How To Find Your IPhone's IP Address In 2022

How to Find Your iPhone’s IP Address

You don’t need a third-party app. Finding your iPhone’s IP address is built into iOS. It’s just a few taps away in your settings.

How to Find Your iPhone's IP Address Manually

1. Go into Settings.
2. Click on Wi-Fi.
3. Scroll down to the lowercase i, which stands for Information, next to the Wi-Fi network you’re connected to currently.
4. Scroll down to IPv4 Address. Your IP address will be displayed there.

Pro Tip: On iOS 15 and later, you might also see an IPv6 address listed. Both are valid IP addresses, but IPv4 is more commonly used for most home networks.

» Further Reading: How to change your iPhones location

Without Wi-Fi

When you’re using cellular data instead of Wi-Fi, finding your IP address requires a different approach. You can configure a custom IP address for when you reconnect to Wi-Fi networks. Here’s how:

1. Go into Settings.
2. Click on Wi-Fi.
3. Scroll to your Wi-Fi network and click the lowercase i in the circle.
4. Under IPv4 Address, click Configure IP.
5. Click Manual.
6. Enter your new IP address.
7. Hit Save.

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Public vs. Private

Understanding the difference between public and private IP addresses is essential for network security. Your private IP address (like 192.168.1.5) identifies the device on your home network. Your public IP address is what websites and online services see when you connect to the internet.

So when you use a VPN to change your IP address, it hides your public IP address from view, replacing it with one from the server you’re connected to. Your private IP address remains unchanged because it’s only visible within your local network.

Private IP addresses are assigned by your router to each device on your network. Public IP addresses come from your internet service provider (ISP). This means all devices on your home network share the same public IP address and have unique private ones.

FYI: Public IP addresses are also called “external” IP addresses. Private IP addresses are known as “internal” or “local” IP addresses.