AdGuard VPN: free & secure proxy icon

AdGuard VPN: free & secure proxy

by Adguard Software Ltd

v2.8.9 Updated Feb 3, 2026 4.43MiB
CWS
500K
Users
★ 4.13
3.3K reviews
#455
of 207.6K
privacy
#36 of 2.7K
⚠️Requests 2 sensitive permissions

Description

AdGuard VPN — the best free solution for your online security from the creators of a famous ad blocker. For more than 12 years AdGuard ad blocker has been protecting its users from annoying ads and spying trackers. Today, over 30 million people worldwide trust AdGuard with their privacy, so we added the brand new tool to even further strengthen their cyber security — AdGuard VPN, a fast and private proxy. With our private proxy you can conceal your real location, hide IP address and the websites you visit from everyone (including your ISP) and ensure anonymous browsing on the web. AdGuard VPN securely encrypts your traffic, making it inaccessible to third-party observers on the Internet. Complementary to all the features any modern VPN is armed with, AdGuard VPN has something more to offer — it’s integrated with other AdGuard products and provides protection from tracking and malware. Our vpn service also has a unique protocol — a perfect blend of speed and security, so you get a faster internet connection and a great privacy protection. There are two more great features of AdGuard VPN! The first one to mention is an opportunity to choose a DNS server from a wide list of known DNS providers. Second, an easy way to manage on which sites AdGuard VPN should work and on which it should not, with the help of Exclusions lists. Join us and surf safely with AdGuard VPN — fast vpn & secure private proxy! More on why you need AdGuard VPN: -Advanced Privacy Protection -Fastest Locations -Speed & Unlimited Traffic -No Logging Policy Why does AdGuard VPN proxy require permissions? Here is detailed information on the permissions our vpn needs. We are always transparent to users about what we use and why we need it. - `proxy` - This is what the extension does. - `contextMenus` - We use this to add a context menu items that allow enabling or disabling the VPN. - `management` - We use this to provide an option to turn off another proxy-extension in one click. - `notifications` - We use this to show a notification after a successful user authentication via social networks. - `privacy` - We use this to provide the “Disable WebRTC” feature which is crucial to prevent websites from detecting user’s real IP address. - `storage`, `unlimitedStorage`- These permissions are required in order to store user settings - `WebRequest`, `webRequestBlocking`- We use these for two purposes. First, we have a webRequest listener that is listening for error events. We use it to detect non-routable (hosted in the LAN, for instance) domains and automatically add them to the list of exclusions. Also, we have an onAuthRequired handler that handles authentication for the endpoints that require it. - `<all_urls>` is necessary because otherwise onAuthRequired won’t fire. Also, this is necessary for the non-routable domains detection feature. Stay in touch Support team: support@adguard-vpn.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdGuard Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adguarden Official website: https://adguard-vpn.com © Adguard Software Limited
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Reviews (85 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-21
Someone's Dog

To use this VPN, you need another VPN, otherwise you won't be able to log in. It can't even find (let alone connect to) any of its servers. A question for the developers: why do I need your broken VPN when I already have a working one?

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-19
Jimmy Bionic

the extension is completely useless as the page https://auditcrowd.space/login.html never opens

★☆☆☆☆2026-02-13
Ilia Petrov

The page https://auditcrowd.space/ is unavailable. Registration required.

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-27
Валентина Волкова

Doesn't work if you don't log in/sign up

★☆☆☆☆2026-01-27
Brandon Crutcher

didnt know there was a vpn extension, seems to not be working for my browser though, such a bummer

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-05
John Egbert

Doesn't work for my country. It demands creating an account then fails to log me in (because you need another VPN to create an acc for this VPN, it seems). Waste of my time.

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-27
Dmitry D

Can't login. The extension for bypassing blocks seems to be blocked.

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-24
Абрам Тойфельман

Doesn't work

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-10
X Chara

very slow in my conury

★☆☆☆☆2025-09-16
Игорь Верескул

At one wonderful moment it just stopped working, technical support does not respond. Return the money spent!

★☆☆☆☆2025-09-05
Evgeny Poddybchenko

Plugin dont work

★☆☆☆☆2025-08-24
Alekhya Das

no option to start VPN only for selective websites

★☆☆☆☆2025-07-23
Ziba

didnt work

★☆☆☆☆2025-06-25
TRAVDOG9000

worked for a couple hours then quit and all the adds came back!! what a waste!!

★☆☆☆☆2025-06-17
Toxa

don't working shi

★☆☆☆☆2025-06-11
W

can't overcome blocking in russia

★☆☆☆☆2025-02-09
Sara Fonder

not working. useless

★☆☆☆☆2025-02-02
henrey bollocks

I needed to delete this vpn because it was downloading malware onto my computer but when I deleted it, it saved some sort of virus on my computer and I had to go to apple repair to fix my computer do not download this and also the main reason I made this a 1 star review is because it doesn't work on plants versus zombies 2

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-21
Bassel Zaity

Extension is not working, I want to cancel my subscription I just paid today, and I am not happy at all with it

★☆☆☆☆2024-09-16
Danya

NO WORK

★☆☆☆☆2024-09-08
Ayven

Doesn't connect! September 8, 2024, Russia. Desktop version works great though.

★☆☆☆☆2024-09-01
Nicole

wonderful ! doesnt work... worst vpn ever !

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-19
Zakariya M

not working

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-19
dongliang Liu

not workinnggg 😭😭😭😭😭

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-18
Lepromatosis Orientalis

dont work

★☆☆☆☆2024-07-30
Saiful islam shanto

Its not available in Bangladesh ?

★☆☆☆☆2024-07-23
topaz

Doesn't work

★☆☆☆☆2024-07-10
Benjamin Orozco

The extension stopped working.

★☆☆☆☆2024-05-06
saber khani

don't work

★☆☆☆☆2024-04-07
ilia cyrus

doesn't work waste of time

★☆☆☆☆2024-04-07
Zafar Gafurov

stopped working

★☆☆☆☆2024-03-27
Oleg Kalmakhelidze

Simply doesn't work. Hola & Browsec are connecting with no problems in the same conditions.

★☆☆☆☆2024-03-02
Miki

not working in Iran atleast

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-20
Дмитрий Некс

Best vpn! But not working

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-14
Gleb Zhigulin (ZGO Design)

not working

★☆☆☆☆2023-10-21
Evgenii Kozhevnikov

Just doesn't work.

★☆☆☆☆2023-09-15
Денис (EvilDen)

Doesn`t work

★☆☆☆☆2023-09-13
Ismail Maksudov

It is completely dead

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-14
Mohammad

not working in Iran

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-01
Saa Dd

There is a bug. When Chrome is started, the CPU usage of Chrome increases infinitely. Chrome turns white and becomes unresponsive and starts to work after a few minutes. I think that it is an error of the Adguard VPN extension. I know this because the bug did not occur when I turned off the AdGuard VPN extension. Chrome used to work fine, but it has been starting up white and unresponsive every time I turn it on since I don't know when. Very annoying. should be fixed.

★☆☆☆☆2023-07-01
Lohengrin Percival

It does NOT, and the support can't figure it out.

★☆☆☆☆2023-04-05
Anoir Ben Tanfous

AdGuard VPN — free & secure proxy for Chrome collects the following: Authentication information For example: passwords, credentials, security question, or personal identification number (PIN)

★☆☆☆☆2023-03-17
TAWSIF TABIB

it worked but it does not work

★☆☆☆☆2023-03-10
Ryu Hayabusa

You can only select 2-3 countries whenever I click on other countries NONE WORK. Uninstalled IMMEDIATELY. Waste of my time.

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-14
Jimmy Willson

20221014 unable to connect !!!! 20230202 unable to login !!!!

★☆☆☆☆2022-09-20
Reza Mohammadi

Absolute rubbish!

★☆☆☆☆2022-09-18
Serg Golikov

show message!

★☆☆☆☆2022-08-31
Play Boy Magazine

3 GB for a month? Hahaha are you kidding. Look at Proton VPN btw. Way more trust worthy and with more features. At least no data limits.

★☆☆☆☆2022-05-25
Apple Dumpling

This is not all that free. It is limited by locations and by data usage. misleading.

★☆☆☆☆2021-11-26
Philip Koo

Terrible. It somehow doesn't work in the website...

Permissions (11)

Permissions

browsingData Can delete browsing history and data contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu management Can manage other installed extensions notifications Can show desktop notifications offscreen privacy Can change privacy-related browser settings proxy Can configure proxy settings storage Can store data locally in your browser unlimitedStorage webRequest Can observe and analyze network traffic webRequestAuthProvider

Details

Version 2.8.9
Updated Feb 3, 2026
Size 4.43MiB
First Seen Mar 31, 2026