Here are some guidelines on popular devices on how to find your mobile devices MAC address.
iOS
- From the home screen, open Settings.
- Select General.
- Select About.
- Scroll down to Wi-Fi Address - this is your device's MAC address.
Android
- Open the Settings menu.
- Scroll down and select About phone.
- Select Status (or Hardware information).
- Scroll down to Wi-Fi MAC address - this is your device's MAC address.
Windows Phone (version 7 or higher)
- From the Windows Phone home screen, swipe left to reveal more icons. Scroll down and tap Settings.
- Scroll down and tap About.
- In the About screen, tap More Info.
Windows 10
To find the MAC on a Windows 10 laptop, choose one of the options below.
Option 1:
- Open the Network and Sharing Centre
- Choose Local Area Connection
- Select Details
- See Physical Address
Option 2:
- Search "network connections" in the taskbar and select "View network connections."(Or navigate to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections).
- Right-click on your network connection and select "Status."
- Click the "Details" button. Locate the Physical Address.
- The value for the physical address in the Network Connection Details window is your MAC address.
macOS
To find the MAC on a macOS, choose one of the options below.
Option 1:
- Select System Preferences from the Apple menu at the top left of your screen.
- Click Network from the System Preferences window.
- Choose Wi-Fi from the list of interfaces on the left and click the Advanced button.
- Choose the Hardware tab under which you will see the MAC address of your wireless card.
- Press Cancel to return to the Network menu. Choose Ethernet from the list of interfaces on the left and click the Advanced button.
- Choose the Hardware tab under which you will see the MAC address of your Ethernet card.
Option 2
- Launch Terminal from the Applications: Utilities folder.
- Type ifconfig into the Terminal window and press the Enter/Return key.
- You will be shown data on all your interfaces.
- On systems with both an Ethernet and wireless connection, en0 will be your Ethernet interface and en1 will be your wireless interface. A MAC address will be shown for both en0 and en1 and likely labelled as "ether".
- On systems with just a wireless connection, en0 will be your wireless interface. The MAC address for en0 will likely be labelled as "ether".