What do all these settings mean on my UltraVPN Windows app?

Please review this brief summary explaining each feature and where it can be located.

Clicking on the gear icon to the left in the app will take you to the Settings menu.

You will see a number of options such as those displayed in the screenshot. Now let's go through each one and understand what they mean.

Start on launch

With this option enabled. UltraVPN will start automatically

Prevent IP Leak

Enabling this will prevent your IP from being detected while you are connected to the VPN. Once connected to UltraVPN your public IP has already changed, but this feature can prevent any sites, cache, or cookies from leaking your IP.

Kill Switch

If UltraVPN suddenly disconnects, this feature will stop the flow of data, protecting you by blocking all internet traffic.

Local network protection

When toggled on, this option will block LAN traffic. This can be useful to enhance your privacy and security when on public networks, such as at Starbucks or an airport. Do note that you will not be able to access local network resources like a printer while enabled, so you may want this disabled while on your private home network.

Always-on VPN

If enabled, this option will automatically connect to the VPN whenever the app launches, or if the connection fails.

Connection Quality Feedback

If toggled on, this option will have a window pop up asking for feedback on the quality of your connection status after you have disconnected.

VPN Protocol

If you are experiencing connection issues or in some rare cases access issues that cannot be fixed, we recommend switching to different protocols to identify what protocol best works for your network. You may find success when switching protocols. We always recommend Hydra as it is our internally developed protocol with super fast connection speeds.

Split tunneling

UltraVPN supports split tunneling via a feature it calls "Split tunneling". It enables you to exclude certain apps and websites from the VPN tunnel. You simply need to enable the feature and add the apps or websites you want to go through your regular ISP connection. This can help with email issues, and access issues to certain sites and apps.

Please feel free to contact us via Chat or email if you have any more questions or concerns.