What is my IP

Your public IP is the address the internet sees — it's shared by every device behind your router. Your private IP (usually 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x) is only visible inside your local network. This tool shows the public one.

Your connection doesn't have a working IPv6 path to the internet. Most UK home broadband in 2026 is still IPv4-only. BT, Sky, and most mobile networks offer IPv6; Virgin Media and a lot of smaller ISPs don't yet. If you're on a VPN, check whether it supports IPv6 — many tunnel only IPv4 and silently drop v6 traffic.

Most home ISPs hand out dynamic IPs from a pool, so yours can change when your router reconnects. If you're on mobile data or a VPN, it'll change frequently. Static IPs exist but are usually a paid add-on.

No. Your IP appears in standard web server logs (as for any site) for a short period for debugging and security, but we don't store or share it beyond that. No lookup or geolocation enrichment runs on this page.

IPv4 addresses look like 203.0.113.42 — four numbers separated by dots, 32 bits total. The world has run out of fresh IPv4 space, which is why ISPs share addresses between customers using NAT. IPv6 addresses look like 2001:db8::1 — eight hex groups, 128 bits total, essentially unlimited supply. Most modern services support both. A dual-stack connection (both IPv4 and IPv6 present) is a good sign your network is up to date.

Load this page without your VPN on and note the IP. Turn the VPN on, reload, and check again: the IP should change and should match your VPN provider's region rather than your home ISP. If it still shows your real IP, the VPN isn't routing traffic correctly — often a DNS leak, a misconfigured client, or a captive-portal interference. Some VPNs tunnel only IPv4, so a v6 leak can reveal your real address even while the v4 path is hidden.

This tool only shows your public IP — the address the internet sees. Your private IP (e.g. 192.168.1.42) lives inside your local network and isn't visible to us. On Windows, run ipconfig in Command Prompt; on macOS or Linux, run ifconfig or ip addr in a terminal; on phones, it's usually under Wi-Fi settings → the current network's details.

Roughly, yes — typically to city level, sometimes worse. Commercial IP-geolocation databases map IP ranges to approximate regions based on ISP records. They can't pinpoint a street address. If you're worried, a VPN or Tor hides your real IP; closing the tab does nothing because any site you visit already has it.

Yes. The European Court of Justice ruled in 2016 (Breyer v Germany) that even dynamic IP addresses can be personal data, since they can be linked back to a person via ISP records. Site operators handling IPs are subject to GDPR.

Most IP-lookup services read your IP, then call out to a geolocation database to enrich it (country, city, ISP) and log the request. This tool only reads the IP from the connection your browser already made. No geolocation, no logging, no third-party request.