Mikrotik — Export User Passwords

If a password is lost, MikroTik provides a specific recovery mechanism, but it requires physical access to the hardware and results in a .

Running the /export command will list the user accounts, but the password field will be blank or missing. The Solution: Use a Binary Backup instead of a text export. Navigate to Files -> Backup in WinBox. mikrotik export user passwords

A binary .backup file contains these passwords but is encrypted. To recover them, you must create an unencrypted backup (available in some older versions) and use third-party tools like mtpass to extract the credentials. If a password is lost, MikroTik provides a

The exported file will contain the user passwords in a hashed format (e.g., MD5 or SHA1). Navigate to Files -> Backup in WinBox

export users file=users.txt

In newer versions, passwords are stored as hashes and are generally not recoverable in plain text through standard export tools. PPP and Hotspot User Passwords