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How to use Kill Switch?

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This article will teach you how to use the Kill Switch feature on different devices.

 

We will go through the following devices to enable Kill Switch:

You will need to have the Surfshark application installed on one of the devices to follow this guide.

 

Windows

 

 

  1. Open the Surfshark app and select Settings.

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  2. Click on VPN settings.

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  3. To enable Kill Switch, toggle the switch on the right side.

    Killswitch_win3.png

 

macOS

 

  1. Open the Surfshark app. Then, in the app, click on the Settings tab.

    Killswitch_macos.png

  2. Select VPN Settings.

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  3. You will see a toggle switch next to Kill Switch indicating that it's on. If it's not - toggle the switch to enable Kill Switch.

    killswitch_macos3.png

 

 

Android

 

  1. Open the Surfshark app and tap on Settings.

    Killswitch_andr.png

  2. Tap on the VPN settings tab.

    Killswitch_andr2.png

  3. You will see a toggle button near VPN Kill Switch, which represents its status - green means that it's active, grey - inactive. Please tap on the toggle button next to the feature to turn it on or off.

    Killswitch_andr3.png

 

iOS

 

  1. Open the Surfshark app and tap on Settings.

    killswitch_ios.png

  2. Click on VPN settings.

    killswitch_ios2.png

  3. You will see a toggle button near Kill Switch, which represents its status - green means that it's active, grey - inactive. Please tap on the toggle button next to the feature to turn it on or off.

    killswitch_ios3.png

 

Congratulations! You have learned how to toggle the Killswitch feature and its use cases!

 

 

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