Reset Your HP Wi-Fi Password and Use the Printer Again

 HP printers are used in various settings. Wireless printers have a password that you can change and make your own. But many people, after forgetting their password, don’t know how to reset it. There are two kinds of passwords you must know about. The first is the password on the printer. It facilitates wireless direct connections. Another password is on your home network that the printer uses to link to your Wi-Fi. If you are worried about resetting your password, read this small guide. You will find out how to reset the wireless direct password and the home Wi-Fi password.

Reset the Wireless Password of Your HP Printer 

You can reset the Wireless Direct password, home Wi-Fi password, and admin password. 

Reset the Wireless Direct password 

This password links the wireless device to the local Wi-Fi network of your printer. To clear this password, use the ‘Restore defaults’ function in the control panel of your printer. This will reset the wireless password. You will be able to look for new ones too. 

Suppose you face any printer problems in between by employing the HP Print and Scan Doctor utility. Download and install it from HP’s website, and it will fix your issue. 

Reset home Wi-Fi password 

This password links the printing device to the Wi-Fi network in your home. Your printer becomes visible to wired and wireless network devices. 

 

• Begin by confirming the existing Wi-Fi password for your home network.
• Now head to the printer’s control panel.
• Here, find all the available wireless connection options. 
• Scan them for your home network.
• Now input the Wi-Fi password of your home network. 

Reset the admin password. 

Through the admin password, you can access the Embedded Web Server’s Admin area. This password is needed to perform administrative changes to the device. To reset it, you need physical access to your printer. Besides that, you also require COLD or NVRAM resets. These are higher-level resets. Every HP printer model has a cold reset process, which you can find in the manual.

Restore your printer to the original settings 

You can also find out the wireless password of your printer by restoring the device to its initial network settings. Follow these pointers to get back to these settings.

 

• In the printer’s control panel, find the tab at the top of the screen.
• Touch or swipe down that tab.
• It will open the dashboard.
• Next, touch ‘Setup.’
• After that, touch ‘Network Setup.’
• In the end, touch ‘Restore Network Settings.’
• You will see a message that states that your network defaults are restored.
• When this message arrives, touch ‘Yes.’
• If you want to reconnect your printer to the wireless network, utilize the wireless setup wizard. 
• This is present in the control panel display if the printer.

1. Go to the control panel of the HP printer.
2. Find the tab at the top of the display and swipe it down.
3. You will see the dashboard opening.
4. Here, touch the ‘Wireless’ symbol.
5. Next, touch ‘Settings.’
6. After that, touch ‘Wireless Settings.’
7. Now, hit the ‘Wireless Setup Wizard’ option.
8. Follow all the instructions that appear.

 

If you are an HP DeskJet user, then also you can restore the network back to default. Restore the settings to the default ones. Just press the ‘Wireless’ and ‘Cancel’ buttons from the control panel of the printer simultaneously. Hold these buttons for five seconds to go to the default settings.

 

Final Words

 

Resetting the Wi-Fi password proves effective when you forget it. Now you know how to reset wireless direct, home Wi-Fi, and admin password. You can also download and install HP Print and Scan Doctor to resolve printer problems.