Guides

An exit relay's IP address appears to websites as the source of users' traffic, so abuse reports and service blocks may reach its operator.

Tor is a network that routes a connection through several volunteer relays so a destination website sees a Tor exit relay rather than your home IP address.

Tor is the underlying network and software for routing traffic through relays.

On desktop Tor Browser, New Circuit for This Site reloads that site through a different circuit and may help with a broken or blocked exit path.

A relay is a server that carries Tor traffic.

An onion service is a website or other service reached through a `.onion` address inside the Tor network.

An exit relay is the last relay in a Tor circuit when you visit an ordinary internet site.

A bridge is a Tor entry relay that is not listed in the ordinary public relay directory.

Malware with access to your device can read what you type or see before Tor encrypts it, and may use its own network connection.

Standard keeps normal website features enabled.

Tor helps separate your network address from the sites you visit and limits some forms of tracking and censorship.

A normal website sees the Tor exit relay's IP address rather than your home IP address.

These are Tor circumvention transports that make connecting to the network possible under different kinds of blocking.

The Tor Project does not provide an official Tor Browser for iOS.

Most people do not need a VPN to use Tor Browser.

Generally no.

JavaScript is enabled in the Standard security level because many sites require it.

No.

Downloading is possible, but the file itself may be dangerous or identify you when opened in another application.

It tries to make many users look alike by limiting or standardizing characteristics such as screen size, reported browser details, fonts, and site data.