What Is My IP
See your public IP address, ISP, approximate location and browser details
This tool asks the ipwho.is service for live data. It sends only your IP address (every request carries it). Nothing is stored by us. How we handle privacy
Runs in your browser. To get live data it sends a request from your connection (that is how it knows your IP) to ipwho.is. Nothing you enter is sent to us or stored. Privacy
Results are for general guidance. Please check anything important before relying on it. Terms of use
How to Use
- Open the page. Your public IP address appears at the top within a second or two, with IPv4 or IPv6 marked next to the label.
- Tap Copy IP to copy it, for example to send to your IT team or add to a server's allow list.
- Below it, read your internet provider, the approximate location and the time zone linked to the address.
- Scroll down to This device and browser for your browser, operating system, screen size and other details. These are read on your device and never sent.
- Switched from Wi-Fi to mobile data, or turned a VPN on? Tap Refresh to see the new address.
What is my IP address?
Your IP address is the number the rest of the internet sees when your phone or computer connects to a website. This "what is my IP" tool shows your public IP address, the internet provider it belongs to, and roughly where it is. It also lists details about your browser and device that are read locally and never leave the page.
The address you see here is your public IP. At home, your Wi-Fi router has this address and shares it with every device in the house. Inside your home network each device has a private address, usually starting with 192.168. Websites never see that private one.
IPv4 and IPv6
| IPv4 | IPv6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Looks like | 49.36.112.25 | 2401:4900:1c5a:2f3e::1 |
| Size | 32 bits, about 4.3 billion addresses | 128 bits, practically unlimited |
| Sharing | Often shared by many customers | Usually one per connection or device |
The world ran out of fresh IPv4 addresses years ago, so mobile operators put many customers behind one shared IPv4 address. This is called carrier-grade NAT. India is one of the countries where IPv6 is used most, mainly because of mobile networks, so seeing an IPv6 address on mobile data is normal. Some sites still only work over IPv4, and your phone handles that switch on its own.
How accurate is the location?
Not very, and it isn't meant to be. The location comes from databases that map blocks of IP addresses to places. It is usually right about the country, often right about the state, and only sometimes right about the city. Mobile data is the least accurate: your traffic may leave the operator's network at a gateway in Mumbai, Delhi or Chennai, so the tool can show a city hundreds of kilometres from where you are. It never shows your street or house, and no website can find your home from your IP address alone. Only your internet provider can link an IP to a customer, and they share that only with authorities through legal process.
When you'd need your IP address
- Adding your office or home IP to an allow list for a server, database or admin panel.
- Checking that a VPN is working. Your IP and location should change when it is on.
- Telling your broadband provider's support team which connection has a problem.
- Setting up remote access, CCTV viewing or a game server, where a fixed IP matters. Most home connections get a dynamic IP that changes when the router restarts. A static IP usually costs extra.
About the device details
The browser, operating system, screen size, language and time zone come from your own browser. They are worked out on this page and sent nowhere. Browsers now hide some details on purpose, for privacy: Windows 11 still reports itself as "Windows NT 10.0", and iPads usually say they are Macs. So read the browser and system lines as a good guess rather than a certainty. If the time zone of your IP is different from your device's time zone, the tool points it out. That usually means a VPN or a work network that routes traffic through another country.