How to turn on a VPN on your phone, computer and browser
A plain guide for first-timers: Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac and the browser. What to download, what to tap, how to check it works.
There's no built-in one-tap VPN: the "VPN" section in settings stays empty until you install a VPN service's app. In Russia pick a service that disguises traffic — plain OpenVPN/WireGuard often connect without working.
Quick fix. Download Surok, sign in with Telegram and tap one button. For YouTube in a desktop browser the Accelerator for YouTube extension is enough.
- Android: install the app (allow the APK if asked), sign in, tap connect, approve the VPN request. A key icon appears.
- iPhone: install an app from the App Store (Happ works for VLESS subscriptions), add your subscription link, connect and allow the VPN configuration.
- Windows / Mac: install, sign in, connect. If games or Telegram bypass the VPN, enable the mode that routes all traffic (TUN).
- Browser: install the service's extension and switch it on — it only protects the browser. See VPN in the browser.
Check on our IP page: a foreign address means it works. If it doesn't, see VPN won't connect.
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