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Subject: Re: Mozilla VPN
Date: Fri, 01 May 2026 15:32:41 +0100
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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> writes:

> I know not everyone can access the built-in free VPN yet, and I'm
> grateful it's there.
>
> The VPN icon in the toolbar takes a bit too much space for my liking,
> but if I customise the toolbar to remove it, I can't see any other
> method to activate it via the menu bar or a keyboard shortcut, am I
> missing something?
>
> Maybe there could be a button added into about:networking or something?

You could check what this is set to in about:config :

browser.ipProtection.enabled true

If it is set to false you may have turned it off. Toggling it on and off
made the button appear and disappear for me.