How to hide your IP address
Your public IP address is part of how websites and internet services route traffic back to you. You cannot browse the public internet without using an address somewhere in the connection path, but you can change which public IP websites see.
What your public IP can reveal
A public IP can commonly be associated with an internet provider, network owner, country, region, and an approximate location. It is not normally a precise home address, and IP-based location can be wrong or broad.
Use a reputable VPN
A VPN creates an encrypted connection between your device and the VPN service. Websites generally see the VPN server's public IP instead of the public IP assigned to your home or mobile connection. Your VPN provider still occupies a trusted position in the connection, so provider choice and privacy practices matter.
Other ways your visible IP can change
A corporate network, privacy relay, proxy, mobile network, Tor, or another intermediary can also change the address a destination sees. These technologies have different privacy, performance, and trust characteristics, so they should not be treated as interchangeable.
What hiding your IP does not do
Changing your visible IP does not make you anonymous. Cookies, account logins, browser characteristics, tracking technologies, and information you voluntarily provide can still identify or correlate activity.
Check the result
After changing your connection, run NetPrivacyScan again. Compare the public IP, approximate location, network, VPN/proxy signal, DNS results, IPv6 status, and WebRTC result rather than relying on one indicator.