- NordVPN has made a U-turn on its decision to kill the Meshnet feature, starting from December 1, 2025
- Plans to remove Meshnet faced strong backlash among the NordVPN community since August
- NordVPN rolled out Meshnet in 2022 to give users a new, secure way to connect multiple devices
Who said that complaining gets you nowhere? It certainly was enough to prompt the NordVPN team to reconsider the decision to kill Meshnet and, instead, to keep the feature alive.
NordVPN's Meshnet was due to be disconnected on December 1, 2025, due to a lack of usage. NordVPN's product director, Domininkas Virbickas, would later confirm to TechRadar that only 1% of subscribers actually use the feature.
However, the move fueled strong backlash among those who actively use the tool daily. Some claimed that Meshnet was the only reason they chose TechRadar's best VPN service in the first place, while others even considered an appeal to the provider to keep Meshnet alive.
The pressure paid off, and now NordVPN has officially announced that, no, Meshnet is not going anywhere.
"Over the past month, many of you have spoken up about how much you value Meshnet, whether for tinkering with private networks, sharing files securely, or just gaming with friends. Your passion made us take a hard look at our decision," wrote the provider in a blog post.
Keeping Meshnet alive
NordVPN first launched Meshnet in June 2022 to give users a simple way to link up to 60 different devices at once over encrypted private tunnels.
It's a tool that no other virtual private network (VPN) offers, and the team believed it would transform how users utilize NordVPN forever.
That, however, never exactly happened. Meshnet usage would remain confined to only 1% of NordVPN users, while requiring a significant amount of work from the team.
As Virbickas previously explained to TechRadar, Meshnet makes it more troublesome to maintain the core functionality of the VPN client and slows down the team, delaying the process of developing other features (like the provider's distinctive Threat Protection Pro tool). Hence, the decision to disconnect Meshnet.
While these problems persist, NordVPN aims to find a solution to resolve the issue.
This means that all Meshnet features will stay live and supported. The provider explains that the team will research ways to reduce development friction, too.
All Meshnet features will stay live and supported
The team also plans to make Mehsnet more appealing to a wider audience. At the time of writing, you can use it for rerouting your internet connections, secure file sharing, and multiplayer gaming.
Meshnet is also set to be open-sourced, meaning that anyone could contribute or build on top of existing features.
"We believe this will not only help Meshnet grow but also empower the community that helped keep it alive," said the provider.
All in all, yes, maintaining Meshnet will remain challenging, and the team is still troubleshooting core issues.
"But its value goes beyond that. Meshnet was built as an experiment to give something new to our community, and we’ve realized that it deserves to keep evolving with you."
