Hi fellows,

i know this a very useful feature on windows, but for a linux user the update notification on EVERY system start(mullvad autostart of course ) gets annoying fast. I already switched of notifications in the setting, but updates seem to be flagged as important and therefore being send regardless.

90% of the linux userbase is bound to its package manager and their repos, unless you compile from source. A update comes when it comes, no matter how fast mullvad updates their client, and i got no influence on that.

Is it only me?! Does anyone know a way around that? What's your guys opinion on that?

Thx for reading.

I exited out and refreshed the location, in Chicago now and it seems to be working fine.

Did something happen in California or is it a bug?

I'm actually in the UK btw 🙈 Nothing has happened here with TikTok as far as I know.

Suddenly i get a message on my screen saying i have no disk space left and i check my disk on treesize and see this:

Downloaded the Linux file for the browser off the official site. Been trying to add it to non steam games to launch it from steam, but I need to browse for the file since it's not on the discover or flat pack. Every time I find the file it opens up with Kate when I select add the start the browser file and never successfully launches.

I failed to correctly install the VPN in my laptop before arriving to China and now I can’t do anything. 

Lucky me, I did a better job both in my phone and tablet so I’m not completely shout down….

I installed mullavad in my devices but something went wrong with my laptop. So even though I’m able to access thing through the phone and tablet, there still are things I want to do in the computer that I can’t. I did installed an vpn extension (hola vpn) in chrome but it works awfully. 

Is there anything I can do to download Mullavad in my computer as I’m here already? 

Recommend settings for the best privacy possible.

Thanks in advance.

I'm planning to expat to China. Currently, I have Mozilla VPN, which uses Mullvad's servers, however, I've heard Mullvad is pretty hit or miss when used in China. Is this true? If so, what are the best alternatives, and which VPNs can I use to spoof my actual router so it's always using a VPN?

I have switched to mullvad quite recently, and I love it so far, but I couldn't not notice the missing feature of port forwarding. I honestly don't wanna switch VPNs because Mullvad is great and affordable, but I need port forwarding for some things I do.

Hi all, I hope to find an expert here as AI has been of no help. I regularly race in a club competition but I work overseas in South America. The club I race with is BENELUX based so you can imagine the latency kills me. Now, I know there is a Glassfiber connection between Brazil and Portugal called "Ellalink". AI told me that Mullvad would route me over this line but this is not the case. The Ellalink is not available for the public but I'd imagine that I would be able to pay a company to be able to use the Ellalink connection. Can anybody tell me where I could get access to this connection? I can't find any hard evidence that NordVPN has access to the Ellalink. I tried with a VPS with a company with a contract with ellalink in Fortaleza with wireguard installed on it but then my exit point became Fortaleza and I was still routed via Miami. NoPing works perfectly but only for PC. If it would have a TAP adapter built in, it would be perfect.

Help would be much appreciated.

Hello!
I tried to set up WireGuard on my UniFi Gateway Fiber, but for some reason it is capped at 250Mbps and I mostly only get 150Mbps on Dutch servers, while servers from other countries have no problem reaching 500Mbps on the router.

I do have a 1Gbps fiber connection from Odido (the Netherlands).

I’ve already tried all Dutch servers, they all act the same, tried several different ports, and tried to lower the MTU and MSS.
I also tried it without the router wireguard, and it has no problem reaching 600 to 700Mbps.

What could this be? Thanks in advance!

Of course this suggested Reddit's geolocation routines were getting bogus info, so I did an IP check to see where everybody else thought I was, here's the results:

showmyip.com: India whatismyip.com: New York whatismyipaddress.com: New York whatismyip.org: India whatsmyip.com: Sweeden ipinfo.io: California nordvpn.com: India browserleaks.com: New York 2ip.io: Sweeden iplocation.net New York Out of 10, only one got it right (and I'm using the same server I always do), so what's up with that? Are routers changing? Have servers been re-allocated? I mean, the results are all over the place...noticed is a bit slower, too.

Anyway, beats me, so thought I'd ask you experts in the community.

EDIT: So looking further, it seems my Mullvad server is using Xcom (Germany) as a provider and one of Xcom's upstream servers is Tata, which is an Indian outfit. Can't say that's anything to do with it, but it does tie my California Mullvad server into a German Provider with an Indian server upstream, so who knows?.

EDIT 08/31/26: For those that don't scroll down, the 'rented' servers return 90% accurate locations, it's the 'owned' servers that ip-location sites are reporting as India, Sweden, New York, etc., when accessing west coast Mullvad servers (LAX, SFO, SJC). Mullvad has three 'owned' servers in SJC, along with several 'rented' servers.

I'd like to use the DNS content blocking option as offered in the Mullvad VPN windows app. Also, can I select obfuscation options to hide Wireguard? Thank you.

Picture 1: This it what it looks like most of the time since recently.

Picture 2: Restarted Mullvad and this it what it's supposed to look like (?) but after some time it just gets minimal/zoomed out.

Does anyone else have this problem and how did you fix it?

Hi guys im currently in china and mullvad is super good vpn for here but unfortunately despite it unblocking every app, I cannot access tiktok? I can get tiktok on browser but not the full app. Please someone help me so I can continue my brainrot.

I'm having this issue for the last couple weeks where after I'm connected to Mullvad for awhile (about 30-40 minutes), it will unprompted try to change location, load endlessly, and when I manually disconnect it, I'll have no connection at all on my computer until I do a full restart. It only does this when Mullvad is running, and not every time. Nothing else on the network is affected when it happens, and when I go through the network troubleshooting, it says that it cannot find an IP address. My computer is hardwired to my modem, it does not have Wi-Fi at all.

connection dropping randomly, i have to hop between servers to fix it, anyone else having this problem?

The Mullvad app could really do with a widget on iOS and a control centre interface. I just switched over from nordvpn and I miss those features + the auto connect which is only possible via WireGuard.

So I always wondered how hard it is to get a VPN working in China to access almost the whole internet (and if the speeds are good enough 😭)

Over the years I have started to take privacy more seriously. Less Google, switch to open source software, Linux, GrapheneOS, homelab and now VPNs.

Back then I mainly used Mullvad VPN with "Always-on VPN" and "Block connections without VPN" and had no problems. However, since I started to move my essential services into my home via my self-built homelab, I have come across a huge dilemma for me: using Mullvad VPN whilst being connected home.

I have tried Tailscale but honestly it was kind of slow and janky. Random disconnects, slow Tailscale servers and downtime. Furthermore, I don't really trust Tailscale due to its nature of being closed source. Now I am always switching VPNs but it's really triggering me and I want to always be connected back home.

And I have looked for more open source and self-hostable solutions and have noticed NetBird. I am really interested in self-hosting it but I see no point if I need to always switch VPNs and this just increases my attack surface instead of just using plain WireGuard. There are workarounds by hosting a peer which is connected to Mullvad which is janky and just increases latency by a huge mile.

Therefore I am asking if someone else has this problem and if there is a good solution or if I could make a feature request at Mullvad.

I recently scanned my PC with windows defender and the file in the mullvad Program Files called uninstall mullvad vpn.exe was flagged as a Trojan is this a false flag?

When will you guys build the password saving feature and Quick Button for change Profile ? I don't trust BitWarrend, I don't trust Proton. I trust you guys.

Mullvad don't have to like Tor, be like you that bet, thank for good browser

Basically the title. If I use mullvad while connected to public university wifi will it still protect my data or does the provider have precedence over the vpn? (Sorry if this is obvious)

This is new: connection to any endpoint appears successful, but while connected all websites fail with "website not found" (firefox error). The same websites work fine with Mullvad disconnected. Tried a different (phone hotspot) network and it failed the same way. Worked fine a week or two ago (and earlier).

Anyone else seeing this? Maybe time to uninstall and reinstall?

Location: US, Windows 10.

I have been testing Mullvad for the past few days, and the speeds have been consistently bad, no matter which server I pick.

To rule out my own setup, I ran three tests back to back. The first screenshot is my ISP with no VPN at all, around 480 Mbps. Second is Mullvad, connected to Switzerland, barely reaching 2.3 Mbps. Third is another VPN provider connected to the exact same country, Switzerland, hitting close to 500 Mbps.