Private Internet Access – Proxy for Chrome
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Freely access websites, unblock content, and enjoy unlimited traffic and bandwidth with the best proxy extension for Chrome.
Defeat censorship, unblock any website and access the open Internet the way it was meant to be with the Private Internet Access™ Chrome extension.
Protect your privacy with Private Internet Access™, the world’s leading VPN service for Chrome users. PIA enables users to encrypt their network traffic and stay protected when online. Add privacy and security to private and public networks when you access the Internet at WiFi hotspots. All you have to do is install the Chrome extension, login with your Private Internet Access subscription credentials, flip the on switch and you’ll be protected.
The Private Internet Access Chrome extension features:
- WebRTC blocking
- Sort gateways by latency
- Website URL whitelist
- Easy on/off switch
Private Internet Access features:
- IP Cloaking. Your IP address will be changed to a Private Internet Access IP address to hide your identity and location. Hide your IP address to stop data trackers, snoopers, and hackers from tracking your browsing and search activity. Changing your IP address allows you to blend in with the crowd. Choose from 36 locations in 24 countries to tunnel your traffic through.
- Data Encryption. Get Public WiFi security in hotspots, coffee shops, cafes, hotels, and airports. Without encryption, your data can be as available as public TV.. Our trusted VPN service creates several security layers which protect you and prevent access to your data.
- Internet Access. Access blocked or censored websites. Unlock your favorite sites from anywhere.
Why should you use the Private Internet Access VPN and Chrome extension?
- We lead the industry with our low price. Private Internet Access only costs $3.33 per month if you purchase a yearly account (39.95/year) or $6.95 on a monthly basis.
- We have been a reliable and trusted VPN provider since 2010 and have a proven no log policy.
- We truly believe in your privacy because: “Privacy is our Policy.” Here at PIA, we not only provide a great VPN service at a low price, but we also support organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, FightForTheFuture, and many others.
Sign up for Private Internet Access today and enjoy:
- High speed
- Unlimited bandwidth
- 5 devices connected simultaneously
- No traffic logs
- 24/7 customers support
Editorial Reviews:
Private Internet Access VPN has been featured in Wired, PC Magazine, HowToGeek, Lifehacker, Business Insider, TorrentFreak, and more!
"Private Internet Access, one of Lifehacker readers' favorite VPN service providers, makes it easy to surf privately and securely from anywhere." – Lifehacker.com
"There have been several Editors' Choice VPN services recently, as one product tops the next, but Private Internet Access out-performs and out-features the competition. With 4.5 stars, Private Internet Access sets the bar high and is truly the Editors' Choice, trumping all our previous favorites." -- PC Magazine
“When shopping for a VPN service, it is recommended to find a service that does not log its customers’ traffic and prevents an anonymity-unmasking issue known as IPv6 leakage. Private Internet Access carries that level of security.” – Wired.com
“To that end we highly recommend, Private Internet Access- a great VPN provider that we’re not only recommended before, but use ourselves”. – HowToGeek.com
About Private Internet Access:
Private Internet Access (PIA), is the leading no-log VPN service provider in the world. PIA believes that access to an open internet is a fundamental human right and donates effusively to causes such as EFF and FFTF to promote privacy causes internationally. PIA has over 3,200 servers in 24 countries that provide reliable, encrypted VPN tunnel gateways for whatever the use case. Please visit their website at https://www.privateinternetaccess.com for more information.
Interact with us on social media:
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vpnservice
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+Privateinternetaccess
Support: https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/hc/en-us
Latest reviews
- Casey Barton
- Chrome extension just doesn't work.
- Neil Randle
- Unusable - waste of time and money
- Dewald Nel
- Does not work anymore - Chrome 146. Unable to change location or connect to the one single server I'm stuck with.
- Peter Krkoš
- Stopped working on MACOS CHROME a few months ago. Still not solved.
- J. Philip Creamer
- Has been broken on chrome for months by now (Early 2026), still awaiting a fix.
- Nino
- Doesnt work most of the time
- G H
- Not work anymore, even I buy the plan
- Video et Taceo
- Quit working. ALWAYS and HOURGLASS and PAID FOR ANOTHER YEAR of a service that DOES NOT EXIST
- Supercilious Dude
- When it works its fine, but it is increasingly rare that it works. Since chrome 146, it hasn't worked at all :(
- Rupertas Riškus
- Suddenly stopped working on chrome raised an issue to support but nothing was done to look into it they just closed the ticket without any outcome. Works on Microsoft Edge at least but this is unacceptable
- Simon Ball
- The extension no longer works, just shows an hourglass icon. This is unnacceptable for a paid service.
- Hing Wan
- Stopped working. When the problem will be fixed?
- X L
- Always loved PIA but extension no longer works, just shows an egg timer icon. Using the Windows software doesn't help, I still can't connect to the pages I want
- Mike Dobrowolski
- stopped working. Always shows hourglass symbol now. Tried reinstalling but it seems to be a bug.
- asqoiulefy asqoiulefy
- Doesn't work
- Luis Silva
- Stopped working
- Martin Olminkhof
- Stopped working and PIA appear to be making no effort to fix
- Freelance R Josexpert
- I love the vpn but after this i want to be seeing good network internet
- Vishal Shah
- Stopped working in Edge & Brave after update to chromium 144. Please fix!!
- Jesse Brooks
- Broke with the Edge/Chromium 144 update.
- Bryce Avery
- Hasn't worked at all since the Chrome 144 release. Use the desktop application if you can.
- Dmitry Dudkin
- Does not work at all
- Kory Miller
- Every time I try to come back to this extension it's broken.
- David Stacey
- Stopped working with Chromium 144 update.
- Jerimiah
- Worked great til now with Chrome 144. Now will not connect. Still 5 stars hoping it will get fixed soon.
- Marzuyo
- Extension doesn't have all the servers the dedicated pc program lets you use.
- Jordan Convey
- Horrible. Got corrupted and had to reinstall. Constantly disconnects. Keep getting a pop up in my browser to sign into PIA when I'm already signed into the chrome extension. Had it installed for 6 months and hasnt been any improvements.
- Troy Thomas
- Completely breaks certain websites. Even when I add a bypass rule for that website or disconnect the vpn. I just can't use certain websites at all with this extension installed.
- Rodney Mutanga
- Currently broken. Disabled your browser's internet connection to everything
- Unimpressed Alchemist
- The worst service I have ever paid money for. Simply doesn't work. I would rather risk getting sued by by ISP than ever gibe another cent to this service. Even when it did work, it wasn't too great.
- Gobinda Tamang
- Worthless. Keeps disconnecting and most servers fail to connect at all despite showing as 'connected' in the extension.
- LGO Gacor
- My favorite VPN extension.
- Adelani prince
- why is it asking for username and password and i am adding and it is not approving it and it is correct
- Bartosz Kubek
- This extension force redirects all my HTTP addresses I put into Chrome browser, into HTTPS ones. I see no way of turning this behaviour off
- Chand G
- extension is not working
- Evgeny Kuntsevich
- Hey, PIA. Are you reading reviews here? I bought VPN and when I'm using this extension my sessions are being disconnected 5-10 times per day without any reasons. Free VPN extensions don't have such issues. Are you ok with such behaviour? Could this extension work as laptop application which don't have such issues???
- Ahmad Ignite 2026
- I had high hopes for Private Internet Access, but it’s been a letdown. The app constantly disconnects and slows down my internet speed, making it almost unusable. The interface feels outdated, and customer support is slow to respond with unhelpful copy-and-paste answers. For a service that claims to focus on privacy and reliability, it’s been nothing but frustration. Definitely not worth the subscription fee.
- Expertedge
- Worst vpn ever I don't recommend. when you connect to the UK you get Denmark. Waste of money, time and effort. Useless both desktop app and extension.
- Glenn Darwis
- Literally the worst reliability when it comes to connectivity. Just drops connections regularly and frequently and at the most inconvenient times. Split tunneling on the native app doesn't work too well on MacOS so sometimes I need to go granular with the VPN. But this extension isn't it. Total garbage.
- Aleksanteri Nikkanen
- 80% of servers are broken, they can be connected to but they dont load any sites.
- Jean-Pierre Duponsel
- Unfortunately, the same problem occurs every night where the Paris server becomes unavailable after few minutes of viewing. I was told that the techs were resolving it 2 months ago, nothing has changed. Great pity, I have no other use for it.
- Jonathan Morley
- Should change their initials from PIA to PITA (pain in the a$$). This retarted extension keeps working on domains that I have set to "bypass". It constantly wants me to log back in for no good reason. It's more of a headache than it is worth. What the @!#$ am I paying these idiots for. Why can't their desktop software include an option in the split-tunnel for domain names instead of just IP address? Seriously, get your act together!
- Robin Katz
- Horrible customer service. Application is not user friendly.
- kaya sakongsa
- very limited country even on paid version
- Deborah Awosika
- Good,it works perfectly but kindly increase the locations. It is limited on extension compared to the app
- Hugo Moors
- Top extension, top service
- Roger Albin
- It doesn't appear that PIA has a GUI interface for the install and setup of the PIA app for the HP Chromebook. So far all they seem to be able to provide is an coded app of many pages of coding to install on the HP Chromebook. And... they keep trying to get me to install the Android app version to a Linux based Chromebook. Guess my only option is to go to NordVPN...
- Alessandro Blue
- 99% of the time it disconnects after 30 sec-1minute and you appear offline so it's useless and it's a pain to use
- Alan Johnston
- It works great!
- Bruce Lee
- I've been using this VPN for years, always satisfied, easy setup and userfriendly. sometimes connection gets lost but when you switch to another server it usually resolves the issue. very cheap when you take the 3 year subscription. i use it on every device i have. As far as i know they don't keep logs, you can setup a subscription anonymously and pay with even crypto. very important if you respect you're privacy.