Setup guide

VPNWing Beginner Guide

Five steps take you from creating an account to your first connection. Each step names the page you work on, what you should see after clicking, and what to check first if you get stuck. Menu labels vary between client versions, so look for the entry with the same function.

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Read this first: menu names and their location differ across platforms and client versions. This guide follows one common path — “Profiles or Subscriptions → New → Import from URL → Save and update” — so if the button on screen means the same thing, treat it as the same step. Complex faults that need item-by-item checks (nothing connects at all, connects but pages won't load, slow at peak hours) have their own symptom-based chapters in Troubleshooting; this page keeps only the main path you can follow straight through.

Step 01

Create an account

Open the sign-up page in the user dashboard and fill in just two fields: username and password. Sign-up doesn't collect an email address, so there's nothing to prepare and no verification email to wait for — submit the form and you land in the dashboard.

Your username is your login credential, so make it a dedicated one: don't reuse it from another site, and avoid your real name or the prefix of an email address you use. Use a password of at least 12 characters with upper and lower case letters and digits. Because the account isn't tied to an email address, save the username and password in a password manager right after signing up, so you never have to rely on memory when checking account details later.

If you land on the dashboard overview with your account name in the top right corner, sign-up is complete. If the page stays on the form, the username is usually taken or the password is too short — change that one field as prompted and submit again. After repeated failures, try a different username rather than the same one.

Account issues — a forgotten password, an unusual login, a username change — go through dashboard tickets. Include your username and what you're seeing, and the request gets handled faster.

Step 02

Choose a plan and complete the order

Plans come in three tiers by data allowance, all monthly subscriptions, with data resetting each month on your activation date:

Three monthly tiers
PlanPriceData per month
Monthly · 60GB¥9.9 / month60GB
Monthly · 250GB¥18 / month250GB
Monthly · 500GB¥28 / month500GB

If you can't estimate your monthly usage, start on the ¥9.9 tier for a month and upgrade if you need more — the price difference is prorated by remaining days, so you don't buy a second plan. If your usage is heavy on downloads, 4K playback or large file sync, starting at ¥18 or ¥28 saves hassle.

Alongside monthly plans there are data packs that are used until they run out and never expire: ¥158/300GB, ¥358/1000GB, ¥658/3000GB. Data packs suit uneven usage or a spare reserve of data, and nothing is wiped at the end of the month.

Pay with Alipay, WeChat Pay or USDT — pick one at checkout and complete payment. The order then appears in the dashboard's orders section and the plan status switches to active. If you've paid but the status hasn't changed, check the order status first, then open a ticket with the order number and a short description.

Every plan comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee — just submit a request through a dashboard ticket. To compare the three tiers before deciding, see the full breakdown on the plans and pricing page.

Step 03

Copy the subscription link from the dashboard

Once the plan is active, go back to the dashboard overview — the subscription entry sits in the overview area. Copy the subscription link; some clients also support a one-click import that opens the app directly. This link is the credential your client uses to pull the server list, so treat it like a password: don't post it in public groups or forums, and don't include it in screenshots. If you suspect it has leaked, explain the situation in a ticket.

Subscription link (example)
https://example.com/sub?token=YOUR_TOKEN

The value above is an example — the characters after the token are unique to each account, so always use the link shown in your dashboard.

Once you have the link, check one thing before importing: the client needs the subscription link (a URL), not a single server entry. Mainstream clients offer entries such as “Import from URL” or “Add subscription” — paste the whole link. If a chat app has wrapped the link onto a second line, the import fails, so copy the full string again.

If the overview page doesn't show a subscription entry, check three things in order: you're signed in (your account name is in the top right), the plan is active (the order shows as paid), and the current network can open this site. If all three are fine and the link still isn't there, open a ticket with your account name and a screenshot.

Step 04

Import on each platform

Desktop and mobile follow much the same path: install the client, paste the subscription link, then refresh the server list once. If the server list appears in the client, the import worked; an empty list or a format error usually means the link wasn't copied in full — go back a step and copy it again.

Windows

Desktop

Install a desktop client that supports the Clash subscription format. Open the main window, go to the Profiles page, click New → Import from URL, paste the subscription link and save. Select the profile you just created in the list and the client pulls the servers automatically.

After that, switch servers and routing mode from the right-click menu on the tray icon — you can close the main window and the proxy keeps running in the background. If the system shows a firewall prompt on first run, allow the client network access, otherwise connections can't be established.

macOS

Desktop

The import path matches Windows: menu bar icon → Profiles → New → Import from URL → paste → save → update. On first run the system asks for network extension or proxy settings permission; allow it and authenticate with your system password. Until that's done, the toggle keeps snapping back to off.

If the menu bar icon doesn't appear, check whether the client process is running, then open it again from the Applications folder. When several proxy clients are installed, keep only one running so two apps don't rewrite the system proxy at the same time.

Android

Mobile

In the app, open the Profiles or Subscription page, tap the plus button in the bottom right, choose Import from URL, paste the link, then save and update. Once the server list appears, go back to the home screen, pick a server and tap connect.

On mobile the usual problem isn't importing but the system reclaiming the app in the background: allow background running in system settings and turn off battery optimisation for the client so the connection survives a locked screen. If pages won't load after switching from Wi-Fi to mobile data, disconnect and reconnect once.

iOS

Mobile

Install a client from the App Store that supports the Clash subscription format, open the Profiles page, tap the plus button in the top right, choose Import from URL, paste the subscription link and save. After importing, update the profile once, then go back to the home screen and pick a server.

On the first connection the system asks to add a VPN configuration; allow it and authenticate with your device passcode. Until that's done, the client toggle keeps snapping back to off. If no servers appear after importing, make sure the client has local network permission, then update the profile again.

Linux

Desktop

On Linux, use a core client that supports the same subscription format; importing works as on desktop — write the subscription link into the configuration or import it with a command, then start the core. Distributions and core versions vary widely, so for dependency or permission problems start with the client chapter in Troubleshooting.

Step 05

Connect and verify

Back on the client's home screen, pick a server first. With no special requirements, prefer a server that is geographically close and labelled as a dedicated line; if unsure, keep the default and switch after connecting based on how it performs. Select the server and flip the connect toggle, then wait for the status to change from connecting to connected — some clients show a green dot, others spell out “Connected”.

Once you see the connected status, run the three checks below.

  1. Open a browser and visit a site you use often. If it loads normally, the proxy path is working.
  2. Open the IP lookup page on this site and check whether the exit location shown matches your target region. If it still shows your local exit, the system proxy isn't in effect — go back to the client and check the proxy toggle and routing mode.
  3. Switch to another server in the client and connect again, then confirm pages still load, so you have a fallback when one server is temporarily unavailable.

If all three checks pass, you're good to go. To disconnect, turn off the client toggle first, then quit the app. Next time, just open the client, pick a server and connect — no need to import the subscription again, since the client reuses your last configuration.

If you get stuck: when nothing connects at all, check the client's connection log and the system proxy toggle first; when it connects but pages won't load, DNS or routing mode is usually the cause; when speeds drop at peak hours, server choice is usually behind it. The diagnostic flow and self-checks for all three are in Troubleshooting — match your symptom and follow that chapter.

Read next

Once the main path is done, fill in the details you need: how to pick servers, how to compare plans, and how to diagnose problems.