A free VPN you can trust, now built into Firefox

Introducing Firefox's built-in free VPN, a new IP protection feature designed to give you more privacy while browsing.

The free VPN you can trust, now built into Firefox

Today we’re launching Firefox’s free built-in VPN, a new IP protection feature designed to make your browsing more private.We start by offering an industry-leading 50 GB of free VPN browsing every month.

Firefox focuses on building privacy tools into the browser to help protect you online.Over the years, we've put in place world-class protections that block known trackers, reduce fingerprinting, and limit how companies can follow people online.Our goal remains: to make important privacy protections available to everyday Firefox users.

Firefox is the only major browser with such a free, built-in VPN – giving you more control over your privacy wherever you browse.

Privacy is built into the browser

Every time you visit the site, your IP address is automatically shared.IP addresses help websites know where to send information to your device, but they can also be used to access your site, link browsing activity across sites, and keep records of your online behavior, which can track your behavior across websites.One of the many ways to track companies online is activity.

Also, when you use public Wi-Fi in a coffee shop, hotel, or hostel, people can monitor your network traffic and see what websites you can visit.

At Mozilla, we believe that people should have stronger protection against this type of tracking and spying, and that this protection should be easy to use.

Introducing the built-in VPN.

Our free built-in VPN is designed to make IP protection easy to use in Firefox.

The built-in VPN includes an unprecedented 50GB of free VPN browsing, enough to cover everyday activities like shopping, banking, and reading.

Activate it in Firefox with one click.No plugins.No downloads.Once activated, Firefox routes your browsing traffic through a proxy network that replaces your IP address before it reaches the website.Websites you visit see the proxy's IP address instead of yours.Firefox already encrypts your traffic with HTTPS, but masking your IP adds another layer of privacy.You can mask the URLs you visit from anyone trying to spy on your network traffic on a public Wi-Fi network, like when you're enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop.

If you reach the monthly limit, IP protection will be paused until the next cycle.Firefox asks for confirmation before continuing without a VPN, so you don't accidentally continue browsing without IP protection.

Browser level protection and full device protection

The free built-in VPN helps secure traffic when browsing in Firefox, making it an easy way to protect your IP address from big tech tracking.However, it does not offer complete device protection.

For those looking for more coverage, you can opt for protection to extend your phone, including other devices.An exclusive Mozilla VPN license offers this feature with unlimited data across multiple devices.Depending on your needs, you can choose the level of privacy and protection that suits you.

We've heard concerns about so-called "free VPNs," which often rely on advertising or selling user data to make money.Firefox's built-in VPN is designed differently.It doesn't sell your browsing data or inject advertising into your traffic.Instead, we offer limited browser-level protection for free with our paid, unlimited, full-device VPN service, Mozilla VPN.

Read more about the differences between a VPN and a web proxy.

Delivery to Firefox users

The built-in VPN is currently available in beta for Firefox desktop users in the US, UK, Germany, and France, with plans to expand to other countries in the near future.

Like many Firefox features, we're rolling this out gradually starting with Firefox 149 so we can learn from user feedback and continue to improve the experience.

Build a more private internet

Protecting your privacy online requires ongoing effort.As the Internet develops, new technologies create both opportunities and challenges for keeping personal information private.

Mozilla has spent years building privacy protections—from full cookie protection to private browsing and even anti-fingerprinting—right into Firefox so people can have more control over how they interact with the Internet.This built-in VPN is just another way Firefox helps you browse with less impact and more peace of mind.

By continuing to build these protections into Firefox, we want to make the web safer, more transparent, and more respectful to those who use it.