What the server saw
Checking…
Only this panel involves a request to this site. The address is not stored.
What your device reported
This panel is read in the browser. The screen size, language and time zone are not sent anywhere. The browser string is the exception: it travels as a header on every request.
Shows the public IP address of the connection you are on, plus the country, region and time zone that can be read from it — kept separate from what your device reports about itself.
This one tool asks this site’s own server once, because a browser cannot see its own public IP. The server uses the address to build the answer and does not store it or pass it to anyone else (every destination is listed on “What is sent”). Everything in the lower panel is read on your device and is not sent anywhere.
Questions
Is my IP address stored?
No. It is read to build the response and nothing else. Worth knowing generally: every site you open receives your IP — the only unusual thing here is that this one shows it to you.
Can an IP address reveal my home address?
No. It reaches your provider and the rough area of their equipment. Even the city shown here is often wrong.
My phone and my computer show different addresses.
On the same Wi-Fi they should match. When they do not, the phone is usually on mobile data rather than Wi-Fi. The other cause is IPv6, where each device gets its own address, so two devices on one connection legitimately differ.
Can I hide my IP address?
A VPN or proxy means the destination sees the provider’s address instead of yours. You are hidden from the destination only — the VPN provider still knows your real address. It changes who can see it rather than making it invisible.
Is it safe to show this screen to someone?
Think twice on a shared screen. An address does not reveal where you live, but it does reveal your provider and roughly where you are. On a livestream that goes to everyone watching, and it stays in recordings and screenshots.
Can it tell whether I am on a VPN?
Not for certain. A mismatch between the IP time zone and your device time zone makes a VPN or proxy likely, but being abroad — or a manually set clock — produces the same result.
It says the lookup failed.
Blockers and workplace filters sometimes stop the request. Try another network or pause the extension. The lower panel still works without the lookup.