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title: "What Is My IP Address | ToolSugar"
description: "See the public IP address and country that websites see for you. One request to the ToolSugar server, and the address is not stored."
canonical: https://toolsugar.com/tools/what-is-my-ip
image: https://toolsugar.com/og.png
---

# What Is My IP

This tool shows your public IP address, the one websites see, and an approximate country. When the page opens, your browser sends one request to the ToolSugar server, which reads the address from that request and returns it. The server does not store it. It is not your local network address.

Uses our server

## How it works

1. Open the page and wait a moment for the lookup to finish.
2. Read your public IP address and country.
3. Press Copy to take the address.
4. Reload the page after switching network or VPN to check the new address.

## Key facts

- **Shows**: Your public IP address, not a local one such as 192.168.x.x
- **Request**: One request to the ToolSugar server when the page loads
- **Storage**: The server code does not write the address anywhere
- **Country**: Approximate, from the network provider's location data

## Common uses

- Check which address to allow-list on a firewall.
- Confirm that a VPN is changing the address websites see.
- Read out your address to a support team.

## Questions

### Does ToolSugar store my IP address?

No. The server code reads the address from the request and sends it back in the response without writing it to a database or file.

### Why is this not the IP address of my computer?

Your device usually has a private address on your local network. This tool shows the public address of your router, VPN or proxy, which is what websites see.

### Why is the country wrong?

Country is estimated from the address by location data, which can be out of date or point to your provider's hub, especially on mobile networks and VPNs.

[Read the What Is My IP guide](https://toolsugar.com/blog/how-to-find-your-ip-address)

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