Android: the Private DNS

01Check the setting

1. 1Open Settings → Network & internet → Private DNS (Samsung: Connections → More connection settings → Private DNS).
2. 2Off or Automatic: the phone uses the DNS of the network, Warda at home.
3. 3A named provider (for example dns.google): the phone goes around Warda. Choose Automatic, or the name of your Warda (below).

02Keep the Private DNS, through Warda

In Network → DNS services, Get the certificate with A name given by Warda (free, renewed by itself). Then choose Private DNS provider hostname on the phone and type the name shown (xxxxxxxxxx.warda-dns.net), without https://.

This name works at home only: outside, a phone set to it gets no names at all. Set it back to Automatic before leaving, or use the protection outside the home, whose address works everywhere.

Browsers with their own DNS (DoH) →

03For a child's phone

Check the setting from time to time, and lock the phone itself with Google Family Link. The known encrypted DNS services are blocked for the children and teenagers, and a device that never asks Warda is listed in the Network check.

See also

• iPhone: iCloud Private Relay
• Browsers with their own DNS (DoH)
• Block outgoing DNS on the router
• All the help center