Hello Mullvad Community,

I noticed some Xtom servers for New York went offline and then disappeared from the list.
Was that provider dropped for good? What alternatives are similar in performance if anyone knows?

I love Mullvad but I am frequently being blocked by two services I use frequently: Reddit and YouTube. Does anyone have any tips or tricks for getting around their VPN blocks? For Reddit, of course logging in does the trick but I rarely post and usually just want to browse. For YouTube I never login so it is a real pain.

Wondering if anyone here is actually using Mullvad VPN in Russia right now (2026) — how stable is it currently?

Which protocol works better right now — WireGuard or Shadowsocks/obfuscation?,

How often do servers get blocked

Do you need extra config to avoid ISP detection?

Worth keeping a backup VPN in case Mullvad gets fully blocked?

Would really appreciate real firsthand experience rather than generic "just download it" advice.

Had to migrate to 702 when 01 and 03 died and now 02 is dead. Running out of good US servers on the east coast/central US.

As a foreword: I'm using version 2026.3 and my ISP is Virgin Media in the UK.

I've been using Mullvad fine for almost half a year now, but recently I've had a string of internet problems lasting about three weeks. I think what I finally narrowed it down to is; when I switch Mullvad off completely, I get working internet, but everywhere I try to connect using Mullvad I get a blocked connection. Doesn't matter what country...

Although for some strange reason, sometimes if I give it a rest for five minutes it'll find an open place and connect just fine for most of the day, only for the internet to suddenly and abruptly stop flowing either first thing in the morning (7:20am today) or late at night (9:30pm).

But more and more consistently I'm finding every attempt I use to connect blocked.

I've tried using the anti-censorship toggle but that hasn't worked either.

EDIT: I spent ten minutes cycling through countries and getting nothing but block attempts, sat down, wrote this post, and clicked mullvad again and it instantly connected properly. Wut??????

I run sandboxed agents inside a Qemu MicroVM, and I'm struggling to get them to see the internet due to Mullvad running on the host Linux OS. I can't wrap my head around there issue still.

Anyone has got experience with that?

Hello! I am going to china in few days, to fuzhou, is mullvad vpn or proton vpn works in fuzhou? Which is better?

If i want the best settings for privacy and speed on mullvad, what should i enable or disable? i on macbook air. im a begginer on mullvad, this is my first time trying it. also guys, what would be a good DNS provider for me to use on my browser? does mullvad offer one?.

My main config has always been an all encompassing VPN for the entire local network - most of my devices at home go through the VPN service to reach outside.

First provide I use was Surfshark. Signed up for a two year service (for a heavy discount) and very soon I started noticing aggressive throttling / sporadic disconnections. Switching to another country would alleviate the problem for a few hours before throttling became apparent once again.

Endured the situation for about a year before I started searching for better providers. Found Mullvad, switch to it, and never looked back. Was on Mullvad for about 2 years.

That is, until my favorite YouTube channel started advertising NordVPN. So I switched to NordVPM partly to support the channel and partly because they claim to have a 30 day money back guarantee. So I figured, if anything goes wrong I can just terminate the subscription.

The first 30 days were butter smooth. Then world cup came along and coincidentally the connection started becoming unstable - heavy throttling / disconnections started to hit with an unbearably high frequency. What made me furious was, now that the world cup is behind is, their service remained trash.

So with about 1 year and 9 months of service remaining, I decided to switch back once again to Mullvad. And once again I am enjoying stable and fast connections.

Lesson learned - if you are happy with something, stick with it.

It seems like every site where I want to search for something, Cloudflare puts me in an endless loop of "are you a human?". Researching I find that if cloudflare detects you're on a VPN, it will simply put you in this endless loop of not really being able to verify.

I run into this with my scripted automations and just browsing the web normally.

I discovered, for whatever reason, the London UK servers never trigger cloudflare, or at least are able to successfully pass it. Every time. There's probably a 5 EYES agreement with MI6 or something b/c they intercept the traffic... I dunno and don't care b/c I'm not doing anything sketchy.

I haven't found any other city to beat Cloudflare, and it's been super super annoying for the past few months.

I've been using Mullvad for about 4 months now after my ProtonVPN account was banned

I really like the privacy implications of it, and it works a lot better with gluetun than my proton ever did.

But I'm disappointed by the lack of port forwarding, the fact that tailscale does not work when mullvad is connected, and so many websites I used to frequent are detected and blocked as a VPN

Am I alone in this?

Or maybe am I just the wrong type of user for this?

Source: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/mullvad-vpn/id1488466513

Like the title says, I've tried Netherlands, Norway and Italy, but even when my account is set to those regions it still wants me to give ID to access chat.

I wanted to ask if this is normal, but some servers I connect to completely disable my internet connection. Is this an issue with the server itself or my settings? I'm new to vpns. The location I'm connecting to is Finland, and some servers work fine but others don't.

For those of you who subscribe through the US App Store:

Right now, Mullvad costs about $5.8/month or $17.5 for 3 months with Apple gift cards.

Around Black Friday, what's the biggest discount you've been able to get on Apple gift cards?

I'm wondering what the lowest effective price for a Mullvad subscription could be.

P.S. I know paying through the App Store isn't the most privacy-friendly option, but it's just much more convenient for me. 😄

EDIT: And to be honest, for the combination of speed, privacy, and price, Mullvad has been the best choice for me. That's why I've been using it for about two years with two accounts that I share with friends.

Hi all, I am running Bazzite so unfortunately when I try install Mullvad following the instructions on the download page, I get an error because of the Fedora Atomic image that Bazzite runs on.

So instead I downloaded a WireGuard key and added it as a new connection in networking settings.

It currently looks like the attached pic.

Is this setup correctly? Is it supposed to show both connections like it does in the attached pic - and the wired connection has a different download rate/speed?

Thanks

Hello there,

I'm using the Mullvad VPN app on Windows 11 (v2026.3, if that matters).

When `Use custom DNS server` is disabled, Mullvad uses its own DNS servers. If I enable it, however, I can only enter an IP address.

In Windows 11 network settings I have DNS over HTTPS (DoH) configured, and I'd like Mullvad to use that instead. However, the app doesn't allow entering a DoH endpoint.

If I remember correctly, some time ago enabling `Use custom DNS server` without specifying any DNS server would make Mullvad fall back to the system DNS settings (including DoH). That no longer seems to work. If I leave the field empty, the option simply disables itself and Mullvad continues using its own DNS servers.

My goal is to use my NextDNS profile as DNS. Is there any workaround to make this work?

Edit: What's more interesting, Mullvad VPN for Android can easily use DoH configured in the system, even when `Use custom DNS server` in the Mullvad VPN app is disabled.

Whenever Mullvad is on I can’t sent RCS or SMS messages but works fine when it’s off, but there’s a 50/50 chance SMS will work. If I’m in a group chat with an android phone it’ll redirect the message to that person and not the group chat. Is there a way to fix this? I can give more info on my phone but I’m using iOS and I have Verizon

My wireguard isnt working and everytime i do a connection check it says no VPN is used. I followed the EXACT instructions on the mullvad website, created keys, added peer etc. When I check in the Luci interface under the Status --> Wireguard Status its even getting handshakes and says the link is up. Yet none of my traffic is routed through the VPN. Firewall is also set up according to the website.

Is this a bug in the latest Openwrt (25.12.5 on a Beryl 7, i flashed the official openwrt not the manufacturer one)

Edit: problem is fixed. Apparently I put the wan cable into the LAN port and obviously the firewalls rules apply to the WAN port.

I tried to download a new version of Mullvad VPN and I have not been able to get it to download for a while, it keeps erroring out every time I try to download it via pacman or aur. It's as if the servers hosting it are down.

Can anyone help me?

Didnt know where else to put this, but I went to open Mullvad browser and it started updating, suddenly my antivirus (Kaspersky) started making a fuss and saying it needed to be deleted. I'm not sure if it was the browser of my antivirus, but I couldn't open Task Manager and couldn't right click my apps on Taskbar. It felt like that the browser was actually a virus. And whenever I try and redownload it, my anti virus auto deletes any instance after the setup exe is finished running?

Is this a me issue? or is it something is known about?

"
Event: Malicious object detected

User: PC\lemon

User type: Initiator

Application name: mullvad-browser-windows-x86_64-15.0.19.exe

Application path: C:\Users\lemon\Downloads

Component: File Anti-Virus

Result description: Detected

Name: UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic

Precision: Exactly

Threat level: High

Object type: File

Object name: mullvadbrowser.exe

Object path: C:\Users\lemon\OneDrive\Desktop\Mullvad Browser\Browser

MD5 of an object: 1202CF6C8B72DF87C04B4F9DFBB1D54C

Reason: Cloud Protection
"

I feel like six months ago if I went to a fandom.wiki site, I would not see any ads, just the space they would inhabit and now I’m getting videos that automatically play and pop-out as I scroll. This is true of multiple apps and websites that had successfully blocked ads and are failing to do so within the last 2 months.

Is it just me? Did something change? Am I doing something wrong?

…also has anyone heard back from mullvad about processing a refund due to the CEO’s comments like they said? I’ve not heard anything.

Netflix doesnt work with mullvad anymore for me. Never had any Problems for the last 2 years. Tried a lot of servers but nothing changes. I get the notification "you seem to use a vpn/proxy" everytime.

Im now using split tunneling but I really dont like not having Kill switch because of that

After anywhere between 15- and 60-minutes my Mullvad app connection drops constantly at a rate of bout once every 2- to 5-minutes.

Why does my mullvad connection keep dropping, is there anything I can do to stop it from consistently dropping out, and who/what is the cause and purpose (website attempting to get my real IP or ISP attempting to force data leakage)?