How to Find a Website's IP Address: 6 Easy Lookup Tricks

Are you looking for the easiest way to find a website's IP address? Whether you want to look up the IP address of your own web server or for another domain on the internet, we're here to help. This wikiHow article will teach you the easiest ways to find the IP address of a website using your computer, Android, iPhone, or iPad.

Getting the IP Address of a Website

Use Google's Dig tool in any browser to quickly find a website's IP address.
You can also use command line tools like ping and nslookup in your computer's command prompt or terminal.
If you need the IP address of your own web server, you'll usually find it in the welcome email from your web host or in your account control panel.

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Using the Google Dig Tool

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Go to https://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/dig/ in a web browser. A quick way to find a website's IP address is to look up its domain name on a DNS lookup website. You can get to the Dig tool in any web browser on your computer, phone, or tablet, and even your Chromebook.
- You can also use other online DNS lookup tools to find a website's IP address, including DNS Checker and NSLookup.io.
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Type the website's domain name and press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return. For example, to look up wikiHow's IP address, type www.wikihow.com into the field.
- You'll see a list of codes at the top of the page, with the first code (A) already selected. Leave A highlighted, as the record you're looking for is an A record.
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The website's IP address now appears on the page.

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Using Nslookup on a Computer

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Open a Terminal or command prompt. One of the easiest ways to find the IP address of a website on Windows, macOS, or Linux is to use the nslookup command.^{[1]
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- Windows: Press the Windows key on your keyboard, type cmd, and then click Command Prompt.
- Mac: On the Lauchpad, type Terminal, and then click Terminal.^{[2]
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- Linux: Press Ctrl + Alt + T at the same time or click the Terminal icon in your app list.^{[3]
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Replace www.wikihow.com with the domain name of the website whose IP address you want to find.
In the "Non-authoritative answer" section, just below the "Name" field, you'll find the website's IP address next to "Address."

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Using Ping on a Computer

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Open a Terminal or command prompt. Whether you're using Windows, macOS, or Linux, you can use the ping command to quickly find the IP address of a website. To get started:
- Windows: Press the Windows key on your keyboard, type cmd, and then click Command Prompt.
- Mac: On the Lauchpad, type Terminal, and then click Terminal.^{[4]
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- Linux: Press Ctrl + Alt + T at the same time, or click the Terminal icon in your app list.^{[5]
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Type ping www.wikihow.com and press ↵ Enter or ⏎ Return. Replace www.wikihow.com with the domain name of the website whose IP address you want to find.^{[6]
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- If you're using macOS or Linux, press Ctrl + C after you see several IP addresses on the screen to stop pinging.
At the beginning of each line of the ping results, you'll see an IP address.

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Finding Your Own Server's IP Address

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Check the welcome email from your webhosting provider. If you signed up for a new webhosting service and are ready to upload or edit your website, you'll need to know the IP address of your web server. The IP address is typically in the welcome email from your provider.
- If you don't see an email from your web host, check your spam filters.
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Check your web host's control panel. If you can't find your website's IP address in an email from the provider, you will usually find it by logging in to your host's admin or control panel. For example, if your host uses cPanel, you'll find your IP address in IP Functions > Show IP Address Usage.^{[7]
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- If you're using Dreamhost, open the Manage Websites page, click the three vertical dots, and select DNS Settings.
- If you use GoDaddy hosting, go to your product page, click Manage next to your hosting account, and then click Server.^{[8]
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Using Ping on Android

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Install the Ping app on your Android phone or tablet. This free app, simply called Ping, is an incredibly quick way to find the IP address of any website. You can download it from the Play Store at no cost.
- To download the app, open the Play Store and search for ping. Select the app developed by "Lipinic" and tap Install.
Tap OPEN in the Google Play Store, or tap the Ping app icon in your app list. The app will open to the Ping tab.
For example, to look up wikiHow's IP address, type www.wikihow.com into the field.
After a second or so, you'll begin to see ping results on the screen.
The IP address you see next to "64 bytes from" on each line is the IP address of the website address you searched for.

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Using iNetTools on iPhone & iPad

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Install the iNetTools app. This simple free app makes it easy to find a website's IP address with the ping command, just like on a computer. You can download iNetTools from its page on the App Store or follow these steps:
- Open the App Store
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- Tap Search at the bottom-right corner.
- Type in inettools into the search bar and tap search.
- Tap Search
- Tap GET next to "iNetTools" and confirm the installation.
Tap OPEN when it appears in the App Store, or tap the iNetTools app icon on your Home screen
It's the first option at the top of the screen.
For example, to look up wikiHow's IP address, type www.wikihow.com into the field.
It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
You'll see it at the top-right corner of the screen. Now you'll see the IP address next to "64 bytes from," as well as above the ping statistics at the bottom of the page.

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Can you just look up the location of someone's IP address?

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No, not accurately anyway. There may be ways to get an approximation, but it won't be 100% accurate. The reasoning here is that the IP address bounces off of a server. So for example, I'm in Santa Cruz, but the closest servers to me are all in San Jose. So if you pulled my IP using canyouseeme or one of those other tools, it will say San Jose, not Santa Cruz.

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How do I know by looking at the IP address where it is located?

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There's no way to tell an IP address's location just by looking at it, but you can try searching for the IP in a web-based IP address locator. Just search for "IP geolocator" in Google.

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How do I find the IP address on a Chromebook using the browser Chrome?

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Use Google's Dig tool, which we cover in this article. It's incredibly easy to use and you can access it in any web browser, including on your Chromebook!

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To go to a website by its IP address in your browser, type https://, followed by the IP address. For example, to visit your router's IP address, you might enter https://10.0.0.1.

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If you want to find out where an IP address is located, you can trace the address using IP lookup tools or a search engine like WolframAlpha.

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