How to Find Your iPhone's MAC Address

Matt Cone March 25, 2013 Tutorials iPhone Network

Your iPhone’s Wi-Fi interface has a permanent, unique serial number called a media access control (MAC) address. Some universities and employers may request your iPhone’s MAC address to monitor or limit your access to certain Wi-Fi networks.

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MAC addresses can also be used for less nefarious purposes. For example, if your iPhone is stolen on a university’s campus, the IT department may be able to use its MAC address to trigger an alert when the criminal connects your iPhone to a university network. For reasons like this, it can be a good idea to find and store your iPhone’s MAC addresses.

Here’s how to find your iPhone’s MAC address:

From the home screen, tap Settings.
Tap General.
Tap About. The window shown below appears.

The iPhone’s MAC address - referred to as the Wi-Fi Address in iOS settings - is displayed on the screen.

Warning: You should not share your MAC address with anyone except authorized IT personnel. MAC addresses are unique and permanent, but they can also be spoofed by attackers. In a worst-case scenario, a malicious individual could acquire and spoof your MAC address, and you could be blamed for the illegal activity conducted by the malicious individual. So please, protect your MAC addresses!

How to Find Your iPhone's MAC Address

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