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What is my IP address?

This is what every website, app and advertiser sees the moment you connect. Checked against our own database, on our own server, and never stored.

Your public IP

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Geolocation data from the DB-IP lite dataset. City-level results are estimates by nature; see the FAQ below.

What an IP address gives away

Your IP address is the return address on everything you do online. It places you in a city and a country, names your internet provider, and lets websites, ad networks and data brokers stitch your visits together even when you clear cookies. Banks and streaming services use it to decide what you are allowed to see. None of that needs your consent, because you hand it over just by connecting.

A VPN swaps that return address for one of its own. Connect to ROOT and this page will show one of our servers instead of your home connection: a different city, a different network name, nothing pointing back at you. Curious how that works? Start with what an IP address is, or see how to change yours in two minutes.

IP checker FAQ

What does my IP address reveal?

Roughly your city, your country and the name of your internet provider or mobile network. Websites, advertisers and anyone running a server you connect to can read it. It does not reveal your name or exact address by itself, but combined with other data it narrows you down quickly.

Why does the city look wrong?

IP geolocation maps addresses to where your provider registers them, not to your doorstep. Mobile networks and VPN exits are often placed in the nearest big city, and databases can lag when providers move ranges. Country level is usually right, city level is an estimate.

How do I change or hide my IP?

Connect through a VPN. Websites then see the VPN server address instead of yours. ROOT VPN is free to start and gives you addresses in countries around the world in one tap.

Is this checker private?

Yes. The lookup runs against our own database on our own server. Your address is not stored, sold or handed to a third-party geolocation API.

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