A Wi-Fi password generator guests can type.

A Wi-Fi password generator has a different job from the random button in a password manager. The network password gets typed on phones, televisions, printers, and game consoles. A string of mixed symbols is strong on paper and miserable on a television keyboard, so people write it on the router and hand it to anyone near the shelf. You want a password that is hard to guess and can be read across the room. PasswordMe can make that on an iPhone or iPad. It does not have a separate Wi-Fi mode, and it will not log in to the router for you.

Stay inside what the network actually accepts

WPA2 and WPA3 networks usually accept a passphrase of 8 to 63 characters. Choose a length in the high teens or longer, and keep it under 63. Set that length in the app. Do not generate something longer and delete characters by hand. PasswordMe can build passwords from 4 to 256 characters, so the 8 to 63 range is a rule of the network, not a Wi-Fi cap inside the app. Retire the password printed on the router sticker when it is short, repeated across that model, or still the one the installer left. Change the Wi-Fi password and the router's admin password separately. They are different secrets.

Prefer something you can say

For most homes, use a pronounceable password at a length you set, with look-alike characters removed. Pronounceable output is built to be said over the phone without spelling every letter. It is not a list of dictionary words. Stripping look-alikes drops pairs such as zero and O, or one and lowercase L, which cause failed joins. Save that combination as a preset. The preset stores the rules, including length, pronounceable output, and no look-alikes, and it never stores the password. The sample here is an illustration, like the one on the PasswordMe home page. Generate your own.

Use a passphrase when every device will take it

A passphrase is the other good fit when your devices accept spaces or hyphens. Several random words, from the English or Spanish list, with the separator you choose, can be read aloud. Some older equipment and small gadgets choke on spaces, quotes, or unusual symbols. If a console or a printer rejects the password, generate a pronounceable one limited to letters and digits, instead of weakening a good phrase by editing it. Do not glue on a family name, the street, or the apartment number. That is the part a neighbor can guess. A fully random password is the right tool for an account a manager will type. It is usually the wrong tool for a television keyboard.

Change the password without making an extra copy

The generator on this page builds one password in your browser and does not send it anywhere. This is the key to the network, so do not paste it into a chat. PasswordMe also builds it on the device with the operating system's cryptographically secure random number generator, including while Wi-Fi and cellular are off. You can generate with the radios off and type the result into the router from the phone. There is no account. The password is excluded from analytics, logs, and ad requests. The app can use the network later to show ads. Those requests do not include the password. The privacy policy is the long version.

After you change it, reconnect the devices that should stay and leave the others off. Tell guests the new password yourself. The app has no accounts and does not share secrets. A copied password expires from the clipboard. PasswordMe is not a password manager, so put the network password in your manager if you want it kept. When someone who knew the old password should lose access, generate a new one from the preset rather than editing the old one. A door keypad is a different problem: use a pattern-checked PIN.