All Wi-Fi passwords (including hidden networks) from the file /data/misc/wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml.
• 🌐 Browser passwords (including deleted ones) from Mi Browser and Chrome databases.
• 🔐 Application tokens (for example, for Facebook, VK, messenger).
• 📱 System keys (for example, for data encryption).

Step-by-step:

1. Unlock the bootloader through the official Xiaomi tool (requires a wait of 7-15 days).
2. Install Custom Recovery (TWRP) and scrolle Magisk to get root.
3. Download Root Explorer or FX File Explorer with root support.
4. Go to /data/misc/wifi/ and open the WifiConfigStore.xml file, and all networks and passwords will be in plain view.
5. For browser passwords, use SQLite Editor and open the database /data/data/com.android.chrome/app_chrome/Default/Login Data.

⚠️ Attention: Unlocking the bootloader resets the phone to factory settings. Data backup (e.g., via Mi Cloud) is a must! Also note that root can disrupt banking apps and Google Pay.

Method 5: Reset the lock screen password via Fastboot (if you forgot the PIN)

If you forgot. PIN-The code or the pattern lock, and the Mi Account is not tied, and it's just a hardware reset via Fastboot mode, which will delete all the data from the phone, but unlock access.

What you need:

• 🖥️ Computer with drivers installed ADB/Fastboot.
• 🔌 Cable USB Type-C (original).
• 📥 Firmware for your model (download from the official Xiaomi website).

Instructions:

1. Turn off the phone.
2. Press the Power button + Volume down to enter the Fastboot.
3. Connect the phone to the PC and open the command line (cmd).
4. Enter the command to check the connection: fastboot devices must display the serial number of the device.
5. Run reset: fastboot erase userdata fastboot erase frp
6. Reboot the phone: fastboot reboot

After the reboot, the phone will be unlocked, but all data (including passwords) will be deleted. If you have synced with Mi Cloud, some of the data (contacts, photos) can be restored.

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Fastboot Reset is the Only Way to Unlock Xiaomi Without Knowing PIN-It's a last resort, because it leads to total data loss.

Method 6: Alternative methods – backups and third-party tools

If root and Fastboot seem too complicated, you can try to do without them:

1. backup through Mi Cloud

If backup is enabled on the phone in Mi Cloud, some of the passwords (for example, from Wi-Fi) can be extracted through the web interface:

1. Go to i.mi.com and log in.
2. Select the device → Backup copy.
3. Download the archive and find files with the.db (database) or.xml (configuration) extension.

2. applications for viewing passwords (without root)

Some utilities can extract passwords from system files without root, but their capabilities are limited:

• 🔍 WiFi Password Viewer – Shows passwords of current networks (requires) MIUI 10-12).
• 📱 Xiaomi’s Password Manager – Collects Data from Browsers and Some Apps.
• 🌐 Google Password Manager – if you used Chrome with sync.

3. ADB-Teams (for experienced teams)

Using Android Debug Bridge, you can extract some data without rooting:

adb shell


su




cat /data/misc/wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml

But this method only works on some versions of MIUI and requires USB debugging enabled.

FAQ: Frequent questions about passwords on Xiaomi