Skip to content
IPClear

What is my IP address?

Your public IP address is shown below, together with the location, internet provider and network (ASN) that every website you visit can see.

Your public IP address

Your IP & location

IPv4
IPv6
Country
City / Region
Time zone
ISP / organisation
ASN
Reverse DNS

Location is approximate and based on the IP address only; it can be off by many kilometres.

IP quality & type

What is an IP address?

An IP address is the number that identifies your connection on the internet, so that websites know where to send their replies. Your internet provider gives your router one public IP address, and every device on your home network shares it.

Your devices also have private addresses such as 192.168.1.20 or 10.0.0.5. Those only work inside your own network and are not what websites see.

IPv4 and IPv6

IPv4 addresses look like 203.0.113.7. IPv6 addresses are longer and use colons, like 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334. Many connections have both, and a website uses IPv6 when both sides support it.

"Not detected" in the IPv6 row simply means your network does not offer IPv6. That is common and nothing to fix.

How to read the results

  • Country, region and city come from IP geolocation databases. They are approximate and often show where your provider registered the address, which can be a different city.
  • Time zone is derived from that location, so it is approximate too.
  • ISP / organisation is the company that owns the address block: your internet provider, a mobile carrier, a hosting company or a VPN service.
  • ASN (Autonomous System Number) identifies the network that routes your address, for example AS15169 for Google.
  • Reverse DNS is the hostname the network owner set for your IP. It often names the provider and sometimes hints at the connection type.

Why your IP changes, and why the location can be wrong

Most home and mobile connections get a dynamic IP that can change when your router restarts or your phone reconnects. Mobile carriers often put many customers behind one shared address (carrier-grade NAT), so the location may point to the carrier's hub rather than to you.

If you use a VPN or proxy, you will see the server's IP and location instead of your own. That is the point of using one.

How to change or hide your IP address

  • Use a VPN app: websites then see the VPN server's address.
  • Use Tor Browser for strong anonymity; it is slower and many sites challenge Tor addresses.
  • Restart your router or switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data to get a different address from your provider.
  • After switching, run the WebRTC leak test and the IP quality check to make sure nothing still exposes your real address.

Frequently asked questions

›Can someone find my home address from my IP?

Not from the IP alone. Geolocation only shows a region or city, often inaccurately. Only your internet provider can link an IP to a customer account, and they normally disclose that only under a legal process.

›What is the difference between a public and a private IP?

Your public IP is the one the internet sees, shared by all devices behind your router. Private IPs (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x, 172.16-31.x.x) are assigned by your router and only work inside your local network.

›Why do I see a different IP on my phone?

Your phone on mobile data uses your carrier's network, which has its own IP addresses. On the same Wi-Fi as your computer, both should show the same public IP.

›Why does it say IPv6 "Not detected"?

Your provider or router does not offer IPv6, or it is turned off. Websites will use IPv4 instead, which works fine.

›Is my IP address location accurate?

Country is usually right; city is often wrong by tens of kilometres or more, because databases record where an address block is registered, not where your device is.

›Do you log my IP address?

No. Your IP is used to answer the request and look up its public network information. Results are not saved to a database.

Related tests

Run the full IP & leak test · How it works