The original post: /r/mullvadvpn by /u/ThisNameDoesntCheck on 2025-08-01 16:15:47+00:00.
Im in the UK, so figured its time to set up a VPN full time in a scenario where I won't have to interact with it anymore. However, here's my problem:
Some websites block me for having a mullvad, or any vpn enabled. My simple solution, and its one I've been doing for other reasons anyway, is use two browsers. I've got both chromium and firefox installed, and I'd like to have chromium always running with the VPN by default, which was obviously pretty simple through the mullvad app - and FireFox, which I want to completely be excluded from the VPN. This way, I can use them both for their respective purposes, without ever having to deactivate or reactivate the vpn.
The split tunneling feature is there, and a simple web search of "where am I" confirms whether the split tunneling is on or off, but my issue is that I do not want to go through mullvad and run firefox every single time I open it. I understand there are ways to automatically route apps around the VPN, I've read there is a "mullvad-exclude" command etc.
Unfortunately, I'm stupid. I don't know how to set up networking to route firefox around it, and I can't find any guides online to do this specifically. I'm hoping someone can post a simple step by step guide for me to set up split tunneling that will automatically exclude firefox whenever I run it, without having to go into the mullvad app every time. Please bear in mind even though I've ran linux since 2020, I'm not smart witted with it. I'm a casual user in the most literal sense. I'm currently running Ubuntu 25.04, with KDE plasma / Kubuntu installed. Besides that it's a pretty stock OS. Let me know if I missed any important details to include!
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!