How to use it
- Read Your IP address at the top. Press Copy to copy it to the clipboard.
- Check Country, City and Time zone. The location is an estimate; it reaches the city at best.
- If the Time zone note says it differs from your device, a VPN or proxy may be in use.
- Press Refresh after you connect or disconnect a VPN, to see the address that now applies.
Public and private addresses
An IPv4 address is four numbers separated by dots, such as 203.0.113.7. An IPv6 address has eight groups of hexadecimal digits separated by colons, such as 2001:db8::7 (RFC 4291).
The address that websites see is your public address, the one your internet provider or mobile operator gives your connection. Addresses in 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 and 192.168.0.0/16 are private (RFC 1918): they work only inside a local network, such as the one your home router makes, so no website sees them.
IPv4, IPv6, NAT and CGNAT
Public IPv4 addresses are scarce, so a router usually gives every device in a home one private address and sends all traffic out under a single public address. That translation is called network address translation, or NAT (RFC 3022). It is why many people share one public address.
Some mobile and home providers go further and put many customers behind one public address, a setup called carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT). They use the shared address space of RFC 6598 inside their own network, so that range is not what you see as your public address.
IPv6 addresses are far more numerous, and a home network usually receives a range of them, so devices can have public addresses without translation. Many sites are reachable over both IPv4 and IPv6. The address shown here depends on which one your connection used.
Hiding your address, honestly
A VPN sends your traffic through a server of the VPN provider, so websites see that server's address instead of yours. The VPN provider still sees your real address and your traffic, so you rely on that provider in place of your internet provider.
Tor sends your traffic through several volunteer relays, and websites see only the address of the last relay, the exit node. This page flags an exit node. Tor is slower, and neither method hides you from a site you log in to, because the account itself identifies you.
- A location shown after a VPN is the VPN server's location, not yours.
- A device can still reveal identity through cookies, logins and browser settings; an address is only one part of that.
Example: the same device with and without a VPN
The addresses below are documentation addresses from RFC 5737, which stand in for real ones. Without a VPN the page shows the address of the home connection; with the VPN on, it shows the VPN server's address and time zone.
Because the time zone differs from the one of the device, the page gives the hint that a VPN may be in use.
| Without VPN | With VPN | |
|---|---|---|
| Your IP address | 198.51.100.23 | 203.0.113.5 |
| Country | Turkey | Netherlands |
| Time zone | Europe/Istanbul | Europe/Amsterdam (differs from the device) |
Frequently asked questions
What is my IP address?
It is the public address your connection uses on the internet, the one websites see. This page reads it from our server, which answers the request your browser makes.
Why does my address differ from the one on my device?
Your device has a private address inside your home or office network, such as 192.168.1.10. Your router translates traffic to one public address for all of them (RFC 3022), and only that public address is visible to websites.
Can someone find my home from my IP address?
An IP address gives an approximate location, usually a city, not a street or a name. Your internet provider knows which account holds an address, so only it can connect the address to you.
Does a VPN hide my IP address?
A VPN hides it from the sites you visit, which see the VPN server's address instead. The VPN provider can still see your address and traffic, so you must trust that provider with them.
Why does my location look wrong?
Location comes from databases that match address ranges to places. They are updated slowly and can list where a provider's network is registered rather than where you are, so a wrong city is common.
Does this site store my IP address?
No. Our server answers your request with the address it received and does not log or keep it, and the page keeps no record of it. Copying the address only puts it on your own clipboard.
Sources
- RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
- RFC 1918: Address Allocation for Private Internets
- RFC 3022: Traditional IP Network Address Translator (NAT)
- RFC 6598: IANA-Reserved IPv4 Prefix for Shared Address Space
- RFC 5737: IPv4 Address Blocks Reserved for Documentation
- Tor Project: support
Figures and text last checked on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.