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Topics

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  • Censorship circumvention

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  • General

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Topics

  • Getting started

  • Censorship circumvention

  • Features

  • Encountering issues

  • General

  • Security

Tor Browser

Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. The Tor Browser user manual guides you through getting started, configuring censorship circumvention, exploring key features like fingerprinting protections and onion services, and troubleshooting common issues.

Getting started

  • About Tor Browser
  • Downloading
  • Installing
  • First launch
  • Updating
  • Making Tor Browser portable
  • Uninstalling
  • Language support
  • Verify Tor Browser's signature

Censorship circumvention

  • Unblocking Tor
  • Using bridges
  • Getting bridges
  • Connecting to Tor from censored regions

Features

  • Fingerprinting protections
  • Managing identities
  • Secure connections
  • Security levels
  • Plugins
  • Onion services
  • Default search engine

Encountering issues

  • Troubleshooting
  • Known issues
  • Antivirus blocking Tor Browser
  • Gmail account warning
  • Editing the torrc file
  • Website account lockouts
  • CAPTCHAs and warning messages
  • Reading Tor log errors
  • Problem reaching an onion site
  • "Proxy server is refusing connection" error

General

  • Cost to use Tor Browser
  • Manage bookmarks in Tor Browser
  • Tor Browser and Incognito mode
  • Website blocking access over Tor
  • Tor Browser speed
  • Google shows foreign languages
  • Tor Browser with VPN

Security

  • Using Tor with other browsers
  • Tor Browser best practices
  • Understanding guard relays
  • Tracker warnings in Tor Browser for Android
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