How to Find Your IP Address on Windows

Your PC has a local IP address on your home or office network (usually 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x) and shares a public IP address with everything else behind your router. Here is how to find both on Windows 10 and 11.

Run ipconfig in Command Prompt

Press Windows + R, type cmd, and press Enter. Then run:

ipconfig

Find the adapter you are using (Wi-Fi or Ethernet) and read the IPv4 Address line. That is your local IP.

Find it in Settings instead

Open Settings, then Network & internet. Click Wi-Fi or Ethernet, then click your connection's properties. Scroll down to IPv4 address.

Find your public IP

In Command Prompt or PowerShell:

curl ifconfig.me

This asks an outside server which address your request came from. Searching "what is my IP" in a browser gives the same answer.

Local vs public. Use the local address for things on your own network, like reaching a dev server from another device. Use the public one for anything on the internet, like adding yourself to a server's allowlist.