Guides

How to set up and use a VPN, and what to check when something does not work.

• What is a VPN

  A VPN sends your device's traffic through an encrypted tunnel to a server. What that changes, what it does not, and when it is useful.

• How to set up a VPN on iPhone

  Setting up a VPN on iPhone step by step: install the app, sign in, allow the VPN configuration, connect. And how to turn it off.

• How to change your VPN location

  How to choose the country a VPN connects through, what automatic choice does, and why some sites still show your own region.

• VPN not connecting: what to check

  What to check when a VPN will not connect — internet, other VPNs, date and time, the VPN configuration, another location — and what Desert Connect's messages mean.