How do I find my IP address?

The fastest way to find your IP address is to open ipnow.dev — your public IP is shown instantly. No app, sign up or technical knowledge required.

What is the difference between IPv4 and IPv6?

IPv4 is the older 32-bit address format (e.g. 99.33.79.49). IPv6 is the newer 128-bit format that provides many more addresses. Many devices now have both.

How accurate is IP geolocation?

IP geolocation is usually accurate to the city or region level. It's rarely accurate to your street or neighborhood. Mobile IPs and ISP-aggregated IPs can point to cities far from your actual location. VPN IPs show the VPN server's location.

Can a website find my exact home address from my IP?

No. An IP lookup only reveals your approximate city, region, ISP, and sometimes postal code. Your precise home address is not in GeoIP databases. Only your ISP has those records, accessible only through a court order.

Why does my IP location show the wrong city?

GeoIP databases use the ISP's registered address for an IP block, which may be their regional hub rather than your actual location. Mobile carrier IPs often resolve to a data center far from where you physically are. This is a known limitation of IP geolocation.

How do I change my IP location?

Connect to a VPN server in the desired city or country — websites will see the VPN server's IP and location. For streaming services, choose a server in the country whose library you want to access.

What is my IP address location?

Q: What is my IP address?

Your IP address is a unique number that identifies your device on the internet. ipnow detects and displays your public IPv4 and IPv6 address at the top of this page automatically.

Your approximate city, region, and country are shown on the map below — detected from your current IP address. The result updates instantly when the page loads.

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Your public IP address

216.73.216.157

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This is the address that websites, apps and online services see when you connect. ipnow doesn't store or log it.

Location

Network & ISP

Location is estimated from your IP address and may differ from your exact physical location.

How IP address location works

How websites determine your location from your IP, what they can and cannot see, and how to control your location privacy.

How IP geolocation works

IP geolocation maps your IP address to a physical location using databases maintained by companies like MaxMind and IP2Location. These databases track which organizations own which IP ranges and where those organizations are based. Accuracy is usually good to city or region level — not street address.

What location data your IP reveals

An IP location lookup typically reveals your country, region (state/province), approximate city, ISP, and sometimes postal code. Your home street address, name, and browsing history are never exposed by an IP lookup alone. Only your ISP can link your IP to your personal identity.

Why your IP location may be inaccurate

GeoIP databases are not perfectly accurate. Your IP may resolve to your ISP's regional hub city rather than your actual city, or to a neighboring city entirely. VPNs and proxy servers show the server's location instead of yours. Mobile IPs often point to the carrier's data center.

Hiding your IP location

A VPN replaces your real IP with the server's IP, showing a different city or country to websites. The Tor network routes traffic through multiple relays for stronger anonymity. Neither technique is perfect, but both significantly reduce IP-based location tracking.

IP location and your privacy

What websites can determine from your IP's location and how to limit that exposure.

What sites do with your IP location

Websites use IP geolocation to show localized content, enforce geographic restrictions, detect fraud, and serve regional ads. Your location shown by ipnow is the same data these services use — accurate to a city level, not your home.

We never log it

ipnow shows no ads and runs no trackers. We never store or log your IP address on our servers. Geolocation and ISP details are fetched from privacy-respecting third-party providers.

Changing your apparent location

A VPN lets you choose a server in a different city or country, so websites see that location's IP. This is commonly used to access geo-restricted streaming content. The Tor network hides your location more thoroughly at a significant speed cost.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about IP addresses and how ipnow works.

Your IP address location is shown on the map at the top of this page — typically your approximate city, region, and country. This is determined by GeoIP databases that map IP ranges to geographic areas.