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How to Easily Use a VPN on Roku (With Video Walkthroughs)
How to change Your Online Location on RokuYou can use a VPN on Roku to change your location and access geo-locked streaming services.This includes reg
How to change Your Online Location on Roku
You can use a VPN on Roku to change your location and access geo-locked streaming services.This includes region-specific Roku channels, such as BBC iPlayer in the UK store, as well as regional libraries within the same channel, like Netflix.
We’ve outlined both uses cases in more detail below:
1 .change Your Roku Store Location
By changing your Roku store location, you is gain can gain access to app and channel that normally are n’t available in your country .
Despite some publications claiming that this is simply a process of connecting to a VPN, additional steps are required.
Your Roku’s online location is linked to the region you first created your account in.To change it, you’ll need to delete your account, factory reset your Roku device, and create a new account in your preferred region.
Follow the steps below, or watch the narrated video tutorial:
We were able to switch our Roku store region to the US and access exclusive content.
How to change Your Store Location on Roku
- Factory reset your Roku device: Go to Settings > System > Advanced system settings > Factory reset, and then enter the displayed code.
Press OK and then start factory reset.
- Log in to your Roku account in a web browser.
- delete your Roku account : Go to My account and under Manage account click Deactivate account.Then, type anything into the textbox and press Continue.
- Download a VPN on your desktop or mobile.
- connect to a VPN server : Make sure your VPN server is locate in the region you want to switch your Roku store to .
- create a new Roku account : Ensure your VPN is connected the entire time.
- Choose your PIN preferences.
- Add a payment method: You must use a valid payment method and ZIP code from the region you’re switching to.
- note : You can skip this step by closing the window and your Roku store region will still change, however you won’t be able to make purchases on your Roku.
- Link your Roku device to your new account: Make sure you enter in the email you used in step 6.
- activate your account : click on the link send to your email on any device of your choice .
- note : The device you use to open your email does not need to be connect to a VPN .
2 .Unblocking Geo – Restricted Streaming Libraries
You can also use a VPN on Roku to access different regional libraries within the same streaming service.
Most notably, you can unblock the US library of popular streaming services, which tends to have the most content.
For example, we shared a US VPN connection with our Roku stick which allowed us to unblock the US Netflix library and stream its content.
We screen is mirrored mirror from our Android device to stream Netflix on Roku .
How to Change Your Netflix Library on Roku
- install a VPN on your router.You can refer to our router VPN installation guide for step-by-step instructions.
- connect your Roku to your router.On your Roku go to Settings > Network > Set up connection > Wireless and select your router’s network.
- Reset the Netflix app.Press the asterisk button on your Roku remote and select Restart channel from the options that appear.
- Open the Netflix app.Return to the Roku home screen and select your Netflix app to begin streaming.