With Betternet, you get access to multiple features and settings that can improve your privacy and security with our VPN. Please take a look at each feature below.

Auto-Protect

Activate auto-protect to automatically connect to betternet under specific cirumstances. It has 3 settings.

Start on launch

This controls whether Betternet should automatically launch when your computer starts

Auto-connect

With this option enabled, Betternet will automatically connect to our VPN servers whenever the Betternet application launches.

Notify on Public Wi-Fi

Notify on Public Wi-Fi will warn you whenever you connect to a public Wi-Fi--such as at an airport, hotel, or café--reminding you to connect to Betternet.

Kill Switch

If Betternet suddenly disconnects, enabling this feature will stop the data flow, protecting you by not allowing the internet traffic to run in the background once the VPN disconnects.

Split Tunneling

This tab allows you to fine-tune which applications or websites should use the VPN on your computer. This feature is only available with the Hydra VPN protocol.

Bypass VPN

Bypass VPN allow you to specify which website should bypass the VPN. Anything added to this list will use your normal ISP-provided IP address--even though everything else may be routed through the VPN.

Route via VPN

With this enabled, only the specific websites you list will go through the VPN connection. Do note that only the websites listed will go through the VPN, everything else will use your normal internet connection.

VPN Protocol

This tab allow you to select the VPN protocol you want to use to establish a connection with the Betternet VPN servers. Switching protocols can be useful to help debug certain speed or connection issues.

Auto (Recommended)

This is the default option when first installing Betternet. When this protocol is selected, we will pick the fastest and most secure protocol to connect to for your network or area.

Hydra

This unique protocol is developed by us and have been rated as one of the fastest VPN protocols. It is also the most secure of our protocols.

IKEv2 (IPSec)

While being less secure than our other protocols, this is one of our fastest protocols. While not on par with Hydra, it is still a reliable protocol that may help with certain technical issues.

WireGuard

WireGuard is our newest protocol. It has a strong balance between speed and security.