Your public IP is the address assigned to your network by your ISP. It is visible to the websites you visit and is shared by all devices on the same network, such as everyone on your home Wi-Fi.
It is generally accurate at the country level (about 99%) and reasonably accurate at the city level (roughly 80-85%). It reflects ISP infrastructure, not your street, and is never exact to a building.
It shows the company that owns the IP address. For home users this is your ISP; for cloud services it names the provider, such as a hosting company.
Yes. Enter any public IPv4 or IPv6 address in the lookup field. Private ranges such as 192.168.x.x cannot be geolocated because they are not routed on the public internet.
No. It can only show the approximate location of your ISP's network, typically a city or regional hub. Personal details are never revealed.
IPv4 uses 32-bit dotted-decimal addresses (for example 203.0.113.45), while IPv6 uses 128-bit hexadecimal addresses. Both are supported by this tool.
Your ISP may route your connection through a regional hub or data centre. Geolocation reflects that hub, which is often not your physical city.
Yes. The tool only queries publicly available network registration data and does not store your lookup. It cannot access personal information.
Yes. With a VPN active, the lookup shows the VPN server's IP and location rather than your real one — that is how VPNs provide privacy.
Yes. It is completely free, requires no signup, and works instantly in your browser.
Yes. Your public IP is detected and displayed as soon as the page loads.
Yes. You can look up both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, and the tool detects your own addresses when available.
An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique number assigned to every device connected to the internet. Think of it as the return address on a digital envelope — it tells websites where to send the data you requested. Your public IP is assigned by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and is shared by every device on your home or office network.
This tool complements other utilities such as the URL Encoder/Decoder and the Unix Timestamp Converter when you are debugging web requests.
Geolocation maps blocks of IP addresses to the organisations that own them and the regions where they are deployed. Accuracy is high at the country level (about 99%), good at the city level (roughly 80–85%), and is never precise to a street or building. A lookup reflects your ISP's infrastructure — often a regional hub — not your home address. VPNs and proxies show the location of their exit server instead of yours.
Private ranges such as 192.168.x.x and 10.x.x.x are reserved for home and office networks and cannot be geolocated. Most connections are IPv4, but many networks are now dual-stack and also carry an IPv6 address. Home connections are usually dynamic (they can change), while business lines are often static.
Looking up an IP only reveals publicly registered network data — never a person's name, exact address, or browsing history. Your own lookup is performed in the browser and is not stored. If you want to hide your IP from the sites you visit, a reputable VPN or proxy is the standard approach.
IP lookup is a handy first step when something on the network misbehaves. If a website blocks access from your region, the lookup shows which country your connection appears to come from — useful after switching VPNs. If a service flags your login as suspicious, checking the IP and its organization field helps confirm whether you are on a known residential or hosting network. Server and firewall logs often record client IPs; looking them up tells you roughly where traffic originated so you can allow-list or block it.
If your lookup shows a city you do not recognise, that usually means your ISP routes through a regional hub rather than your exact town — which is normal and not a sign of a problem.
