iPhone VPN without installing an app

On iOS 26, your iPhone connects with a configuration profile instead of the NodeNow app. Four steps from sign-up to connection check.

4 steps

How to connect without an app

First check your iOS version in Settings → General → About. On iOS 26, follow these steps.

After you sign up and verify your email, you can start the 2-day free trial.

Settings → Profile Downloaded → Install. Install within 8 minutes of downloading.

Open an overseas site and check that the IP region matches the server you chose.

Other cases

If you are not on iOS 26, use the Hiddify guide.

macOS 26 connects with a configuration file, no app needed (experimental).

Windows and Android connect with the NodeNow app.

FAQ

On iOS 26 you connect with a configuration file instead of the NodeNow app. Follow the four steps from sign-up to connection check.

If you are not on iOS 26, use the Hiddify guide.

Open it again in Safari on this device. Get the file within 30 minutes of the request; getting it again does not extend the deadline.

Open an overseas site in your browser and check that the IP region matches the server you chose. Do not rely on the VPN icon alone.