AFWall+ (Android Firewall +)

4.6
9.68K reviews
500K+
Downloads
Content rating
Rated for 3+
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About this app

***ROOT REQUIRED*** If you don't know what root is, please search for "How to root android" in the Internet.

AFWall+ (Android Firewall +) is a front-end application for the powerful iptables Linux firewall.It allows you to restrict which applications are permitted to access your data networks (2G/3G and/or Wi-Fi and while in roaming). Also you can control traffic within LAN or while connected through VPN.


ACCESS_SUPERUSER Permission
More info on new permission - android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/T9xnMJEnzf1

PERMISSIONS & FAQ
INTERNET permission is only required for LAN functionality (API limitation)
https://github.com/ukanth/afwall/wiki/FAQ

BETA Testing
Join BETA for latest features/experiments - https://play.google.com/apps/testing/dev.ukanth.ufirewall

Features
- Material inspired Design ( not real material design )
- Supports 5.x to 11.x (for 2.x support use 1.3.4.1 version, for 4.x use 2.9.9)
- Import/Export Rules to external storage with UI
- Search Applications
- Filter Applications
- Profile Management with UI ( multiple Profiles )
- Tasker/Locale support
- Select All/None/Invert/Clear applications on each column
- Revamped Rules/Logs Viewer with copy/export to external storage
- Preferences
> Highlight system applications with custom color
> Notify on new installations
> Ability to hide application icons( faster loading )
> Use LockPattern/Pin for application protection.
> Use system level protection for app (Donate only)
> Show/Hide application ID.
- Roaming Option for 3G/Edge
- VPN Support
- LAN Support
- Tether Support
- IPV6/IPV4 Support
- Tor Support
- Adaptive Icons
_ Notification Channels
- Choose able languages
- Choose able iptables/busybox binary
- Support x86/MIPS/ARM devices.
- New Widget UI - Apply profiles with few clicks
- Blocked packets notification - Displays blocked packets
- Support for wifi only tablets
- Improved Log statistics with UI

Translations & Languages
- German translations by chef@xda & user_99@xda & Gronkdalonka@xda
- French translations by GermainZ@xda & Looki75@xda
- Russian translations by Kirhe@xda & YaroslavKa78
- Spanish translations by spezzino@crowdin
- Dutch translations by DutchWaG@crowdin
- Japanese translation by nnnn@crowdin
- Ukrainian translation by andriykopanytsia@crowdin
- Slovenian translation by bunga bunga@crowdin
- Chinese Simplified translation by tianchaoren@crowdin
- Polish translations by tst,Piotr Kowalski@crowdin
- Swedish translations by CreepyLinguist@crowdin
- Greek Translations by mpqo@crowdin
- Portuguese translations by lemor2008@xda
- Chinese Traditional by shiuan@crowdin
- Chinese Simplified by wuwufei,tianchaoren @ crowdin
- Italian translations by benzo@crowdin
- Romanian tranlations by mysterys3by-facebook@crowdin
- Czech translations by Syk3s
- Hungarian translations
- Turkish translations
- Indonesian translations by mirulumam

BIG THANKS for all the translators and http://crowdin.net for supporting opensource !

Translations Page - http://crowdin.net/project/afwall

AFWall+ is open source software, you can find the source here : https://github.com/ukanth/afwall
Official Support XDA forum - > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957231
Updated on
Aug 28, 2023

Data safety

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Ratings and reviews

4.6
9.17K reviews
stíobhart matulevicz
March 14, 2022
One of the essentials I install on every Android device I own. Just a couple of suggestions for improvement: 1: please add an option to block newly installed apps by default. Every time I install an app and open it for the first time it connects to some server or other. I hardly ever remember to pre-emptively block first before opening a new app. 2: Register AFWall+ as a handler for . json. and use the system file browser. Trying to restore from backups saved in the cloud is a PITA.
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A Google user
August 30, 2019
The app works great so far but there's a few improvements I'd like to see made if possible. Sometimes the app takes too long to check for root access and i have to close and reopen the app. An option to auto tick the WiFi box for newly installed apps would also be nice. Applying a new rule means the app has to update ALL the rules and not just one. I like to switch rules a lot so for me this is very time consuming. Overall it's a great app with few annoyances.
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A Google user
December 24, 2018
On version 3.0.3, still cannot make persistent notification icon go away. When enabled, persistent notification is a shield, when disabled it is a white ball. Developer says white ball is from Google. That may be, HOWEVER, neither existed in v2.9 and earlier, so persistent notification icon is due to some change within the app between 2.9 and 3.0. Based on other reviews, these changes should be reverted back to how the old version handled things. I'm glad I still have a copy of 2.9.
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portgenix
December 25, 2018
I removed notification dot in the recent version. But active notification (on going) will stay until I find a workaround.

What's new

* Updated libraries and SDK (33)
* Fixes:
- Chinese language not working
- Added Sinhala language
- libsu memory leak
- Optimizing copying binaries during install
- Log freezing on few devices
- Work profile fix for android 12
* Add support for recent versions of Android.
* Code optimizations.