What Is My IP Address on iPhone?
Your iPhone has two IP addresses at any given time: a public IP assigned by your ISP or mobile carrier, visible to the wider internet, and a private IP assigned by your router on your local Wi-Fi network. Knowing how to find both is useful for troubleshooting connectivity issues, configuring apps, and understanding your privacy exposure.
Finding Your Public IP Address on iPhone
Your public IP is the address websites and servers see when you connect. The fastest way to find it is to open Safari and visit whatsmyipnow.com - Your public IPv4 and IPv6 are displayed instantly. This works on both Wi-Fi and cellular. On cellular, your public IP is assigned by your mobile carrier and may change each session.
Finding Your Private IP Address on iPhone
| Step | Action |
|---|---|
| 1 | Open the Settings app |
| 2 | Tap Wi-Fi |
| 3 | Tap the ⓘ info icon next to your connected network name |
| 4 | Scroll to the IPv4 Address section - The IP Address field shows your private IP (e.g. 192.168.1.42) |
| 5 | The IPv6 Address section below shows your link-local and global IPv6 addresses if your router supports IPv6 |
IPv6 on iPhone
Modern iPhones fully support IPv6. If your router and ISP both support IPv6, your iPhone will use it preferentially (via Happy Eyeballs). You can see your IPv6 address in the same Wi-Fi info screen. iCloud Private Relay, available to iCloud+ subscribers, masks your IP from websites you visit in Safari by routing traffic through two separate relay servers - Apple sees your IP but not your destination, and the destination sees a relay IP but not your real IP.
What Affects Your iPhone's IP Address
- Switching from Wi-Fi to cellular changes your public IP to one assigned by your mobile carrier.
- Reconnecting to Wi-Fi may give you a new private IP if your router uses DHCP with short lease times.
- Using a VPN replaces your public IP with the VPN server's IP - Visible to all websites and apps.
- iCloud Private Relay only masks your IP in Safari and Apple-native apps, not in third-party apps.
- Your private IP (192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x) is never visible to external websites - Only your public IP is.