What Is My IP Address?

Free · no signup · runs entirely in your browser

You typed "what is my ip address" into a search box, which is a slightly funny thing to ask a computer that already knows. Your browser cannot see its own public address, though. That number belongs to your router or your provider, and the only way to read it is to ask a server on the internet what address your request arrived from. This tool does exactly that, and shows you the answer the moment the page loads.

Here is how it works, without the hand-waving. When the page opens, it sends a request to a public IP lookup service called ipapi.co. That service replies with your public IP address plus what it knows about it: an approximate location (city, region, country), the organisation that owns the address block (usually your ISP), and a timezone. The page prints those four things and nothing more. If ipapi.co cannot be reached, the page tries a second service, ipify, which only returns the address. In that case the location, ISP and timezone rows stay as dashes.

So, to be precise about privacy: this is not an offline tool. Your address has to travel to those outside services, because that is the only way to learn it. What this page does not do is ask you for an account, an email or anything else. The lookup code on this page talks to ipapi.co, and to ipify as the backup, and to nothing else. Whatever those two services log is governed by their own policies, not ours.

Treat the location line with suspicion. IP geolocation is a database guess, and it is often right about the country and wrong about the street, sometimes wrong about the city. Your ISP line might name a company that is not the one on your bill, especially on a VPN, a work network or mobile data.

There are two buttons. The refresh button runs the lookup again, which is handy after you switch a VPN on or off or change networks. The clipboard button copies the address, so you can paste it into a firewall rule, a support ticket or a game server whitelist.

How to use it

1. Open the page. The lookup runs by itself and your public IP address appears under 'Your IP address' within a moment.
2. Read the three rows underneath: location, ISP and timezone. Treat location as a rough guess, not a street address.
3. Press the clipboard button to copy the address, or press Refresh to look it up again after changing network or VPN.

Worked example

FAQ

Does this tool send my IP address anywhere?

Your browser contacts a public lookup service, ipapi.co, to find out its own public address, and falls back to ipify if that fails. That is unavoidable for any 'what is my IP' tool. The lookup code on this page talks to those two services and nothing else, and there is no account or signup.

Why do the location and ISP rows sometimes show dashes?

If ipapi.co cannot be reached, the page falls back to ipify, which only returns the address. The other rows then stay empty. Press Refresh to try the main service again.

Why is the location wrong?

IP geolocation is a lookup in a database, not a GPS fix. It is usually right about the country and often off on the city. VPNs, mobile data and company networks make it worse.

Is this my public or my local IP address?

Public. It is the address the internet sees, usually shared by everything on your home network. Your local address (like 192.168.x.x) is not shown by this tool.