How to Hide IP Address from Trackers on Safari iPhone & Mac

What’s an IP Address? IP address is the unique set of numbers assigned to your device. And when the device goes online, that can be used to track your activities over the internet. Mainly used to target ads based on your search result.

But it’s necessarily essential to hide the IP address in Safari. And the best part is Apple can hide IP Address using a built-in feature from the trackers, websites, and other platforms looking for your personal data. Here is how you can do so. With the Features like Private Relay, Hide my Email with iCloud Plus Subscriptions.

How to Hide IP Address from Trackers on Safari iPhone

Note: To use This Feature on iOS and Mac, your Device Updated with iOS 15 & later and MacOS 12 Monterey & later, Respectively.

If you want to hide an IP address on Apple peripherals, follow the steps below. 

Turn on Hide IP Address from Tracking your Device and Activity on iPhone, iPad

1. Open the Settings App on iPhone.
2. Scroll down and tap on Safari App.
3. Tap Hide IP Address.
4. Select “Trackers Only“.

5. Close the Settings app.

Alow Track Website your Activity, Personal Information, and Loaction via IP Address, Select From Trackers option under the safari settings on iOS and iPadOS.

Let’s see how to manage the same Privacy Control on Mac Running on macOS Monterey or later version.

How to Hide IP Address from Trackers on Safari Mac

You can hide your IP address on Safari in Mac, MacBook. This means Your IP address can be used to determine personal information, Like Your location. To Protect this information, Safari can hide your IP address from know trackers. Here’s how to do it.

macOS Ventura And Later

1. Open the Safari App.
2. Choose Safari from the menu bar. Click on Settings…from the drop-down.

3. From the extension window, click on the Privacy menu. Lastly, check the box next to the Hide IP Address From Tracker. And Choose the option “From Trackers only“

If you Mac is running on earlier macOS then follow the below steps,

On MacOS Monterey & Earlier

1. Open the Safari App on Mac.
2. Click on Safari in the top menu bar. Select Preferences.
3. Click on the Privacy tab.
4. Next to Hide IP address, check the box of Hide IP address from trackers.

Does Private WiFi Address Works with HIDE IP Address?

This Feature works as Another Privacy Protection shield next to Enable Private WiFi Address [Settings app > WiFi > Tap on (i) button next to Connected WiFi name > Enable Private Address].

if you are using the Other Best iPhone Browser, then keep Private Address enabled.

Bottom Line

Visiting various websites on Safari can spoof your Privacy. But when you know how to do hide IP address on Mac, iPhone or iPad, it prevents such a situation.

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