My evaluations considered ease of use, features, and other criteria important to the overall experience. I evaluated our top 10 VPNs, as well as an additional five VPNs that previously made our ratings. In the menu on the left, select Account > OpenVPN / IKEv2 usernameįrom here you can copy your OpenVPN / IKEv2 username and password.VPN Expert: Jeff Kinney, Senior Editor, 360 Reviews Log in to the web-based dashboard at using your account credentials (the ones you set during account creation).Ģ. Finding your OpenVPN / IKEv2 credentialsġ. If you have trouble logging in with third-party OpenVPN applications, click here to solve the problem. Note: The new official Linux and macOS clients use your regular Proton credentials.įor detailed guides on how to connect to Proton VPN in these ways, check out our step-by-step installation guides for macOS and Linux (note: where possible we recommend using the official Proton VPN clients for Linux or macOS instead). They are used together with third-party VPN clients, such as Tunnelblick on macOS, or the older community OpenVPN package on Linux.

Your OpenVPN/IKEv2 credentials are automatically generated.

To log in using your Proton credentials, go to or visit and click Login in the top right hand corner. Note: For existing Proton Mail customers, your Proton credentials are your regular Proton Mail username and password.

When you log in to our native Proton VPN apps.

For Proton VPN, you use your Proton credentials for:

They are used to log in to all Proton services (such as Proton VPN and Proton Mail). Your Proton credentials are the username and password you choose during signup. This article explains the difference between Proton credentials and OpenVPN / IKEv2 credentials, what they are used for, and where you can find them. You can access Proton VPN using two sets of credentials, your Proton VPN login credentials, and OpenVPN / IKEv2 credentials.

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