How to Make sense of CyberGhost

Get started

CyberGhost asks to add a VPN configuration to your device. Once done, choose whether to allow the app to show you notifications. At the page with five dots under it, swipe left till you see “Surf Anonymously” and then tap Options.

Block tracking

Tracking by sites is blocked by default. If a site doesn’t like this, access to it will be entirely blocked. Virus-Protection is also normally on; if CyberGhost detect known and potential malware on a site, it’ll block access to that site.

Start surfing

When the settings are as you want them, tap Start Surfing. The app takes a moment to connect to its VPN, then a VPN badge appears in the top bar. Switch to Safari or whatever app you need to use privately and use it as normal.

Basic Security

The first item sets the country you’d like to appear to be in, which will be set to Automatic by default. The three items below (encryption, masking your IP address, and no logging) are always-on features of using CyberGhost’s VPN.

Compress website content to save data

The final setting is normally off. If you enable it, images are reduced in quality before they’re sent to your device, helping pages load faster by reducing how much data is received. On a mobile data plan, this can save you money.

Access video services

Switch back to CyberGhost and tell it to stop surfing anonymously. Swipe right to “Secured Streaming,” tap Choose Website, a service, then a country. It’s accessed through a server there and relayed over an encrypted connection that hides your location.