What Is My IP Address?
Your public IP address and location details are shown below. This is the address websites see when you connect.
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What Is My IP Address?
A public IP address is the internet-facing address websites see for your current network path. It may represent your home router, a mobile-carrier gateway, a company network, a VPN server, or another shared connection. It helps internet services route responses back to your connection, but it is not a unique personal identifier for one device or one person.
What Does Your IP Address Reveal?
Your public IP address reveals your approximate city and country, your internet service provider (ISP), your timezone, and whether you are connecting through a VPN, proxy, or Tor network. It does NOT reveal your exact home address, your name, or your personal information.
How To Use This Tool
This free IP lookup tool automatically detects and displays your public IP address the moment you visit this page. No signup, no download, and no personal data is collected or stored. The tool also shows your approximate location on a map, your ISP details, and runs a real-time security check to detect VPN leaks, proxy usage, and Tor exit nodes.
IPv4 vs IPv6 â Which Are You Using?
There are two types of IP addresses in use today. IPv4 addresses look like 192.168.1.1 and are the older format. IPv6 addresses look like 2001:db8::1 and are the newer format designed to replace IPv4. This tool detects and displays which version your connection is using. Most users are still on IPv4, but IPv6 adoption is growing rapidly worldwide.
Why Should You Check Your IP Address?
Checking your IP address helps you compare network paths, verify whether a VPN changed the website-visible IP, understand what network information a site can infer, troubleshoot connectivity, and see the approximate location associated with your IP. IP geolocation is an estimate and should not be treated as GPS or an exact address.
Is This Tool Free?
Yes â completely free. CheckWhatIsMyIP.com provides IP lookup, VPN/WebRTC leak checks, browser fingerprint analysis, DNS lookup, and port checking tools. No account is required. See our Privacy Policy for details about analytics and third-party services used by the site.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about IP addresses and your online privacy
A public IP address is the internet-facing address websites see for your current network path. It may represent your router, mobile carrier gateway, company network, VPN server, or another shared connection. It is not a unique personal identifier for one device or one person.
IP-geolocation databases can estimate a country, region, or city from a public IP, but the result can be wrong and should not be treated as GPS or an exact home address. Mobile networks, VPNs, shared gateways, and stale database records can all make the estimate differ from your physical location.
IPv4 uses 32-bit addresses (like 192.168.1.1) and supports about 4.3 billion unique addresses. IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses (like 2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7334) and supports virtually unlimited addresses. IPv6 was created because the world is running out of IPv4 addresses due to the growing number of internet-connected devices.
A VPN, proxy, or Tor can change the public IP seen by supported website traffic in different ways. A VPN normally routes supported traffic through a VPN server; a proxy may only handle selected application traffic; Tor routes supported traffic through the Tor network. Changing the website-visible IP does not make you anonymous or automatically secure.
Some connections use dynamic public IP addresses that the provider can reassign, while others use static addresses. Restarting a router does not guarantee a new public IP. Revisit this page later and compare the address if you want to see whether your provider changed it.
With your IP address, someone can: determine your approximate location, identify your ISP, send targeted advertisements, and potentially attempt DDoS attacks. However, they cannot access your personal files, passwords, or hack into your device with just an IP address. A VPN can change the public IP seen by websites, while a firewall helps control unsolicited network traffic; neither makes a device automatically anonymous or secure. Use our VPN Leak Test to check for the IP exposures the tool can observe.