How to Find a Website’s IP Address (For Windows and Mac)

On Windows

1- Open Start

. Click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

2- Type command prompt into Start. Doing so searches for the Command Prompt app on your computer.

3- Click on the Command Prompt.

It should be at the top of the Start window. Command Prompt will open.

4- Type in ping and type a space, then type in your website’s address (including the “www.” part) then add in, with a space -t.

• To search for Google’s IP address, for example, “ping google.com -t” into Command Prompt.
• Make sure that you get the correct extension for the website (e.g., “.com” versus “.net”).
• There must be a space between ping and the website’s name and -t

5- Press
Enter on your keyboard. Doing so will run the command.

On MAC

1- Open Spotlight

. Click the magnifying glass-shaped icon in the top-right corner of the screen.

2- Open Network Utility. Double-click Network Utility near the top of the search results. Doing so will prompt the Network Utility window to open.

3- Click Traceroute. It’s a tab at the top of the Network Utility window.

4- Enter a website’s address. In the text box near the top of the window, type in the address of the website for which you want to find the IP address.

• For example, to find Google’s IP address, you’d type in google.com here.
• You don’t need to provide the “https://” or “www.” section of the website’s address.

5- Click Trace. It’s a blue button on the right side of the page.

6- Note the website’s IP address. Next to the “traceroute to [website]” line of text, you’ll see an IP address in parentheses; this is your website’s IP address.

• For example, if you used Google as your website to trace, you’d see “traceroute to google.com (216.58.193.78)” here.