Every device on the internet is assigned a public IP address by its network provider, and that address is what every website, app, and server you connect to can see. This looks it up for you, along with the approximate location, ISP, timezone, and country details (capital, calling code) that the address resolves to. It makes visible the same information a site could gather about you from your connection alone. A second section lets you look up any other public IP address the same way.
When you'd use this
Confirming a VPN or proxy is routing your traffic where you expect, troubleshooting IP-based access restrictions, or double-checking what a support ticket means when it references "your IP."
Developers use it to grab their current public IP for allowlisting a database, firewall rule, or API key restriction without switching to a separate service, or to look up where a specific address in a server log or access list resolves to.
Why the location is only approximate
IP geolocation works from how ISPs allocate address blocks to regions, with no GPS involved. It is usually accurate to the city or region level, but it can be off by tens and occasionally hundreds of kilometers, especially on mobile networks or behind a VPN, where the address may reflect the provider's server location or a regional routing hub in place of your own. Seeing a neighboring city instead of your own is normal for any IP geolocation service, and no defect in this particular lookup.
Frequently asked questions
Does this tool store or log my IP address?
No. The lookup runs through WebSync's own server, which forwards it to a third-party geolocation database and stores it nowhere, so your browser never contacts that service directly. The result is cached in your own browser's session storage and nowhere else, which keeps navigating between tools from repeating the request.
Where does the data come from?
Primarily ipwho.is, a free geolocation service that needs no API key. If it's unreachable, or its shared daily request quota is exhausted, the lookup falls back automatically to ip-api.com. That returns a slightly smaller set of fields (no capital, calling code, or country flag), and the tool keeps working instead of failing outright.
Why is this different from every other tool on this site?
Every other tool here runs entirely on your device and contacts no server at all. Looking up an IP's location is the one exception that cannot be done without an external request, because a browser has no built-in way to know its own public-facing address or to resolve any address to a location.
Can a website see my exact street address from my IP?
It cannot. IP geolocation resolves to a city or region based on ISP address allocation, and it can't pinpoint a specific building or street the way GPS or a shared device location can.
Why does my IP address change sometimes?
Most home and mobile connections use dynamic IPs that your ISP can reassign periodically or when you reconnect. Using a VPN, switching networks, or your ISP rotating addresses will each change what shows up here.
Can I look up someone else's IP address?
The "Look up any IP address" section accepts any public IPv4 or IPv6 address and returns the same location and network breakdown. Private and reserved ranges such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x get rejected, since those are not globally routable and have no real-world location to resolve.
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