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If you plan on using the Opera VPN often, you would probably want to set the default web browser on the Mac to use Opera, so that links opened elsewhere will open into the Opera VPN rather than the standard browser.

That makes it behave kind of like using the TOR browser, though it’s obviously less anonymous and randomized than TOR would be. Thus, in order to maintain the VPN IP and whatever privacy, security, or anonymity it may provide, you must stay within the Opera browser itself, as the VPN is limited to Opera only. Keep in mind this is not a system-wide VPN service. The same menu also allows you to easily check your data usage of the VPN service. Now that the Opera VPN has been enabled, you can toggle the VPN off by clicking on the VPN button and flipping the switch to the OFF position, and back on again by returning to the same menu and flipping it back to the ON position. Given that many VPN services are $10 per month or more, it’s really quite great. This is obviously an extremely simple VPN solution, built directly into a browser that is as simple to enable, setup, and use as this, and completely for free.

Browse the web with Opera as usual, except with a different IP or region!.

Open a new browser tab or window in Opera and click on the “VPN” blue button that is in the URL link bar, pull down the ‘Virtual Location’ menu to choose the IP region to mimic (currently Canada, Germany, United States).

Select “Privacy & Security” from the preference options, then scroll down to the “VPN” section and toggle the box next to “Enable VPN”.

Pull down the “Opera” menu and choose “Preferences”.

Install Opera Developer version as usual, once completed launch the Opera app.

Get Opera Developer version here from (it’s an installer, if you’d rather have a simple DMG you can get the offline installer for Mac here.

How to Enable VPN in Opera and Use the Free VPN ServiceĪt the moment the VPN service is limited to the developer versions of the browser, but it will roll out to the other releases soon.

Opera works in Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, and presumably the free VPN feature will arrive on the iPhone, iPad, and Android versions shortly as well. For example, you could use the Opera VPN to give you a USA based IP address, allowing access to US restricted video content on Netflix, Amazon, HBO, PBS, even if you’re somewhere else on the globe. Once it has been enabled, you can choose a region to assign a virtual location to and use an IP from that region.

Using the VPN offered in Opera is quite easy, and we’ll show you exactly how to set it up and use the free service.