How to Find Your IP Address on iPad
Last updated July 4, 2026
On iPad, open Settings → Wi-Fi and tap the ⓘ next to your network: your local IP appears in the IPv4 Address section. Your public IP, the one websites see, isn't shown anywhere in iPadOS, so open our home page to see it instantly.
Find your public IP address (instant)
Your public IP is the address every website and app sees, assigned by your ISP (on Wi-Fi) or your carrier (on cellular). iPadOS never displays it, so the quickest way is to open Safari and load our What Is My IP Address tool. It shows your public IPv4 and IPv6 address, location and ISP the moment the page loads, and we never log or store it.
Find your local IP address on Wi-Fi
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Wi-Fi in the sidebar.
- Tap the ⓘ (info) button next to the network you are connected to.
- Scroll to the IPV4 ADDRESS section and read the IP Address field, typically
192.168.x.x.
The same screen answers two more questions at once. The Router field is your router's address (the default
gateway), usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. That is what you type into a browser to open your
router's admin page. And any IPv6 addresses your network hands out are listed a little further down (more
on those below).
Private Wi-Fi Address: what it changes (and what it doesn't)
On the same ⓘ screen you will see a Private Wi-Fi Address toggle. This is Apple's per-network MAC address randomization: your iPad presents a different hardware identifier to each Wi-Fi network so that networks and nearby observers cannot recognize the tablet as it moves between locations.
It does not change your IP address. Your local IP is still assigned by the router you join, and your public IP still belongs to the connection itself. If a website can see "your IP," toggling Private Wi-Fi Address will not change what it sees. That takes the methods in how to change your IP address.
Cellular iPads: your IP on mobile data
On a Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad there is no ⓘ screen for the mobile connection. Settings → Cellular Data manages the plan, but iPadOS does not display the carrier-assigned address anywhere. To see the public IP your carrier gave you, turn Wi-Fi off and load our IP checker.
Expect it to look different from your home address. Carriers typically place many customers behind one shared public IPv4 address (CGNAT), and most mobile networks are IPv6-first, so you may see an IPv6 address as your primary one. Both are normal, and it also means your cellular IP can change every time the iPad reconnects.
IPv6 on iPad, and iCloud Private Relay
If your network supports IPv6, the ⓘ screen lists your IPv6 addresses below the IPv4 section, usually several, because iPadOS generates temporary ones for privacy. Websites reached over IPv6 see one of those instead of your IPv4 address; our home page shows both when both are active.
One more iPadOS-specific wrinkle: if iCloud Private Relay is enabled (Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Private Relay), Safari traffic is routed through Apple's relays, so websites you browse see a relay IP in your general region rather than your real address. If our checker shows an address or city that surprises you, Private Relay is the first thing to check.
Troubleshooting
- Your IP starts with
169.254: that is a self-assigned address, which means the router's DHCP server never answered. Tap Renew Lease on the ⓘ screen, and restart the router if it persists. - Renew Lease: the ⓘ screen's built-in fix. It asks the router for a fresh local IP without touching any other settings. Use it whenever the address looks stale or conflicts with another device.
- Forget the network: if renewing doesn't help, tap Forget This Network on the same screen, then rejoin with the Wi-Fi password. The iPad negotiates everything from scratch.