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How to Configure

AdGuard Private Service Configuration Guide

After the paid service expires,

  • The service will immediately become invalid, and accessing the backend management address will redirect to the service status inquiry page.
  • Personalized settings will be retained for 7 days; if not renewed within 7 days, all data of the service will be completely deleted.
  • After the service is completely deleted, the custom domain name will no longer be able to access the service. Please remember to modify your encrypted DNS settings, otherwise you will not be able to access the internet.

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1 - Android

Configuration Steps

Specific setup steps for different brand phones:

Xiaomi/Redmi Phones

  1. Open Settings
  2. Select Connection & Sharing
  3. Click Private DNS
  4. Choose Private DNS service provider hostname
  5. Enter: {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}.adguardprivate.com

Samsung Phones

  1. Open Settings
  2. Select Connections
  3. Click More connection settings
  4. Choose Private DNS
  5. Enter: {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}.adguardprivate.com

Note: Please replace {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx} with your dedicated DNS server address

Verify Configuration

After configuration:

  1. The system will automatically verify the DNS connection status
  2. Displaying “Connected” indicates successful configuration

Troubleshooting

If the configuration fails, check:

  1. Whether the DNS server address is correct
  2. Whether the network connection is normal
  3. Whether the account is active

2 - iPhone

iOS 14 and later versions support native DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT) encrypted DNS. You can enable it using the following steps:

  1. Open the built-in browser Safari, navigate to the private service backend, Setup Guide -> DNS Privacy
  2. Download the configuration file
  3. Open the phone Settings
  4. Tap General
  5. Tap VPN & Device Management
  6. Select your dedicated configuration to install

Configuration Demonstration

3 - Windows

Windows 11

Windows 11 21H2 and later versions support native DNS over HTTPS (DoH). You can enable it using the following steps:

  1. Open Settings
  2. Open Network & Internet
  3. Open Ethernet
  4. Find DNS server assignment, click Edit
    1. Select Manual
    2. Enter 120.26.96.167 in the Preferred DNS server IPv4 field, and 2408:4005:3de:8500:4da1:169e:dc47:1707 for the IPv6 address
    3. For DNS over HTTPS (DoH), select: On (Manual template)
    4. Enter https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.adguardprivate.com/dns-query in the DoH template field, where {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx} is your encrypted DNS service username.
    5. Do not check Use unencrypted requests on failure
    6. For the Alternate DNS server, you can optionally enter 223.5.5.5 (Alibaba Cloud Public DNS service), with DNS over HTTPS off, and check Use unencrypted requests on failure.

Windows 10 and Earlier Versions

Windows 10 and earlier versions do not support native encrypted DNS, but if you are using newer browsers like Chrome/Edge or various browsers based on the Chromium engine (such as 360/QQ and other domestic browsers), you can set up DoH encrypted DNS in the browser. Here’s how to set it up in Chrome:

  1. Open Chrome browser Settings
  2. Open Privacy, search, and services
  3. Scroll to Security
  4. Enable Use secure DNS to specify how to look up the network address of websites
  5. Enter https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.adguardprivate.com/dns-query in the Choose service provider field, where {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx} is your encrypted DNS service username.

For other browsers, please refer to their respective settings, which are generally found under Settings - Privacy - Security.

4 - macOS

macOS Big Sur and later versions support native DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and DNS over TLS (DoT) encrypted DNS. You can enable it using the following steps:

  1. Open the built-in browser Safari, navigate to the private services backend, Settings Guide -> DNS Privacy
  2. Download the configuration file
  3. Open System Settings
  4. Open Privacy & Security
  5. Select Profiles
  6. Select your dedicated configuration to install

5 - Browser

Browser versions of Chromium 79+ support DoH. Here are the settings methods for Chromium-based browsers (Chrome/Edge/360/QQ, etc.):

  1. Open Chrome browser Settings
  2. Open Privacy, search, and services
  3. Scroll to Security
  4. Enable Use secure DNS to specify how to look up the network address of a website
  5. In Choose service provider, enter https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.adguardprivate.com/dns-query, where {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx} is your username for the private encrypted DNS service.