How to find your public IP

Your public IP is the address your connection shows to the websites you visit. It is assigned by your internet provider and is usually shared by every device connected to the same router. The tool shows this address as soon as the page opens.

Open the page and wait: "Loading..." is replaced by your IP.
Click "Copy IP" to send it to the clipboard. The "Copied!" confirmation appears right below the button.
If you are switching networks or turning on a VPN, click "Refresh IP" to look it up again.
Below the address you will see country, city, region and provider (ISP), when a location service responds. If none responds, the page tells you that the location is not available right now.

How the lookup works

In two steps. First, the browser asks ipify for the IP (the standard version first and, if that fails, the IPv6-compatible one). Once it has the address, the page queries ipapi.co and, if that fails, ipwho.is, to find the city, region, country and provider of that IP. Each service is tried with a time limit; if both fail, the page says so plainly instead of making up data.

If ipify does not respond, the page tries an alternative method using the browser's WebRTC feature. This method may return an address from your local network (such as 192.168.x.x) instead of the public one. When that happens, the page marks the result as "Local IP, not the public one" and does not look up the location, because that address is not what websites see.

Keep in mind that location by IP is approximate: it usually points to your provider's region, not to your home, and it can be wrong.

What knowing your public IP is for

Allowing access to servers and databases: many services ask for the IP of whoever will connect, to allow access in a firewall or allowlist.
Setting up remote access: cameras, DVRs, home servers and games hosted at home require you to know the IP.
Checking that your VPN works: compare the IP before and after connecting. If it changed, your traffic is going out through the VPN.
Tech support: giving your IP helps your provider or IT team locate a problem.
Knowing whether you use IPv4 or IPv6: addresses like 189.40.10.5 are IPv4; the long ones, with colons, are IPv6.

Tips

In most homes the IP is dynamic and may change when the router restarts. If you need a fixed one, ask your provider.
Some providers use CG-NAT: several customers share the same IP, and it cannot be used for direct remote access.
The IP changes when you switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data.
To check whether your connection is working, also see Is Online.

Privacy and how it works

To get your IP and location, the page has to query external services (ipify, ipapi.co and ipwho.is), and they naturally see the IP of whoever queries them. The last two receive your IP in the location query itself. This page stores nothing in your browser. Your IP is information that every website you visit already receives, but avoid publishing it together with personal data. See the Privacy Policy.

Frequently asked questions

Is my public IP the same as my router's?

It is the IP your provider assigns to your connection, and it sits on the router. The devices in your home have different internal IPs, which only show up here in the WebRTC alternative method, marked as local IP.

Why is the city wrong?

Location by IP comes from provider databases and is approximate. It is common to see another city in the region, or the provider's headquarters.

Why is the location not available?

The location services may have failed, hit their query limit or been blocked by an extension or by the network. The IP itself is still valid. Try "Refresh IP" later.

Can someone hack me with just my IP?

The IP alone does not give access to your device and is seen by every website you visit. The real risk lies in exposed services and a weak password, not in the address itself.

The tool showed "Could not get it". What now?

All the services failed. Check your connection, disable content blockers that prevent these queries and click "Refresh IP".

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