How to Change Wi-Fi Personal Hotspot Password on iPhone or iPad

How to Change Wi-Fi Personal Hotspot Password on iPhone or iPad

The and iPad cellular equipped models allows you to use the devices mobile connection as a wi-fi hotspot for other devices and hardware to connect to. Its an incredibly useful feature that gets a lot of use for many users. As you may have noticed when setting up and turning on Personal Hotspot, a wi-fi password is automatically generated and assigned to the Personal Hotspot router service, and its often a string of gibberish which is not exactly easy to remember or to easily tell someone else. With a simple effort you can change the wi-fi password of a Personal Hotspot in iOS to something much easier, heres how you can do that. Note that when you change a wi-fi password in Personal Hotspot any currently connected devices will be disconnected, then they will need to reconnect with the new password, including any Macs that have been on a nearby iPhone. Keep in mind that Personal Hotspot requires a cellular data plan that allows for the service, and it often entails new separate charges on a mobile network plan (particularly in the USA). If you dont have Personal Hotspot, youll need to contact your network provider and be ready to fork over more cash to your favorite cellular cartel member