How do I retrieve my NETGEAR admin password?

Oct 3, 2021 | Troubleshooting

Last Updated on January 23, 2023

If you have just purchased a new Netgear router or an old router and facing trouble logging in. Here we have explained in detail how to retrieve your NETGEAR admin password.

Important: If you have not enabled Netgear password recovery in your router and have forgotten or changed your password, you will have to reset the Netgear router to factory default.

Please click on the following link to see how I perform a factory reset on my NETGEAR router?

Steps to retrieve or change my NETGEAR admin password using the password recovery feature:

Following are the details on how to retrieve your NETGEAR admin password.
Note: Only Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome browsers are supported in this process but not Safari browsers.

Total Time: 10 minutes

Open a web browser.

Open your web browser, like Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome, on your computer connected to your router’s WIFI network.
Type routerlogin.net or routerlogin.com in URL.

Type routerlogin.net or routerlogin.com into your web browser’s address bar and hit enter.
A login popup will be displayed.

A login window displays.
Select Cancel.

Click CANCEL.
You will see the NETGEAR Router admin Password Recovery window.

NETGEAR Router admin Password Recovery window shows up.
Type your NETGEAR router serial number.

Enter your router’s serial number. It’s printed on the label on the router. Check the image below.
Answer the security questions.

Answer the security questions you entered while setting up Netgear router password recovery.
If you cannot answer your security questions, you will have to reset the router.

If you cannot answer your security questions, you will have to reset the router. See: How do I perform a factory reset on my NETGEAR router?
Click Continue.

Click CONTINUE.
NETGEAR router admin password is retrieved.

Your admin password is displayed.
Save your displayed password.

Copy or save your displayed password.