Backup and Restore Wi-Fi Network Profiles in Windows 11 – Windows Blog by Brink

Backup and Restore Wi-Fi Network Profiles in Windows 11

Wi-Fi is a wireless local area network (WLAN) technology and standard that uses high-frequency radio waves to provide wireless Internet and network connections to your Windows device.

When you connect to a Wi-Fi network for the first time, Windows will automatically add a profile for the Wi-Fi network. The saved profile contains the SSID (network name), security key (password), and security type information used to connect to this specific Wi-Fi network.

Restoring a backed up Wi-Fi network profiles can be much easier than having to manually add and connect to a Wi-Fi network again.

This tutorial will show you how to backup and restore a specific or all Wi-Fi network profiles on your Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC.

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