How to Find the IP Address on iPhone and iPad: Local and Public IP

Your iPhone shows its local IP address, the one your router assigns, in your Wi-Fi network’s details. Your public IP, the one websites see, isn’t in Settings: open this page on your iPhone or iPad, and the box below shows it. This guide covers iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, cellular data, IPv6, Private Wi-Fi Address, changing your IP and fixes.

On Wi-Fi, that’s the address your whole network shares; on cellular data, it’s your carrier’s.

Where to find your IP address on iPhone (iOS 27)

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Wi-Fi.
3. Tap the More Info button (i) next to the network with the checkmark.
4. Scroll to the IPv4 Address section.
5. Read IP Address. That’s your iPhone’s local IP, such as 192.168.1.23.

iOS 26 and iOS 18 use the same labels.

What the IP settings on your iPhone mean

How to see your iPhone’s IPv6 address

On networks with IPv6, an IPv6 Address section appears below the IPv4 fields. Tap IP Address to see the list. Several addresses are normal, because iOS adds temporary ones that change for privacy. Global addresses, which usually start with 2, are public; fe80 addresses are link-local and stay on your network.

Local vs. public IP address on iPhone

Your router gives your iPhone a local (private) IP, such as 192.168.1.23, that works only on your network. Online, your iPhone uses the router’s public IP, which every device on your Wi-Fi shares; on cellular data, it uses your carrier’s. The local IP address guide explains the private ranges.

How to find your iPhone’s public IP address

Open this page on your iPhone: the box at the top shows its public IP, the provider and the approximate location. A long address with colons is IPv6. A public IP reveals your provider and rough area, not your street address, as what an IP address tells websites explains.

Two features change what websites see:

• A VPN routes your traffic through its server, so websites see the server’s IP.
• iCloud Private Relay, part of iCloud+, routes Safari browsing through relay servers. Safari then shows a relay address, while other browsers show your real IP.

To check or change Private Relay:

1. Open Settings and tap your name.
2. Tap iCloud, then Private Relay.
3. Turn Private Relay on or off.
4. Tap IP Address Location and choose Maintain General Location (near your area) or Use Country and Time Zone (a broader location).

To show one website your real IP, tap the Page Menu button in Safari, then Show IP Address. To turn Private Relay off for one network, turn off Limit IP Address Tracking in its Wi-Fi details. For cellular, it’s under Settings > Cellular > your number; in iOS 18 and earlier, tap Cellular Data Options first. Apple lists every option in Manage iCloud Private Relay.

If your iOS app needs users’ country or time zone, look up their IP from your server with the IP lookup API. Keep the API key out of the app itself.

iPhone IP address on cellular data

Settings shows no IP address on cellular data: the More Info screen exists only for Wi-Fi networks, and Settings > Cellular has no IP field.

Your carrier assigns the address. For IPv4, carriers often use carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT), so many customers share one public IPv4 address. Many mobile networks also give each phone its own public IPv6 address, so the box often shows IPv6 on cellular.

To see your cellular public IP, turn off Wi-Fi and reload this page. The location can be a city far from you, because carriers route traffic through regional gateways; where your IP places you explains why.

IP addresses on Personal Hotspot

With Personal Hotspot on, your iPhone acts as a small router. Devices that join get addresses such as 172.20.10.2, the iPhone itself is 172.20.10.1, and websites see the iPhone’s cellular IP for all of them.

How to find the IP address on iPad

iPadOS 27 uses the same labels as the iPhone:

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Wi-Fi.
3. Tap the More Info button (i) next to your network.
4. Read IP Address under IPv4 Address.

The details open in the right-hand pane. Like an iPhone, an iPad with cellular shows no IP for its cellular connection.

Private Wi-Fi Address vs. IP address on iPhone

A MAC address identifies your Wi-Fi hardware on the local network; an IP address routes traffic to your device. To limit tracking, iOS joins each network with a private MAC address. In iOS 18 and later, tap Private Wi-Fi Address in the network’s details and choose:

• Off: the iPhone uses its hardware MAC address.
• Fixed: a private address that stays the same on this network; the default for networks with WPA2 or stronger security.
• Rotating: a private address that changes about every two weeks; the default for networks with weak or no security.

Wi-Fi Address below it shows the MAC address this network sees. In iOS 17 and earlier, Private Wi-Fi Address is an on/off switch.

Changing the setting makes the iPhone rejoin with a different MAC address, so the router may assign a new local IP; your public IP stays the same. Forgetting the network or resetting network settings also creates a new private address, as Apple explains in Use private Wi-Fi addresses on Apple devices.

How to find your iPhone’s IP address in your router

Your router lists every device it has given an address to, under a name such as Connected devices, Client list or DHCP clients. The router IP address guide shows how to open its admin page. Your iPhone usually appears under its name from Settings > General > About > Name, with its local IP next to it. If entries look alike, match the MAC address in the list with the Wi-Fi Address in your network’s details, not the one under About. Check only networks you own or manage.

How to change the IP address on iPhone

Get a new local IP address with Renew Lease

1. Open Settings and tap Wi-Fi.
2. Tap the More Info button (i) next to your network.
3. Tap Renew Lease.
4. Tap Renew Lease again to confirm.

Most routers hand back the same IP, because they remember the device. Renewing helps after a router restart or when the iPhone shows a 169.254 address. For a different IP, tap Forget This Network, confirm, and join again with the password. With Private Wi-Fi Address on, iOS 18 and later then use a new private address, so the router sees a new device. That doesn’t happen if you already forgot the network in the past 24 hours.

Set a static IP address on iPhone

1. In the network’s details, tap Configure IP.
2. Tap Manual.
3. Enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Router.
4. Tap Save.

Note the subnet mask and router values first, and pick an address outside the router’s DHCP range. If websites stop loading, tap Configure DNS > Manual and add a DNS server. The setting applies only to this network; the static IP address guide explains when you need one.

Change your public IP address

Your provider or carrier assigns your public IP, so Settings has no field for it. To get a different one:

• Home Wi-Fi: a router restart may bring a new IP if your provider assigns dynamic addresses.
• Cellular: turn Airplane Mode on, wait a few seconds, and turn it off. The carrier often assigns a new address.
• Another network: switching between Wi-Fi and cellular changes your public IP.
• VPN or iCloud Private Relay: websites see the server’s or relay’s address. Private Relay covers browsing in Safari, not other browsers.

Troubleshooting: iPhone shows no IP address or the wrong one

No IP address appears

Check that the network has a checkmark in Settings > Wi-Fi. iOS shows an IP address only for the Wi-Fi network you’re connected to. If the IPv4 fields stay empty, tap Renew Lease or restart the router.

The IP address starts with 169.254

The iPhone got no answer from the router’s DHCP server and gave itself a link-local address, which has no internet access. Tap Renew Lease; if that fails, forget and rejoin the network, then restart the router. The 169.254 IP address guide covers more causes.

“No Internet Connection” under the network name

The iPhone joined the Wi-Fi but can’t reach the internet. If other devices are offline too, restart the router and modem. If only the iPhone is affected, set Configure IP and Configure DNS to Automatic, then renew the lease or rejoin the network.

IP address conflict

Two devices with the same IP keep losing their connection, usually after someone set a manual IP inside the router’s DHCP range. Set Configure IP back to Automatic, or pick an address outside that range.

The router blocks your iPhone, or a reservation stops working

MAC filters, parental controls and DHCP reservations identify devices by MAC address. A private address the router doesn’t know can be blocked, slip past a rule or get a different IP. Set Private Wi-Fi Address to Fixed, or to Off if the router needs the hardware address, then update the router’s entry with the Wi-Fi Address shown.

Reset network settings as a last resort

1. Open Settings and tap General.
2. Tap Transfer or Reset iPhone (on an iPad, Transfer or Reset iPad).
3. Tap Reset.
4. Tap Reset Network Settings and confirm.

How to find the IP address on Android

Android phones show the local IP in the Wi-Fi network’s details. On a Google Pixel (Android 17), open Settings > Network & internet > Internet and tap the gear icon next to your network. On a Samsung Galaxy (One UI 9), open Settings > Connections > Wi-Fi, tap the gear icon and, if needed, View more. Both also list it under About phone (Samsung: Status information). Full steps: find your IP address on Android.