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Enable Split Tunneling in your Norton VPN product to manage your traffic

The Split Tunneling feature in your VPN product lets you exclude some of your apps from the VPN channel while other apps access the Internet directly.

The Split Tunneling feature is only available for Windows and Android users.

Depending on your device, choose one of the following to access Split Tunneling.

Windows

To know the version number of your Norton product, open your Norton product and navigate to Settings or go to Help > About.

Depending on your product, choose one of the following:

Norton Secure VPN (version 6.x and below)

  1. Open Norton Secure VPN app on your desktop.

  2. Click the Settings icon at the top of the Norton Secure VPN app and click Split Tunneling.

  3. In the Split Tunneling page, move the slider to enable Exclude apps from your Secure VPN traffic.

  4. Click Add an Application.

    In the Add Another Application window, select the application that you want to exclude from the VPN traffic and click Open.

Norton Secure VPN (version 24.x and above)

  1. Open Norton Secure VPN app on your desktop.

  2. In the Overview section, click the VPN Preferences tab.

  3. In the VPN Preferences tab, move the slider to enable VPN split Tunneling.

  4. To exclude apps from VPN traffic, click Manage Apps under Split Tunneling.

    In the window that appears, click Add Application, select the application that you want to exclude from the VPN traffic and click Open.

  5. Click Save.

Norton 360 (version 22.x and below)

  1. Open your Norton 360 app.

    In the My Norton window, click the drop-down arrow next to Secure VPN, and click Settings.

  2. In the Settings window, next to Split Tunnel, click the > icon.

  3. In the Split Tunnel window, move the slider to enable the feature.

    In the App Excluded section, click Add and select the application that you want to exclude from the Secure VPN traffic.

  4. In the alert message that you receive, click OK.

    The newly selected apps will be excluded from your VPN traffic when you turn on VPN next time.

Norton 360 (version 24.x and above)

  1. Open Norton 360 on your desktop.

  2. On the Norton dashboard, click Privacy on the left side of the window.

  3. On the Privacy window, under Secure VPN, click Open.

  4. On the Secure VPN window, click the Settings tab.

  5. On the Settings tab, move the slider to Enable VPN Split Tunneling.

  6. To exclude apps from VPN traffic, click Manage Apps under Split Tunneling.

    In the window that appears, click Add Application, select the application that you want to exclude from the VPN traffic and click Open.

Norton VPN (version 24.x and above)

  1. Open Norton VPN on your desktop.

  2. On the Norton dashboard, click Settings on the left side of the window.

  3. On the Settings window, under VPN Preferences, move the slider to Enable VPN split tunneling.

  4. To exclude apps from using VPN, click Manage Apps.

  5. In the window that appears, click Add Application and follow the on-screen instructions to exclude an app.

    To remove an app from the exclusion list, in the Exclude specific apps from VPN screen, click Remove next to the app that needs to be removed from the list.

Android

To know the version number of your Norton product, open the Norton app and tap the Menu icon > Settings > About.

Depending on your product, choose one of the following:

Norton Secure VPN (version 3.x and below)

  1. Launch Norton Secure VPN.

  2. Tap the Menu icon on the top-left corner of the screen and click Settings.

  3. In the Settings screen, move the slider to enable Split Tunneling.

  4. To exclude an app, tap Exclude Apps under Split Tunneling.

    In the Exclude Apps screen, tap the app that you want to exclude from VPN traffic.

Turn off and turn on Norton Secure VPN to apply the changes made for Split Tunneling.

Norton VPN (version 4.x and above)

  1. Launch Norton VPN.

  2. Tap the Settings icon on the top-right corner of the screen and tap VPN Preferences.

  3. In the VPN Preferences screen, tap Split Tunneling.

  4. In the Split Tunneling screen, move the slider to enable the feature.

  5. To exclude an app under Split Tunneling, under Exclude specific apps from using VPN, tap the checkbox next to the app that you want to exclude.

    Turn off and turn on VPN to apply the changes made for Split Tunneling.

Norton 360 (version 5.x and above)

  1. Launch Norton 360 app.

  2. Tap the Menu icon on the top-right corner of the screen and tap Settings.

  3. In the Settings screen, tap Privacy.

  4. In the Privacy screen, tap Split Tunneling and move the slider to enable it.

  5. To exclude an app under Split Tunneling, under Exclude specific apps from using VPN, tap the checkbox next to the app that you want to exclude.

  6. Turn off and turn on Norton Secure VPN to apply the changes made for Split Tunneling.

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DOCID: v137513095
Operating System: Android;Windows
Last modified: 07/08/2024