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Set up a VPN on Windows

The quickest route on Windows 10 and 11 is our own app: a signed installer with OpenVPN and WireGuard built in, a network lock that stops traffic if the tunnel drops, and block-outside-dns so Windows cannot leak DNS queries around the VPN. If you would rather not install another program, the manual route below works with OpenVPN Community Edition or OpenVPN Connect and one .ovpn file.

Windows

Easiest: the Privasee VPN app v2.4.4

Sign in with your account, pick a location, press Connect. OpenVPN is bundled - there is no profile to download or import.

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Or use any OpenVPN client

You do not have to install our app. The network is standard OpenVPN, so any client connects with a .ovpn profile — useful on a machine you would rather not install software on, or if you already run OpenVPN.

  1. Install OpenVPN Community Edition (the 64-bit MSI) from openvpn.net, or OpenVPN Connect.
  2. Download a profile from the config generator.
  3. Copy the .ovpn file into C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config\
  4. Right-click the OpenVPN tray icon, choose the profile, and click Connect.
  5. Approve the Windows UAC prompt. The tray icon turns green when the tunnel is up.

Profiles come from the config generator (sign in first). Generate one per device — that way losing a device means revoking just that profile.

Keep block-outside-dns enabled (it is in every profile we generate) so Windows cannot leak DNS queries around the tunnel.

Troubleshooting

AUTH_FAILED right after connecting

The certificate is fine but the account was rejected: an expired subscription, a revoked device, or too many simultaneous connections. Check your dashboard.

TLS handshake keeps timing out

UDP is probably blocked on that network. Use the TCP profile - it runs on port 443 and looks like ordinary HTTPS traffic to most filters.

Connected but no internet

Usually a DNS problem. Confirm the client applied the pushed DNS server, and on Windows keep block-outside-dns on.

Speeds are poor

Try a closer location and prefer UDP. TCP-over-TCP is slow by design and should only be a fallback.

Other platforms

macOS • app Linux • app Android • app iPhone / iPad Router

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