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title: Understanding the True-Client-IP Header
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# Understanding the True-Client-IP Header

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Enabling the True-Client-IP Header adds the [True-Client-IP header](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#true-client-ip-enterprise-plan-only) to all requests to your origin server, which includes the end user's IP address.

## Availability

|              | Free | Pro | Business | Enterprise |
| ------------ | ---- | --- | -------- | ---------- |
| Availability | No   | No  | No       | Yes        |

## Add True-Client-IP Header

The recommended procedure to access client IP information is to [enable the **Add "True-Client-IP" header** Managed Transform](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-true-client-ip-header).

Note

To use this data, you will need to then retrieve it from the [True-Client-IP header](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#cf-ipcountry).

## Additional resources

For additional guidance on using True-Client-IP Header with Cloudflare, refer to the following resources:

* [Available Managed Transforms](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/rules/transform/managed-transforms/reference/#add-true-client-ip-header)
* [Cloudflare HTTP headers](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/reference/http-headers/#true-client-ip-enterprise-plan-only)
* [Restoring original visitor IPs](https://mchen-ai-models-sync.previews.developers.cloudflare.com/support/troubleshooting/restoring-visitor-ips/restoring-original-visitor-ips/)

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