Remove IP Addresses from Text

This tool sanitizes your text by removing IP addresses, ensuring that sensitive or unwanted network identifiers are stripped out. You can choose to remove all IP addresses, target only IPv4 or IPv6 addresses, or focus on IP addresses that match (or do not match) a specific pattern. Additionally, you have the option to replace detected IP addresses with a custom placeholder.

Input

Output

Processing Modes:

Remove All IP Addresses
Strips out every IP address (IPv4 and IPv6) from the text.

Remove Only IPv4 Addresses
Removes only IPv4 addresses while leaving IPv6 addresses intact.

Remove Only IPv6 Addresses
Removes only IPv6 addresses while preserving IPv4 addresses.

Replace IP Addresses with a Placeholder
Replaces every detected IP address with a custom placeholder string.

Remove Only IP Addresses Matching a Pattern
Removes only IP addresses that start with the specified pattern. Enter a prefix (e.g., 192.168).

Remove All Except IP Addresses Matching a Pattern
Removes every IP address except those that start with the specified pattern. Enter a prefix to allow (e.g., 10.).

Examples:

Remove All IP Addresses

Removes every IP address (IPv4 and IPv6) from the text.

Before:

User logged in from 192.168.1.10 and 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334.

After:

User logged in from  and .

Remove Only IPv4 Addresses

Removes only IPv4 addresses while keeping IPv6 addresses intact.

Before:

Access from 192.168.1.10 and 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334.

After:

Access from  and 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334.

Remove Only IPv6 Addresses

Removes only IPv6 addresses while preserving IPv4 addresses.

Before:

Login from 192.168.1.10 and 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334.

After:

Login from 192.168.1.10 and .

Replace IP Addresses with a Custom Placeholder

Replaces every detected IP address with a custom placeholder (e.g., [IP]).

Before:

User IPs: 192.168.1.10, 10.0.0.5 and 2001:0db8:85a3:0000:0000:8a2e:0370:7334.

After (placeholder "[IP]"):

User IPs: [IP], [IP] and [IP].

Remove Only IP Addresses Matching a Pattern

Removes only IP addresses that start with the given pattern (e.g., "192.168").

Before:

Connection from 192.168.1.10 and 10.0.0.5.

After (pattern "192.168"):

Connection from  and 10.0.0.5.

Remove All Except IP Addresses Matching a Pattern

Removes every IP address except those that start with the given pattern (e.g., "10.").

Before:

Access from 192.168.1.10 and 10.0.0.5.

After (allowing "10."):

Access from  and 10.0.0.5.