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How to Make a Wi-Fi QR Code on iPhone
In iOS 18 or later, your iPhone can already make a Wi-Fi QR code: open the Passwords app, tap Wi-Fi, pick your network, and tap Show Network QR Code. That built-in code is perfect for a quick favor. When the code represents a business, you'll want one with your logo, brand colors, and print-quality output that you can save and reprint anytime.
How to do it in Inkcode
- Open Inkcode and tap CreateLaunch Inkcode on your iPhone and go to the Create tab.
- Choose Wi-FiPick the Wi-Fi type from the list of code types.
- Enter your network detailsType the network name (SSID) and password, and set the security type. Everything stays on your device — there is no account and nothing is uploaded.
- Style, save, and exportAdd your logo and brand colors with Pro, watch the live preview update, then save to your private library or export a crisp PNG or SVG for print.
Your iPhone can already do this (iOS 18 and later)
If you just need to hand your Wi-Fi to someone standing next to you, you may not need an app at all. In iOS 18 or later, the Passwords app turns any saved network into a QR code.
- Open the Passwords app.
- Tap Wi-Fi.
- Select your network.
- Tap Show Network QR Code.
Point a phone’s camera at the code and it offers to join the network — no reading the password out loud, no typos. Apple added this with the iOS 18 Passwords app, and Macs running macOS Sequoia have the same feature. Guests on Android can scan it too; the Wi-Fi QR format is a shared standard, not an Apple-only trick.
When the built-in code is enough
The Passwords app code is perfect for a quick favor. A friend over for the afternoon. A family member on the couch. A neighbor who needs ten minutes of Wi-Fi. It is fast, it is private, and it is already on your phone. For that job, stop here. You should not install an app to do what iOS does for free.
When you want more than a plain code
The built-in code is a plain black-and-white square that lives inside the Passwords app. That is fine for a friend. It falls short when the code represents a business.
Picture a cafe, a short-term rental, a salon, or a clinic waiting room. You want a Wi-Fi code that:
- carries your logo and brand colors, so it looks like it belongs to you and not to a settings screen;
- prints sharp at any size — a table tent, a window decal, a full-size sign — which means a vector SVG, not a blurry screenshot;
- lives somewhere you can reopen and reprint next season without building it again from scratch.
A word on guest-network etiquette: put visitors on a separate guest network, not your main one. A printed code is only as private as the wall it is taped to, and a guest network keeps strangers off the same network as your laptop, your backups, and your smart-home gear. Most routers can broadcast a guest network in a couple of taps.
If you would rather not install anything yet, there is a free Wi-Fi QR generator on this site. For a branded code you can save and reuse, that is what Inkcode is for.
How to make a Wi-Fi QR code in Inkcode
In Inkcode, the flow takes under a minute. What matters is what happens to your data: the network name and password you type stay on your device. Inkcode has no account and no server, so your password is never uploaded anywhere. Add your logo and brand colors — part of Pro — and watch the live preview update as you type. Export a PNG for screens or an SVG for print. The code is static. It never expires on a timer, and there are no scans being counted in the background.
Printing tips that keep your code scannable
A Wi-Fi code is only useful if it scans on the first try. A few rules:
- Size: at least about an inch square for a table card, and bigger for anything scanned from a distance. A rough guide is one centimeter of code for every ten centimeters of scanning distance.
- Contrast: keep it dark on light. Black on white scans best. Skip busy photo backgrounds behind the code.
- Quiet zone: leave clear space on all four sides. Crowding the code with text or a tight border breaks the scan.
- Material: matte beats glossy. Glare from a shiny or laminated surface can stop a camera from reading the code. If you laminate for durability, choose a matte finish.
- Placement: put it at eye level where people can hold a phone steady — above a counter, on a table tent, beside the register. Not on the floor, not overhead.
- Test first: scan your printed proof with two or three different phones before you run a hundred copies.
What “static” really means for your Wi-Fi
Your Wi-Fi code holds the network name and password inside the code itself. That is why it works offline, and why it never expires on its own. It is also why it is a snapshot: if you change your Wi-Fi password, the old code becomes wrong, and you simply make a new one. No subscription can switch it off, and nobody is tracking who scans it. The code is yours.
Common questions
Does a Wi-Fi QR code expire?
A static Wi-Fi code does not expire on a timer. It holds your network name and password inside it, so it keeps working until you change the network name or password — then you make a new one. No subscription can switch it off.
Can Android guests scan it?
Yes. The Wi-Fi QR format is a shared standard, so most modern Android phones can scan the code and offer to join. It is not Apple-only.
What if I change my Wi-Fi password?
The old code stops working, because the password is baked into the code. Make a new code with the new password. In Inkcode, a saved Wi-Fi code is easy to reopen and regenerate.
Is it safe to print my password as a QR code?
Treat the printed code like the password itself — anyone who scans it can join the network. That is fine for a guest network or a space you control. Do not tape your main home network's code somewhere public; put visitors on a separate guest network.
Does making or scanning a Wi-Fi QR code need internet?
No. Inkcode generates the code on your device, and scanning it just reads the details and joins the network. You can make and print codes completely offline.
