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Split tunneling allows you to direct internet traffic through the secure OVPN connection while letting other traffic use the regular internet connection for improved functionality and flexibility. 

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Split tunneling is currently available on x64 versions of Windows 10/11, on version 2.5.0 and later of the desktop client.

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How to use split tunneling on Windows

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Open the desktop client and click the settings icon and the split tunneling icon.

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Toggle Enable Split Tunneling and then clickAdd application.

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This will open up a list of processes currently running on the device. You can also enable the toggle Show all processes to show hidden processes.

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To find a specific application, you can type its name in the Filter processes search box. To exclude it from the VPN tunnel, check the box next to it and then click Add.

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That's it! Simply reconnect to OVPN to exclude the selected applications.

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To stop a process from being excluded from the VPN connection. Click the red minus sign next to it, and reconnect to OVPN.

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