Microsoft is getting rid of the VPN offered through Microsoft Defender. According to Windows Latest, the company has updated its support pages for the privacy protection built-in VPN to notify users that the service will be discontinued on February 28. The VPN came bundled with Microsoft Defender, which is available to anyone with a personal or family subscription to Microsoft 365, and offered private browsing by “routing your internet traffic through Microsoft servers” up to a monthly data limit of 50 GB.
In a statement about the decision posted on its support page, Microsoft said: “Our goal is to keep you and your family safe online. We regularly evaluate the use and effectiveness of our features. That’s why we’re removing the privacy protection feature and will be investing in new areas that better meet customer needs.” Android users may still see the Microsoft Defender VPN profile in their settings after the expiration date and will have to manually remove it if they want it to disappear. “Windows, iOS, and macOS users don’t need to do anything,” Microsoft says.
The company also states that this is the only feature that is being disabled for now. According to Microsoft, “the device security, identity theft protection, and credit monitoring features (in the US) will continue.”
