A VPN that drops unexpectedly can expose your real IP address, so fixing it matters more than convenience. Start by switching protocols: if you use OpenVPN, try WireGuard or IKEv2, which often survive network changes better on mobile devices. Next, disable battery savers or “adaptive power” settings, since phones and laptops frequently kill background VPN processes to save energy.

Check whether the disconnects happen on one network only. Hotel, campus, and public Wi-Fi often block VPN ports; enabling obfuscation or switching to port 443 usually gets around this. Update the app and your router firmware, then reconnect. If the problem persists, test on a second device — if only one device fails, reinstall the app; if all fail, the issue is your account or the VPN server. Finally, enable the kill switch so no traffic leaks during a drop.