How Do I Check My Wi-Fi Router History?

The general steps are similar, but your router’s interface may look different from our screenshots.

Some of these steps also work if your router is managed through an app.

A close up of someone holding a smartphone in front of a router and next to a MacBook

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Log into your routervia your web surfing app.

Again, the options you need may be slightly different.

Look for something relating to System Log or History.

Login interface for a router via web browser

Scroll down and browse through your router’s history.

Some routers allow you to filter the results to view specific items in the log.

Can You Check Wi-Fi History?

Router web based interface with Advanced highlighted

Scroll through the list of IP addresses.

Some routers will list the client name next to them.

That’s the name of the rig used to browse to that website.

Router interface with System highlighted

Look up the IP addressto see which company it belongs to.

This can help you understand the website that was delivered to the gear.

Does My Router Show Which Websites Have Been Visited?

Router interface with System Log highlighted

With some routers, yes, but there are limitations.

You should alsoclear your web client’s cache.

you might’tget your internet history from your ISP.

Router interface with system log listed

Browsers like Chrome and Firefox also have private browsing modes.

A VPN helps, too.