Websites show CAPTCHAs or block the VPN
Many people share each VPN server, so a website sees a lot of traffic from one IP address. Some sites, like Google, then ask you to prove you are not a robot, or show a message about unusual traffic from your network. A few sites, such as some banks and shops, block VPN addresses completely.
Get fewer CAPTCHAs
- Connect to another location. It gives you a different IP address, and some addresses get fewer CAPTCHAs than others.
- Sign in to your account on the site, for example your Google account. Sites ask signed-in users less often.
Let a site skip the VPN
If a site still blocks the VPN, let only that site skip it with split tunneling. That site then sees your real IP address.
- Browser extension: add the website to the Split Tunneling list.
- Android: exclude the app of that site, for example your banking app.
- Windows: split tunneling works with IP addresses, not website names.
See Use split tunneling for the steps. The Mac and iPhone apps have no split tunneling. Disconnect while you use that site.