Tunnelz

Help

Fix it in a few clicks.

Watch, then do the same in your Tunnelz panel.

Won't connect?

Stuck on “Reconnecting…”?

  1. Another VPN is onTurn off WARP, or quit the other VPN
  2. The Wi-Fi needs a sign-inHotels, airports, cafés
  3. This network blocks a protocolSwitch to the Fastest Protocol
  4. Your server was blockedReplace Server: about 2 minutes
  5. Still stuck?Copy Diagnostics and email us

Before you go

Set it up before you fly

  1. Download Tunnelz, start your trial
  2. Build your serverAbout 2 minutes
  3. Add your iPhone

In China, Vultr and the checkout are hard to reach without a VPN.

Vultr

Vultr refused my key

  1. Open Vultr › Account › APIGet API Key opens it
  2. Turn on Any IPv4 and Any IPv6
  3. Paste your key in Tunnelz again

iPhone

Add your iPhone

  1. Mac: gear › Add iPhone…
  2. iPhone: Use my Mac's server
  3. Point the camera at the code
iPhone app: coming soon

Hotel and airport Wi-Fi

The Wi-Fi login page won't show

  1. Click Sign In to Wi-FiTunnelz shows it when the Wi-Fi wants a sign-in
  2. Sign in on the page that opens
  3. Tunnelz switches back on by itself

No card? Switch Tunnelz off, sign in, switch it on.

Other VPNs

Another VPN is in the way

  1. Cloudflare WARP? Click Turn Off WARP
  2. Any other VPN? Quit itTunnelz names it; quit it from its icon in the menu bar
  3. Your workplace's VPN?Ask whoever manages it

Only one VPN can carry your traffic at a time.

Speed

Slow on this network

  1. Click the gear
  2. Switch to the Fastest Protocol

Helps most on phone hotspots and public Wi-Fi.

Blocked server

My server stopped working

  1. Click the gear
  2. Replace Server…
  3. Wait about 2 minutesNew address; the old server is deleted

Your iPhone gets the new code from the Mac.

Diagnostics

Send us diagnostics

  1. Click the gear
  2. Choose Copy Diagnostics
  3. Paste it in an email to hello@tunnelz.app

Never the sites you visit, keys or passwords.

Uninstall

Uninstall Tunnelz

1 First

Delete your server

Vultr bills until it's gone: Vultr › your server › Destroy

2

Sign out of this Mac

Gear › Sign Out of This Mac… frees its place on your plan

3

Remove the helper

Gear › Remove Network Helper…, then your password

4

Quit, then Trash it

Gear › Quit Tunnelz, then drag it to the Trash

Remove everything
  • ~/Library/Application Support/Tunnelz (Finder › Go › Go to Folder…)
  • ~/Library/Preferences/app.tunnelz.Tunnelz.plist
  • In Keychain Access: app.tunnelz.Tunnelz.vultr and app.tunnelz.Tunnelz.device
  • A Vultr API key made just for Tunnelz: Vultr › Account › API
  • Your plan: gear › Manage Plan…. Deleted the app already? Gear › Devices… on another Mac, or ask us
Still stuck?

Write to us. We answer within a day.

hello@tunnelz.app