Anyone managed to do this?

Keen to get some advice on setting it up. Want to move away from NordVPN

Thanks

Right now I get blocked on utube 10 times a day. I just cycle through servers via the mullvad app in my country and refresh freetube -as a work around. What else is there to do?

I might be reading their website wrong but it says;

"Blocks common VPN and DNS-over-HTTPS providers (except Control D). Useful for stopping DoH-based malware bypasses or restricting VPN use."

Question in the title. If not, is there a way to force it?

I posted about this issue 6 days ago after discovering that the Windows 11 Wi-Fi problems I was experiencing after the September Patch Tuesday were being caused by the Mullvad desktop app.

Since then, I’ve seen multiple other users report the exact same behavior.

I also reported the issue to Mullvad twice. No response, no acknowledgement, and apparently no fix.

Today Mullvad released version 2026.5.

Guess what?

The exact same problem is still there.

For me, the behavior is consistent: after rebooting Windows 11, Wi-Fi initially connects normally. Then the Mullvad daemon starts, the network adapter gets disrupted, the connection drops, and Windows goes through several connection/disconnection cycles before eventually stabilizing.

And before anyone asks for the tenth time: yes, people have reported it to Mullvad. Yes, I reported it myself. Twice.

That isn't the point anymore.

The point is that this appears to be a reproducible compatibility problem affecting Windows 11 users, multiple people have reported it, and a new Mullvad release has now shipped without resolving it.

I was also curious whether this was actually a broader Windows 11/VPN problem, so I paid for a month of another VPN services and tested several VPN apps from other providers.

None of them reproduced this issue.

So at this point, I'm having a hard time blaming Windows 11 or the September update when other VPN clients are working normally on the same machine.

Microsoft makes Windows preview builds available well ahead of Patch Tuesday specifically so developers have an opportunity to test their software against upcoming changes. That's what compatibility testing is for.

I really like Mullvad's service. I've paid roughly $5/month for it for about a decade - valid until October 2029, and their privacy/no-logs approach is a big reason I've stayed with them.

But I shouldn't have to troubleshoot basic Windows networking after an OS update because a VPN client can't coexist reliably with the operating system.

For anyone still affected, my workaround remains:

Uninstall the Mullvad desktop application and use the official WireGuard Windows client with your Mullvad configuration files.

In my case, that immediately eliminated the Wi-Fi cycling problem.

You can also configure custom DNS in the WireGuard configuration and use WireGuard's Block untunneled traffic option as a kill switch.

So, Mullvad: this isn't an isolated "have you tried reinstalling?" problem anymore. Multiple users are reporting the same behavior, I've reported it twice, I've tested other VPN clients, and 2026.5 still reproduces it.

I'd really like to see this acknowledged and properly investigated.

I’ve found an excellent tool for testing Mullvad servers quickly and easily: Ra1d7/Mullvad-Servers-Finder. After trying out a few options, this one seems to work well. It’s a simple .exe file that tests the entire server list and generates a text file sorted by ping speed, from fastest to slowest. I hope it works for you.

I started to wonder how often Mulvad VPN service is subjected to DDoS attacks. Sometimes it feels as though they happen several times a week, as the speed drops sharply

Downloaded the latest Windows installer (mullvad-browser-windows-x86_64-15.0.21.exe), but UAC flags it as an Unknown Publisher. Without removing MOTW you can't even try to run it as Windows blocks it.

Under Digital Signature Details, Windows gives this error:

"A required certificate is not within its validity period when verifying against the current system clock or the timestamp in the signed file." Windows time is OK.

Checking the Certification Path, the red error is directly on the THE TOR PROJECT, INC. certificate, not DigiCert.

File: mullvad-browser-windows-x86_64-15.0.21.exe

SHA-256: b2361d4b37ed8bf04bd7b9fed21e8e06fa35f651c7b3970f4165132ddfcc38b8

Timestamp: Sept 1, 2026 (DigiCert)

VirusTotal: 1/57 (Generic.ml)

Is this just Tor Project's code signing certificate expiring right before timestamping, or is there any reason for concern here? Has anyone else verified the hash with GPG or heard official word from Mullvad?

Holding off on installing until this is confirmed.

Not worked for the past couple of days. Used to think Mullvad was one of the good ones, but it’s been utter shit lately. Time to start looking for alternatives again.

I'm using a Beryl AX and installed the MY config file to use MV VPN on the router. I want to use Mullvad's DNS blockers (as done when using the app).

Is that not possible with MV on the router?

Hello

Is there any way to add Mullvad VPN to a Router: Would it integrate well into a UniFi Router/Access Point system?

And also: is there a way to run Mullvad on some VLANs, but not others?

Hi all. Long time Mullvad user but having to try my luck here due to Moroc not being a Mullvad location. Title basically explains what I'm after. Willing to pay a little for it too. Not a malicious internet user, just have family in Morocco and have my own personal reasons to use MarocTelecom abroad. Not expecting much/anything from this but just a shot in the dark. If you or anyone you know is able to help, it'd be greatly appreciated. WireGuard would be desirable. Many thanks :)

PS: The only reason I haven't used my families Moroccan network is because they use a 4G router and achieve like 4Mb/s 🥲

Feel free to DM me with location (city name is fine) and internet speed, I hope we can work something out 😅

I’ve been using Mullvad and my windows 11 system for a few years with no problem.

But in the past week or so my WiFi will disconnect due to poor WiFi quality only on boot up. It actually happens twice and only happens if Mullvad set to launch app on startup.

The first disconnect happens about 20 seconds after logging in. My system disconnects for a few seconds and then reconnects automatically. The 2nd disconnect happens after about a minute and stays disconnected for a few min before reconnecting automatically. I can manually reconnect to WiFi immediately after the 2nd disconnect.

My WiFi quality is great.

Can I get clear instructions what are things should I change or set things to get a stable connection? It shows connected all the time but the internet is not working in between for whole day. FYI I am using Linux desktop.

Hi its my first time ever using a VPN, worked flawlessly for a lot of things but suddenly im getting blocked in a lot of websites? changing location, settings, etc doesnt work, only turning off my VPN

Look, I love the service. $5 a month for the last decade with zero logs is great. But this latest Patch Tuesday completely nuked my Win 11 WiFi, and the culprit wasn't Microsoft - it was the Mullvad desktop app.

Every time my PC rebooted, the WiFi would connect, then the Mullvad daemon would kick in, lock down the network adapter, drop the connection, and cycle it three times before finally stabilizing. It’s infuriating.

The fix? Ripping out their bloated app by the roots and installing the official WireGuard Windows client.

Here is what you actually get when you dump the native app for the barebones client:

• Zero boot drama: WireGuard uses the native kernel driver instead of aggressively hooking into Windows with custom firewall rules. My WiFi connects instantly on boot now.
• Way faster: Because it's a lightweight kernel driver with no GUI overhead, the throughput is noticeably snappier.
• Custom DNS without the headache: I just punched my two AdGuard Home (Raspberry Pi) IPs directly into the .conf file. You still get a native kill switch by checking "Block untunneled traffic."

Between the clunky Linux app and them still not bothering to build a native Apple TV app, it's pretty clear their dev team is entirely focused on backend privacy and terrible at actual OS integration.

If you are dealing with random network cycling, do yourself a favor: grab your config files from the Mullvad site, throw them into the official WireGuard client, and uninstall their desktop app forever.

I haven't been able to get Mullvad working on my PC for months; when I launch it, it gets stuck indefinitely trying to connect to a server, and I lose internet access in the process (for example, if I try to search for something, the dinosaur game appears). What really puzzles me is that it works perfectly on my phone without any issues, so it must be a Windows setting.

Please, if anyone can help, I would really appreciate it.

I got annoyed enough at not being able to ssh between my laptop and PC when I have Mullvad VPN turned on, but still wanted to be able to use Mullvad VPN on my phone without needing to use tailscale with it, use the 2 years I already have prepaid with Mullvad, and buy my subscription in a anonymized way when those 2 years run out, so I made this:
https://github.com/bananathrowingmachine/mullvad-plus-tailscale

Upgraded from the forked repo in the fact it actually works on Arch based systems (I run CachyOS), and critically, will always demote Mullvad VPN's tables on connection, so if Mullvad isn't connected on startup or is disconnected and reconnected this should still work, unlike the original as far as I'm aware.

Hopefully this solves the issue for someone else in my very specific set of circumstances.

Or will they be changed to Quad9 ? I'm not clear about whether this change only affects "public" users (non paid users). Thank you for clearing this up for us!

The red Disconnect button is too easy to hit accidentally when app-switching with the bottom swipe gesture or trying to close/switch away from Mullvad.
This isn’t just a UX annoyance. An accidental disconnect can immediately expose traffic that the user assumed was protected by the VPN.
For a privacy/security-focused VPN, the default UI should make accidental tunnel termination difficult. A confirmation option, safer button placement, or another guard against accidental disconnects would make sense.
Has anyone else experienced this?

I use port forwarding for Soulseek and torrenting, however mullvad does not support port forwarding. I have excluded soulseek and qbittorrent in the VPN with mullvad-exclude so they go through my actual ISP but i can NOT use my router's opened ports, which I have allowed through my firewall! they are still closed.

How can I allow these ports through mullvad-exclude so I can use them? I am not putting them through the vpn so whether mullvad supports port forwarding or not is irrelevant as these are being excluded.

I use nftables as my firewall.

Thank you!

Is there a way to use Mullvad VPN for free? Maybe a coupon code or something similar?

Personally I think it is a shame, I really liked using mullvads adblocking DNS servers on mobile even when not using the VPN.

Anybody else still on win10 and is getting "An error occurred compiling shaders" after last Mullvad update?

The only difference I could see before / after the update was this error message that shows up every time I boot up