What Is My IP Address
Your public IP address — IPv4 and IPv6 — and what it tells websites about you.
IPv4 and IPv6
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Your connection, as Cloudflare saw it
- Status
- Checking…
Raw /cdn-cgi/trace answer
Approximate location and network
See where IP-location data places your address and which network (internet provider, company or VPN) it belongs to — the same estimate any website can make. MySmartCoPilot’s server reads it from your request only when you press the button, and stores nothing.
What websites can see
Any site you open learns these things automatically — no permission prompt. Values are from this browser, right now.
What they cannot see without asking you
- Your precise location (GPS or Wi-Fi positioning) — the browser asks for permission first.
- Your camera, microphone, files, contacts and photos — each needs your explicit permission or action.
- Your device’s local network address (for example 192.168.1.20) and the other tabs and sites you have open.
- Your name or e-mail address — unless you type it in, sign in, or the site already knows you from an account or cookies.
Want websites to see a different address?
A VPN service, Tor Browser or iCloud Private Relay (Safari, with iCloud+) sends your traffic through another server, so websites see that server’s address and location instead of yours. Switching networks (for example from Wi-Fi to mobile data) also changes the address, and on many home connections restarting the router gives you a new IPv4 address.
About the What Is My IP Address
Your public IP address is the address every website and app sees when you connect. This page shows it straight away — both IPv4 and IPv6 when your network has them — together with the country and the Cloudflare data centre your connection reached. The main address comes from Cloudflare’s /cdn-cgi/trace endpoint on MySmartCoPilot’s own domain (Cloudflare docs), so it is exactly the address this site received.
Press Show approximate location & network to see the city, region, postal code, time zone and network (AS number and organisation) that Cloudflare links to your address — the same estimate any website can make. The What websites can see panel explains, with your own values, what sites learn automatically and what they cannot see without asking you.
How to use it
- Open the page: your public IP address appears at the top within a second or two.
- Look at IPv4 and IPv6. If your network has both, both addresses are listed and the note says which one websites usually see.
- Optional: press Show approximate location & network to see the city, time zone and internet provider linked to your address.
- Use Copy IP for the address alone, or Copy report / Download .txt to send all the details to your IT support, hosting provider or a game server admin.
- Changed networks or switched a VPN on? Press Check again.
Examples
IPv4: 203.0.113.7 IPv6: 2001:db8:4f1a:20::25 — used by this page Country: India · Cloudflare data centre: Mumbai, India (BOM)
Both versions work, so websites that support IPv6 see the IPv6 address. (Documentation addresses from RFC 5737 and RFC 3849 are shown instead of a real one.)
IPv4: 198.51.100.24 IPv6: Not detected Country: Netherlands · Cloudflare data centre: Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
With a VPN on, websites see the VPN server’s address and location. Some VPNs carry only IPv4: then IPv6 either disappears, as here, or stays on and reveals your real network (an “IPv6 leak”).
Common uses
- Giving your address to a hosting provider, game server or office firewall so it can be allow-listed.
- Checking that a VPN, proxy or iCloud Private Relay really changes the address and country websites see.
- Finding out whether your internet connection supports IPv6.
- Troubleshooting “access denied” or wrong-country pages caused by IP-based location.
IPv4 and IPv6: why you can have two addresses
IPv4 addresses (like 203.0.113.7) are 32 bits long and ran out years ago; IPv6 addresses (like 2001:db8::25) are 128 bits long. Many networks now run both (“dual stack”). When a site supports both, browsers try IPv6 first and fall back to IPv4 after a short delay if IPv6 is slower — the “Happy Eyeballs” method in RFC 8305. That is why the address one site sees can differ from another’s.
- Shared IPv4: many home and mobile providers put several customers behind one public IPv4 address (carrier-grade NAT, RFC 6598). The IPv4 address then identifies the provider’s gateway, not only you.
- Changing IPv6: devices usually create temporary IPv6 addresses that change over time for privacy (RFC 8981), so seeing a new IPv6 address tomorrow is normal.
- Your local address (such as 192.168.1.20, assigned by your router) is a private address (RFC 1918) that websites never see.
How accurate is IP location?
IP location is a database lookup: address blocks are mapped to the place where the provider says, or measurements suggest, they are used. The country is usually right; the city is often the provider’s regional hub, and mobile, satellite, corporate and VPN connections can appear hundreds of kilometres away. It never shows a street address. The estimate on this page is Cloudflare’s (the request.cf properties documented in Cloudflare’s Workers runtime docs), which is what Cloudflare-hosted sites see too.
What the connection details mean
- Cloudflare data centre: the airport code of the Cloudflare location that answered (for example BOM for Mumbai). It is normally the nearest one on your provider’s route, which is not always in your city. Names come from Cloudflare’s status page list of data centres.
- HTTP version: HTTP/2 or HTTP/3 (which runs over QUIC instead of TCP).
- Encryption and key exchange: TLS 1.3 is the current version. A key exchange such as
X25519MLKEM768combines classic X25519 with ML-KEM-768 (IANA TLS Supported Groups registry), a post-quantum method that protects recorded traffic from future quantum computers. - Country: two-letter codes as used in Cloudflare’s
CF-IPCountryheader, whereXXmeans no country data andT1means the Tor network (Cloudflare HTTP headers).
Limitations
- With a VPN, proxy, Tor or iCloud Private Relay, the page shows the address and location of that service — which is also what websites see.
- Location is an estimate from IP data; the city can be wrong and it is never your street address.
- Browsers do not reveal your device’s local network address (for example 192.168.1.20), so it is not shown.
- If a content blocker blocks icanhazip.com or ipify.org, the other IP version is reported as not detected.
- The location lookup is limited to a number of requests per hour for each visitor, to stay within free hosting limits.
Privacy
Your address is read from Cloudflare’s /cdn-cgi/trace on MySmartCoPilot’s own domain. To find your other address version, your browser also contacts ipv4.icanhazip.com or ipv6.icanhazip.com (run by Cloudflare) and, if that fails, api.ipify.org or api6.ipify.org — without cookies or a referrer — and they see your IP address like any website you visit. The location panel runs only when you press its button: MySmartCoPilot’s server reads the details Cloudflare attaches to your request and sends them back. Nothing is stored or logged; the per-hour limit uses an anonymous key that exists only briefly in the server’s memory.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the IP address here different from the one in my computer’s settings?
Your device has a private local address (such as 192.168.1.20 or 10.0.0.5) given by your router. On the internet you appear with your router’s public address — or, with carrier-grade NAT, an address your provider shares between customers. Websites only ever see the public one.
Why do I have both an IPv4 and an IPv6 address?
Your network runs both protocols (“dual stack”). Sites that support IPv6 usually see your IPv6 address; older IPv4-only sites see your IPv4 address. Both point to your connection.
Can someone find my home address from my IP address?
Not from the IP address alone. IP location gives an approximate area — often just your provider’s city. Your internet provider knows which customer used an address at a given time, and can be required to disclose it, for example to the police with a legal order.
Is my IP address static or dynamic?
Most home and mobile connections get addresses that change from time to time (dynamic), and IPv6 temporary addresses change by design. One check cannot tell; compare over a few days or ask your provider, who may offer a static address.
How can I hide or change my IP address?
Use a VPN service, Tor Browser, or iCloud Private Relay in Safari (with iCloud+): websites then see the address of that service. Switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data also changes it, and on many home connections restarting the router gives you a new IPv4 address.
Why does it say IPv6 is not detected?
Your network or provider may not offer IPv6, it may be turned off on your router or device, or a content blocker stopped the check. IPv4-only connections are still common and work normally.