Updated September 2026
How to Unblock a Website
If a site will not load for you but works for everyone else, the block is somewhere between your device and the server — and where it sits decides which fix works. This guide goes in order, cheapest and fastest first, so you stop at the first thing that actually solves it.
Our mission
We believe every person should be able to reach every website in the world.
The web was built to be borderless. The content on it was not. Catalogues are licensed one country at a time, fares are quoted by point of sale, news is blocked by order, and a school or hotel network decides for you what you may read. None of that is a rule about what exists — it is a rule about where your connection ends. That is the problem we work on, and it is the only thing we sell: a real address in the country you need, so the site stops guessing and starts loading.
We are here to help the world reach every site, and we do it in the most ordinary way possible. No app to install, no account to learn, no traffic routed anywhere it should not go — just four lines of text that every browser, phone, tablet and script already understands.
Geography, not permission
Almost every block is about where you are, not who you are. A catalogue licensed for one country, a fare quoted to your point of sale, a network deciding on your behalf. Change where your connection ends and the site opens. That is the whole idea.
An address of your own
Not a shared list entry, and not an app holding your traffic. One dedicated address that only you use, in the country you choose, yours for 30 days, delivered as IP, port, username and password.
The honest boundary
A different address is not anonymity, and it does not make you eligible for an account you could not otherwise hold. Rules and content licences differ by country, and what you are permitted to reach stays your call. We will not pretend otherwise.
The quick answer
- On a phone?
- Turn off Wi-Fi and use mobile data. Blocks are usually set on one network, so a different connection often just works.
- On Wi-Fi?
- Switch your DNS to 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8. That defeats DNS-level blocking in about two minutes.
- Still blocked?
- The site is blocked by IP, not by name. You now need a proxy or VPN — something that changes the address you appear to come from.
- Blocked abroad only?
- That is a geo-block, not censorship. A VPN or proxy in the right country fixes it.
Eight ways to unblock a website
They are in the order you should try them, cheapest and fastest first — and each one ends with the honest question: where does this stop working, and what actually solves that? Six of these eight are free and none of them are ours. The two that are, are marked.
Step 1 · about 30 seconds
Try the simple things first
Most people skip this and waste an hour. Three quick checks solve a surprising share of real cases.
- Switch from Wi-Fi to mobile data — school, office and hotel networks block far more than mobile carriers do.
- Try the site with https:// and with www. in front. Sometimes only one version is filtered.
- Try a different browser, and try a private window in case an extension or cookie is the actual problem.
- Restart your router. Some home filters reapply themselves and a reboot clears a stale block.
Where this stops: Switching to mobile data fixes it for that one phone, on that one network. The block on your home or office line is still there the moment you go back, and some devices have no SIM at all.
What solves it: A private address belongs to you rather than to the network you happen to be on, so the fix is not re-done every time you change connection.
Get a private IP from $10Step 2 · about 2 minutes
Change your DNS resolver
A large share of blocks work by refusing to translate the website name into an address. Change who answers that lookup and the site loads again — no app needed.
- Cloudflare: primary 1.1.1.1, secondary 1.0.0.1 — usually the fastest.
- Google: primary 8.8.8.8, secondary 8.8.4.4.
- Quad9: 9.9.9.9 for extra filtering of malicious domains.
- Set it on your phone, your computer, or your router. On Android and iOS you can also use a DNS profile so every app follows.
- Also enable DNS-over-HTTPS in your browser settings if it is available — it encrypts the lookup so the network cannot read or rewrite it.
Where this stops: It defeats blocks that name the site. It does nothing when the block is applied to the address itself or by country — and networks reapply DNS settings, which is why it works on Monday and not Friday.
What solves it: When the block sits on the address, a different address is the only thing that works. That is exactly what we sell.
Get a private IP from $10Step 3 · about 5 minutes
Use a proxy
A proxy routes your browser traffic through a server somewhere else, so the site sees that server instead of you. It is lighter and cheaper than a VPN, and you can point just one browser at it.
- Works with any browser, phone or script that accepts an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy — nothing to install.
- A static IP keeps the same address every session, which matters for anything that cares about consistency.
- A dedicated IP is used only by you, so you are not sharing a reputation with strangers.
- Choose the country you need: a site blocked in your country usually opens from an address inside it.
- You configure it once, in system network settings or the app you are using — not a whole-device tunnel.
Where this stops: Free and shared proxies are the failure mode: heavily flagged, often dead within hours, and readable by whoever operates them. A cheap pool also rotates your address mid-session, which trips logins.
What solves it: This is the method we sell, done properly — one dedicated static address, yours for the full 30-day term, delivered as IP, port, username and password, and replaced at no cost if it stops working.
Get a private IP from $10Step 4 · about 5 minutes
Use a VPN
A VPN sends all of your traffic through another server and encrypts it end to end. That is broader than a proxy — it covers every app, not just the browser.
- Best when you want the whole device covered, including apps that ignore proxy settings.
- Pick a server in a country where the site is not blocked.
- Free VPNs are the ones to be careful with: many log your traffic or sell the bandwidth.
- If a VPN is blocked too, that network is filtering by protocol — a proxy on a normal port often still works.
Where this stops: A VPN is the first thing a restrictive network blocks, because everyone reaches for the same brands and the server ranges are published. Free VPN apps are funded by logging your traffic or reselling your bandwidth.
What solves it: A proxy carried on an ordinary web port does not look like a VPN, and you can point a single browser at it instead of tunnelling the whole device.
Get a private IP from $10Step 5 · about 2 minutes
Reach the content another way
Sometimes you do not need to unblock the site at all — you need the page. These routes work when nothing else does.
- Google Translate: paste the URL into Google Translate and have it open the translated page. It fetches the site for you.
- Web archives: the Wayback Machine and archive.today often hold a recent copy of the page.
- Search caches: a search engine cache can show a text version of a blocked article.
- RSS readers and reader-mode services fetch articles from their own servers and hand you the text.
Where this stops: You get a static copy. You cannot log in, you cannot see live prices or stock, and anything behind an account is simply out of reach.
What solves it: For the live site — a catalogue, a booking, a fare, your own account — you need an address in the right country rather than a snapshot of the page.
Get a private IP from $10Step 6 · about 10 minutes
Try Tor, or accept it is a device block
Tor Browser routes your traffic through several volunteer relays, which makes blocking it much harder than blocking one server. It is slow, but it gets through networks that defeat everything else.
- Use it when a school, employer or country is doing serious filtering.
- Expect slower page loads; it is designed for privacy, not speed.
- If a page needs you to log in to a service that treats Tor as suspicious, expect a challenge.
- If only one device is blocked and your phone on mobile data works, the block is on the network, not on you.
Where this stops: Slow, and the exit address is shared with thousands of strangers, which is exactly why services challenge it. Not something to run a login, a checkout or an order through.
What solves it: A dedicated address keeps the same identity for the whole term, so location checks stop firing and nothing you use looks like a relay.
Get a private IP from $10Step 7 · about 3 minutes
Try the site by its IP address, or hide the link
Two tricks that need no settings and occasionally slip past rigid filters. Both are unreliable by design, so treat them as a long shot rather than a fix.
- Look up the site's numeric address with a public lookup tool and enter that in your browser instead of the domain name, so a filter watching for keywords in the domain does not see one.
- Expect this to fail on most large sites. Almost everything popular sits behind a shared content network, so a bare address returns an error page or the wrong site rather than the one you wanted.
- URL shorteners hide the destination from keyword filters too, but the filter usually follows the redirect and blocks the real address anyway.
- Neither trick hides you. Your address is unchanged, so an IP block or a country restriction is completely unaffected.
Where this stops: It fails on nearly everything popular, because large sites share one address across thousands of domains. It hides nothing either — the address you connect from is unchanged.
What solves it: Changing the address you genuinely connect from is the working version of this idea. Same goal, done properly, and it survives a filter that learns the shortcut.
Get a private IP from $10Step 8 · about 5 minutes
Use something the network has not learned to block yet
Well-known VPN brands and free tools get blocked first, precisely because everyone reaches for them. That is why a DNS change works on Monday and not on Friday — the network has learned the addresses.
- Popular VPN services use published, finite server ranges. Filtering them is cheap, so they are the first thing a restrictive network disables.
- Free proxy lists are worse: the addresses are heavily flagged, often dead within hours, and whoever runs them can read anything you send unencrypted.
- A private address belonging to one buyer is far less useful to a filter than a shared list entry, because blocking it affects exactly one person.
- The practical rule: if a free tool worked yesterday and not today, the network blocked the tool, not the method.
Where this stops: Every shortcut in this category is discovered eventually, which is why the free tool that worked yesterday fails today. The network learned the addresses — the method did not stop working.
What solves it: One private address used by exactly one buyer is the hardest thing to block cheaply, because blocking it affects one person instead of thousands.
Get a private IP from $10Which method works for which block
This is the table to come back to. Find what you are dealing with on the left, and use the method that matches it. Trying a DNS change against an address-level block is the most common reason people give up too early.
| Method | Beats | Main advantage | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNS change | Name-only filtering | Easiest, fastest | No effect on IP or country blocks |
| Proxy | Geo-blocks, most site filters | Cheap, per-app, no install | Browser or app must support HTTP/SOCKS5 |
| VPN | Most blocks, whole device | Covers every app | Can itself be blocked; free ones are risky |
| Tor | Heavy filtering, strict networks | Hardest to block | Slow; some sites resist it |
| Cache or translate | Just need one page | No software at all | Static copy only; cannot log in |
Whichever row you are on, the limitation is the same: the method does not change the address you connect from. A private IP in the country you need is the row that does — $10 for a 30-day term, replaced free if it stops working.
See IP plans from $10Why websites get blocked at all
A court or regulator ordered it. An ISP is required to refuse the site. These blocks usually name the site, so a DNS change beats them — and they are re-applied, so you may need to do it again.
The service only licenses content for certain countries. Streaming catalogues are the clearest example. Nothing is censored; the licence simply does not extend to you. This is the case where a proxy or VPN in the right country is the only real fix.
Your network is filtering. Schools, employers, hotels and public Wi-Fi block by category. A different network or an encrypted DNS lookup usually solves it.
The site itself is refusing your region. Some services decline traffic from certain countries on their own, usually for fraud or sanctions reasons. Proxies and VPNs can change the address, but a service that has decided not to serve a region may still ask for verification or refuse the account.
Regulator blocks and network filters can be beaten for free. Licensing and region refusals cannot, because they are about where you connect from — that is the case a private address in the right country is built for.
Fix the address-side blocksWhat kinds of sites will this open?
Almost every block falls into one of fifteen categories, and knowing which one you are facing tells you whether a proxy will fix it. Pick a category to see what people reach with a private address, and why that category gets restricted in the first place.
Streaming & TV
32 listedCatalogues that are only licensed in certain countries.
Why it gets blocked: Content is licensed country by country, so the catalogue you see is chosen by where your connection ends — not by what exists.
- Netflix
- Hulu
- Disney+
- Prime Video
- Max
- Apple TV+
- Paramount+
- Peacock
- BBC iPlayer
- ITVX
- Channel 4
- Crunchyroll
- Sky Go
- NOW TV
- DAZN
- ESPN+
- NBA League Pass
- NFL Sunday Ticket
- MLB.TV
- YouTube TV
- Sling TV
- FuboTV
- Tubi
- Pluto TV
- Viki
- iQIYI
- WeTV
- ZEE5
- Hotstar
- Shahid
- OSN
- Rakuten TV
Music & audio
14 listedStreaming, podcasts and audiobooks whose libraries differ by region.
Why it gets blocked: The same app offers a different library in every country, because the rights are granted per territory.
- Spotify
- Apple Music
- YouTube Music
- SoundCloud
- Deezer
- Tidal
- Amazon Music
- Pandora
- iHeartRadio
- Audible
- Bandcamp
- Audiomack
- SiriusXM
- Mixcloud
Social media
21 listedKeep one consistent location for your own accounts and pages.
Why it gets blocked: Blocks are applied by network or by country, and some platforms only allow registration from a limited set of places.
- TikTok
- X
- Snapchat
- Threads
- Tumblr
- VK
- Douyin
- Quora
- Mastodon
- Bluesky
- Vimeo
- Flickr
- Badoo
- Meetup
- Nextdoor
Messaging & calls
9 listedApps that restrict calling or registration by country.
Why it gets blocked: Calling and sign-up are often limited by country, and some networks block the app outright.
- Telegram
- Signal
- Discord
- Line
- Viber
- KakaoTalk
- Zalo
Dating
22 listedReach the dating pool of the city you are in, or the one you are moving to.
Why it gets blocked: The pool you see is local by design. A block on dating apps is usually a network policy rather than a country one.
- Tinder
- Bumble
- Hinge
- OkCupid
- Plenty of Fish
- Match
- eHarmony
- Badoo
- Grindr
- HER
- Coffee Meets Bagel
- Zoosk
- Hily
- Boo
- Chispa
- Tantan
- Happn
- Jdate
- Muzz
- Raya
- Lovoo
- Jaumo
Shopping & ecommerce
39 listedSee the price and the stock a local shopper sees, and order from stores that will not ship to you.
Why it gets blocked: Prices, stock and shipping eligibility are set per country, so the version of the store you see is not the one everyone else sees.
- Amazon
- eBay
- Walmart
- Target
- Best Buy
- Etsy
- AliExpress
- Alibaba
- Temu
- Shein
- ASOS
- Zalando
- Zara
- H&M
- Nike
- Adidas
- Foot Locker
- StockX
- GOAT
- Farfetch
- Nordstrom
- Macy's
- Costco
- Home Depot
- Lowe's
- IKEA
- Wayfair
- Rakuten
- Lazada
- Shopee
- Mercado Libre
- Flipkart
- Noon
- Jumia
- Konga
- Wish
- Depop
- Vinted
- Poshmark
Travel & tickets
22 listedFares and availability change with the country you search from.
Why it gets blocked: Airlines and booking sites quote by point of sale, so the fare you are shown depends on where you appear to be.
- Booking.com
- Airbnb
- Expedia
- Skyscanner
- Kayak
- Trip.com
- Agoda
- Hotels.com
- Trivago
- Momondo
- Ryanair
- easyJet
- Delta
- American Airlines
- Emirates
- Qatar Airways
- Ticketmaster
- StubHub
- Viagogo
- SeatGeek
- Live Nation
- Trainline
Gaming
23 listedStores, servers and game catalogues that are region-locked.
Why it gets blocked: Storefronts, servers and in-game catalogues are region-locked, and some networks block game traffic by category.
- Steam
- Epic Games
- PlayStation Store
- Xbox
- Nintendo eShop
- Roblox
- Fortnite
- Call of Duty
- Genshin Impact
- PUBG
- League of Legends
- Valorant
- World of Warcraft
- RuneScape
- EA Play
- Ubisoft Connect
- GOG
- Mobile Legends
- Free Fire
- Clash of Clans
- Minecraft
- Among Us
- Twitch
AI tools
18 listedMost AI services are only offered in a limited set of countries.
Why it gets blocked: AI tools usually launch in a short list of countries, or decline traffic from outside them on their own.
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Google Gemini
- Microsoft Copilot
- Perplexity
- Grok
- Midjourney
- DALL·E
- Stability AI
- Runway
- ElevenLabs
- Suno
- Udio
- Jasper
- Copy.ai
- DeepSeek
- Mistral
- Adobe Firefly
News & media
19 listedPaywalls, licensing and outright blocks are all country-specific.
Why it gets blocked: Three different things at once: regulator blocks, licensing that stops at the border, and paywalls tied to your billing country.
- BBC
- CNN
- The New York Times
- The Guardian
- The Washington Post
- Reuters
- Bloomberg
- Financial Times
- The Economist
- Al Jazeera
- Sky News
- ESPN
- Le Monde
- Der Spiegel
- El País
- Nikkei
- The Times
- Daily Mail
- Forbes
Education
16 listedCourses and libraries that are restricted by region or institution.
Why it gets blocked: Enrolment, exams and library access are limited by region or by the institution you are enrolled at.
- Coursera
- Udemy
- edX
- Khan Academy
- Duolingo
- Skillshare
- LinkedIn Learning
- Pluralsight
- MasterClass
- Brilliant
- Codecademy
- freeCodeCamp
- FutureLearn
- Open University
- Udacity
- DataCamp
Search & research
16 listedCheck what really ranks and what people really search, in the market you are targeting.
Why it gets blocked: Results, rankings and ad placements are all local. You cannot see another market’s search results from outside it.
- Bing
- Yahoo
- DuckDuckGo
- Ahrefs
- SEMrush
- Moz
- SimilarWeb
- Google Trends
- Statista
- Majestic
- SpyFu
- Yandex
- Baidu
- Google Search Console
- Google Ads
Cloud & developer
15 listedRegistries, consoles and documentation that restrict by region.
Why it gets blocked: Some registries, consoles and documentation are restricted by region, or refuse known datacenter ranges.
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Stack Overflow
- npm
- Docker Hub
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- Azure
- DigitalOcean
- Vercel
- Netlify
- Cloudflare
- Postman
- Hugging Face
Browsers & devices
17 listedSet it once and every app on the device follows.
Why it gets blocked: Not blocked as such — this is where you set the address, so every browser and app on the device uses it.
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Edge
- Safari
- Brave
- Opera
- Vivaldi
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- iOS
- Android
- Android TV
- Apple TV
- Roku
- Fire TV
- Chromecast
Scripts & automation
14 listedStandard HTTP and SOCKS5, so it drops into whatever you already build with.
Why it gets blocked: Scheduled work and scripted collection often need a stable address that the login does not expire on mid-run.
- Python
- Node.js
- PHP
- Go
- Java
- cURL
- Playwright
- Selenium
- Puppeteer
- Scrapy
- Requests
- Requests-HTML
- Postman
- Insomnia
Read the list the right way. A service is listed because our addresses work with it technically. That is not a claim of partnership, endorsement or affiliation, and it is not a claim that the service permits proxy use — every platform sets its own rules about that, and about who may hold an account. Payment providers, banks and exchanges are left out on purpose: those turn on eligibility and residency, and a different address changes neither. All names belong to their owners.
Open the full directory and search by nameWhat the free route really costs
Free tools work often enough to be worth trying, which is exactly why people keep going back to them. The price is not the cost — the cost is what stops working, and who else can see the traffic while it does.
- Free proxy lists. The addresses are already flagged, often dead within hours, and shared with strangers. Whoever runs the list can read anything you send unencrypted.
- Free VPN apps. Many are funded by reselling your bandwidth or your data. You are the product, and connection quality follows from that.
- Browser proxy extensions. The extension author sees every page you load through it, including logins and payment pages.
- A DNS change on its own. Defeats name-level blocks only. It does nothing against a block applied to the address itself — and networks re-apply it.
- Public, school or hotel Wi-Fi. Filters far more than a mobile connection does. Nothing you install changes what that network decides to allow.
None of that makes a paid IP anonymous, and we will not tell you it does. What you are buying is an address that is private, stable and known to be yours — which is the part that keeps working after the free option stops.
Before you use any of this
- Rules differ by country. Circumventing a block is ordinary in some places and restricted or illegal in others — check what applies to you.
- Content licences are territorial. Watching a catalogue that is licensed elsewhere can breach the terms you agreed to.
- Unblocking a site does not make you eligible for an account. Banks, payment providers and other regulated services apply their own identity and residency rules, and a different IP address does not change those.
- Free proxy lists are not safe for anything sensitive. Public proxies are frequently operated by unknown parties and can read or alter unencrypted traffic.
The permanent fix: your own IP address
DNS changes get undone and free tools get blocked. A private static IP address is yours for a full 30 days, keeps the same location every session, works in any browser or app that accepts an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy, and needs no software installed. Plans start at $10 for a single IP, and ten cost $60.
The 30 days term
Yours for 30 days. If it stops working, we replace it.
A proxy is only worth what happens after you pay. So here is the term in plain words, and exactly what the replacement guarantee covers — and what it does not, because a guarantee with no limit written next to it is not a guarantee.
30 days, from delivery
Every plan is a 30-day term counted from the moment your IP is delivered, not from when you ordered. Your address does not change during it, so logins and sessions do not trip on a moving location.
Replaced if it stops working
If an address stops connecting inside the term, we replace it at no cost. The terms are written into your order confirmation rather than left as a verbal promise, so it survives the person who took your order.
Measured before it is sold
Availability, response time, HTTPS tunnelling and the real exit country are all checked before an IP is listed. A failing address is withdrawn, not discounted — which is why a replacement is rare rather than routine.
What the guarantee covers
- An address that will not connect, or stops connecting part way through the term.
- An address that does not tunnel HTTPS as checked, when it did at delivery.
- An address whose real exit country is not the one it was sold as.
What it does not cover
- A platform deciding not to accept your account. That is the platform’s rule, and a different address does not change it.
- A site refusing a whole region, or a service that requires identity checks you cannot pass.
- Damage from sharing your credentials, or from using the address somewhere it is not permitted.
When a fixed address is the right answer
Unblocking one page is a one-off. These are the jobs where the address itself is the thing being used, and a disappearing one costs you real work.
Prices that differ by country
Travel fares, streaming catalogues and regional storefronts are priced for the country you connect from. Checking from an address in that country shows you the real figure rather than the one being quoted to you.
Seeing your own site the way another market does
Rankings, ad placements and storefront listings change by location. A fixed address in the country you care about lets you check what a customer there actually sees, repeatably.
Catalogue and licence differences
When a service licenses content per country, an address inside the licensed country is the only thing that changes the result. A DNS change cannot fix a licence.
Long sessions that must not move
Anything that holds a session open — a dashboard, a portal, a monitoring job — behaves better on one address for the full 30 days than on a pool that rotates mid-session.
Work you are permitted to run
Scheduled collection, availability checks and uptime monitoring need a stable address and a predictable response. Static IPs give you both, and the login does not expire mid-run.
A network that will not let a site through
When the block sits on the network you are on rather than on the site, routing through an address outside it is the direct route past.
What a different address does not do is change your eligibility. Banks, payment providers, marketplaces and other regulated services apply their own identity, residency and account rules, and changing the address you connect from does not alter any of them.
Every job above needs one thing the free methods cannot give you: an address that stays the same. One IP is $10 for a 30-day term, ten are $60, and any address that stops working is replaced at no cost.
Get a fixed addressWhat you actually get
No portal to learn and no app to install. An order arrives as the four things every browser, phone, server and script already understands.
- Delivered as
- IP address, port, username and password
- Protocols
- HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5
- Assignment
- Static and dedicated — one buyer per address
- Term
- 30 days from delivery — the address does not change during it
- Coverage
- 18 countries, with live stock counts per country
- Works on
- Any browser, phone, tablet, server or script
- If it fails
- Replaced free inside the 30-day term, written into your order
Static Pro
High-speed IPs, from 1 to 100.
- 1 IP$10
- 5 IPs$40
- 10 IPs$60
- 25 IPs$125
- 50 IPs$225
- 100 IPs$400
Residential Static
The highest-trust IPs we hold.
- 1 IP$20
- 5 IPs$90
- 10 IPs$160
- 20 IPs$300
Prices are the same ones the checkout charges — there is one catalogue behind both. Static Pro addresses are ISP-registered — issued in the name of a consumer or business internet provider — and held on our high-speed infrastructure rather than a home connection. They are statically assigned, not rotating. They are fast and stable, but they are not invisible: most IP-intelligence services classify them as commercial rather than home connections. For streaming catalogues, price comparison, travel fares, SEO checks and general geo-access they do exactly what you need.
Every IP is checked before it reaches you
A proxy list is only worth what someone verified about it. These are the checks we run, and each one is something you could measure yourself after delivery.
- 1
Is it actually reachable
We connect to the endpoint and confirm it accepts traffic before it is listed. An address that fails is withdrawn, not discounted.
- 2
How fast does it respond
Round-trip time is recorded so a slow address is not sold as a fast one.
- 3
Does it tunnel HTTPS
We confirm encrypted traffic passes through intact, because a proxy that breaks HTTPS breaks half the web.
- 4
Where does it really exit
The country and network are read from the connection itself, not from a label in a reseller list.
- 5
What kind of address is it
Every address is classified as datacenter or ISP-registered, so you know which tier you are buying rather than assuming.
- 6
Does it leak who you are
A privacy check records whether the address presents as elite, anonymous or transparent. We tell you which, rather than promising invisibility.
What we do not check, and will not claim, is whether a third-party platform will accept you. That decision belongs to them, it turns on their own rules, and no address changes it. Anyone selling you an address on the promise of a platform approval is selling you something they cannot deliver.
See live stock and plansGuides for your exact situation
The method is the same; the settings are not. These go deeper on the cases people most often get stuck on, with the specific menu paths for each device and network.
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The settings differ by device, but the durable answer is the same on all of them. If you would rather skip to the end of the list: a private IP is $10 for 30 days, replaced free if it fails, and there is nothing to install.
Start with the method that lastsThings that do not work, and why people think they do
A lot of advice on this is confidently wrong. If you are stuck, knowing what to stop trying is worth as much as knowing what to try.
- Private or incognito mode. It stops your own browser saving history and cookies. It does not change your address, and the network still sees every request.
- Deleting cookies or clearing your cache. It occasionally clears a stale state that kept one page failing, which is why it looks like it worked. It defeats no block.
- Changing your browser user agent. Claiming to be a different browser does nothing about the address you connect from.
- Free proxy extensions. Some work, briefly. You are also routing every page you load through the extension author, including logins and payments.
- URL shorteners. They hide the destination in the link you click, but the filter follows the redirect and blocks the final address.
- Looking up the site's IP address. Only works when a site has its own address. Most large sites share one across thousands of domains, so you get an error or the wrong page.
Everything above fails for the same reason: none of it changes the address you connect from. That is the one thing a private IP does — and the only one of these that still works after a filter learns about it.
Skip to what worksCommon questions
- How do I unblock a website on my phone?
- Turn off Wi-Fi and load the site on mobile data first — that alone fixes it whenever the block is on the Wi-Fi network. If it is still blocked, set a private DNS server such as 1.1.1.1 in your phone settings. If the site is blocked by address rather than by name, use a proxy or VPN whose server sits in a country where the site works.
- Can I unblock a website without a VPN?
- Yes. Changing your DNS resolver defeats name-based blocking, and a proxy routes your traffic through another server without installing a VPN. Reaching a cached or translated copy of the page also works when you only need to read something rather than log in.
- What is the difference between a proxy and a VPN?
- A proxy redirects traffic for the app you point at it, usually a browser, and changes the address the website sees. A VPN encrypts and redirects all traffic from the whole device. Proxies are lighter and cheaper; VPNs cover more.
- Why is a website blocked in my country?
- Usually one of four reasons: a government or regulator order, licensing that only permits a service in certain countries, a network operator filtering content, or a school or employer policy. The right fix depends on which one it is, which is why a DNS change sometimes works and sometimes does nothing.
- Is it legal to unblock a website?
- It depends where you are and what you are accessing. In many countries it is legal, and in some it is restricted or prohibited. Copyright and licensing rules still apply to the content itself, because a licence granted for one country is not granted for another. Check the rules that apply to you before you rely on any of these methods.
- What should I do if the site still will not load?
- Work through it in order. If DNS did not help, the block is not name-based — move to a proxy or VPN. If a VPN is blocked, the network is filtering by protocol, so try a proxy on a standard port. If only one device is affected, the block is on that network, so switch networks.
- How long does a proxy IP last, and what if it stops working?
- Every plan is a 30-day term counted from the moment the IP is delivered, and the address stays the same for the whole term. If it stops working inside those 30 days we replace it at no cost. The term and the replacement terms are both written into your order confirmation, so they are an agreement rather than a verbal promise.
Written for people who want the site to load, not a lecture. If a step did not work, the block is one layer down from where you were looking — move to the next step rather than repeating the same one.
