What is my public IP address?

Your public IP is the address the rest of the internet sees when you browse. This tool shows it as reported by your connection, along with rough location hints derived from it.

Why does my IP location look wrong?

IP geolocation is approximate: it reflects where your ISP or VPN registers the address, not your GPS position. VPNs, corporate networks and mobile carriers routinely place you in a different city or country.

Is my IPv4 or IPv6 address shown?

Whichever one your connection used to reach this site. If your network supports IPv6 you will usually see an IPv6 address; otherwise IPv4.

Is this information private?

Your public IP is visible to every website you visit by design. This tool only shows you what sites already see, and nothing is stored.

Why does my IP change sometimes?

Most home connections use dynamic IPs that your ISP reassigns periodically. Restarting your router or reconnecting often gives you a new address.

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What's My IP

See your public IP address and location hintsEvery device on the internet has a return address: its public IP. Most people have never seen theirs. This tool shows it instantly, along with the context that makes it useful: location, provider, and network details.

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See your public IP address and location hints

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How to use the What's My IP

Open the tool

Open the tool; your IP is detected automatically.

Read your IP

Read your public IP, country and city hints.

Verify your VPN

Use it to verify your VPN or proxy is working.

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About the What's My IP

Every device on the internet has a public IP address, the return address attached to everything you do online. This tool reads the address your request actually arrived from, so it shows exactly what websites see.

Use it to check your connection, for example verifying a VPN changed your exit country or grabbing your IP for an allowlist. Nothing is logged or stored; the result lives only in your browser session.

Where it helps most

A thirty-second check behind dozens of support tickets.

Firewall whitelists

Remote workers whitelist their address in a firewall or server config and need to copy it exactly.

Connection troubleshooting

Gamers and streamers compare their IP and ISP against what their provider claims to deliver.

VPN verification

If the displayed location matches the VPN server rather than home, the tunnel is doing its job.

Geo-targeting tests

Developers verify which location their test traffic appears to come from before shipping.

What you see

The address and its context.

Public address

Your public IPv4 address, and IPv6 where available, read directly from the incoming connection.

Location estimate

Approximate location from IP geolocation databases, usually city-level though sometimes off by a region.

ISP and network details

Your internet service provider, hostname and connection type, all in one view.

What's My IP: built for trust

The address is simply read from the connection and shown back to you. Nothing is logged or stored.

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What's My IP FAQs

How do I find my public IP address?

Open this tool. Your public IPv4 (and IPv6 if available) is displayed immediately, along with your approximate location and ISP. No signup or action is needed.

Why does my IP address change?

Is my IP address location accurate?

How do I check if my VPN is working?

What is the difference between IPv4 and IPv6?

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