IP Address Lookup
See the public IP address your network presents to the internet, along with the country and the nearest network edge. Everything is detected in your browser, with no sign-up and nothing stored.
Detected in your browser. This is the public IP your network presents to the internet, not your private LAN address.
What is an IP address?
An IP (Internet Protocol) address is the number that identifies your device or network on the internet, the same way a street address identifies a building. Every request you send, loading a page, sending an email, joining a video call, carries your public IP so the response knows where to come back to.
The address shown above is your public IP: the single address your internet provider exposes to the outside world. Devices inside your home or office usually share it through your router.
Public vs. private IP addresses
Your network actually uses two kinds of address. The public IP is what websites see. Private IPs, such as 192.168.0.x or 10.0.0.x, are assigned by your router to each device on your local network and are not visible on the internet.
This page can only show your public IP, because that is the only address that reaches our edge. To see a device’s private IP you would check the network settings on that device itself.
IPv4 vs. IPv6
IPv4 addresses look like 203.0.113.42, four numbers from 0 to 255. The format allows about 4.3 billion unique addresses, which the growth of the internet long ago exhausted, so providers now share and reuse them heavily.
IPv6 was created to solve that shortage. It is far longer, written in hexadecimal groups separated by colons, such as 2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7334, and provides an effectively unlimited pool. Many networks now hand out both; the tool above shows whichever address your connection used to reach this page.
What your IP address can and cannot reveal
A public IP can indicate the internet provider and an approximate location, often only at the city or regional level, and frequently the wrong city entirely. It is enough for a website to choose a language or block a region, but it is not precise tracking.
It does not, on its own, reveal your name, your exact street address, your browsing history, or the contents of anything you do online. Linking an IP to a specific person generally requires records held by the internet provider, which are released only under legal process.
How to change or hide your IP address
Restarting your router sometimes earns a new address from your provider, because most home connections use dynamic IPs that rotate over time. A static IP, by contrast, stays fixed and is usually a paid business option.
To mask your IP from the sites you visit, route your traffic through a VPN or proxy: the destination then sees the server’s address instead of yours. If you reload this page while connected to a VPN, the value above changes to the VPN exit location, which is a quick way to confirm the VPN is actually working.
Common reasons to look up your IP
People check their public IP to allowlist themselves into a firewall, database, or remote-desktop rule; to set up port forwarding for a game or home server; to confirm a VPN is routing traffic correctly; to give an accurate address to technical support; or simply to verify what location and provider a website is likely to associate with their connection.
Frequently asked questions
Is the IP address shown here my real one?
Yes. It is the public IP your connection used to load this page. If you are on a VPN or proxy, it shows that service’s address instead of your own, which is exactly what the rest of the internet sees too.
Why does the location look wrong?
IP-based location is an estimate derived from where your provider registers a block of addresses, not GPS. It is commonly off by tens or hundreds of miles, especially on mobile networks where many users share one regional gateway.
Does looking up my IP cost anything or require an account?
No. The tool is free, needs no sign-up, and detects your address in your browser. We do not store the values you see.
Can someone find my home address from my IP?
Not directly. An IP maps to an internet provider and a rough area. Connecting it to a household requires the provider’s subscriber records, which are protected and disclosed only through legal channels.
How do I get a new IP address?
On a dynamic home connection, rebooting your router or waiting may assign a new one. To deliberately change the address sites see, use a VPN or proxy. A permanently fixed address (static IP) is usually a paid add-on from your provider.
What is the difference between my IPv4 and IPv6 address?
They are two address formats for the same connection. IPv4 is the older, shorter dotted-number format; IPv6 is the newer, much longer format built to handle the internet’s growth. Your network may use either or both.