How to protect your web browsing with iCloud Private Relay on iPhone

When you subscribe to iCloud+, you can use iCloud Private Relay to help prevent websites and network providers from creating a detailed profile about you. When it’s on, the traffic leaving your iPhone is encrypted and sent through two separate internet relays.

That keeps websites from seeing your IP address and exact location, and keeps network providers from collecting your browsing activity in Safari. You can turn it on or off for a specific Wi-Fi or cellular network, too, and set the specificity of your IP address location.

Note: iCloud Private Relay isn’t available in all countries or regions.

Turn iCloud Private Relay on

Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Private Relay, then tap Private Relay.

Note: You need to turn on iCloud Private Relay on each device where you want to use it.

Turn iCloud Private Relay off

1. Open Settings, tap [your name], tap iCloud, tap Private Relay, and tap Private Relay.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Turn off iCloud Private Relay temporarily: Tap Turn Off Until Tomorrow.

     Within 24 hours, iCloud Private Relay will turn back on automatically. If you want it to resume sooner, follow the instructions for turning it on at any time.

   • Turn off iCloud Private Relay completely: Tap Turn Off Private Relay.

Turn iCloud Private Relay on or off for a Wi-Fi network

1. Open Settings and then tap Wi-Fi.
2. Tap the Actions Available button. Turn Limit IP Address Tracking on or off.

Turning off Limit IP Address Tracking on your iPhone for a Wi-Fi network turns off iCloud Private Relay for that network on every device where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

Turn iCloud Private Relay on or off for a cellular network

1. Open Settings and tap Cellular. Do one of the following:
   • If your iPhone has a single line: Tap Cellular Data Options.
   • If your iPhone has multiple lines: Select a line (below SIMs).
2. Turn Limit IP Address Tracking on or off.

On your iPhone, the network setting is specific to a physical SIM or eSIM. According to Apple, eSIM isn’t available in all countries or regions.

Set the specificity of your IP address location

Go to Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Private Relay > IP Address Location, then choose one of the following:

• Maintain General Location (for example, to see local content in Safari)
• Use Country and Time Zone (to make your location more obscure)