# Delta chat through tor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Mutual Help\ **Created:** [March 5, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869 "2020-03-05T16:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gggvv](https://support.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@gggvv](https://support.delta.chat/u/gggvv)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/1 "2020-03-05T16:58:45Z")
delta chat on phones and pc computers Can you run delta chat anonymously through tor? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Simon](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/simon/32/287_2.png) [@Simon](https://support.delta.chat/u/Simon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/2 "2020-03-05T17:19:58Z")
It depends on whether your email account is anonymous and if you have the knowledge on how to route an applications traffic through tor. Maybe there are some email providers that offer email on `.onion` domains. ---
**Author:** ![hpk](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/hpk/32/9_2.png) [@hpk](https://support.delta.chat/u/hpk)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 8:35am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/3 "2020-03-06T08:35:29Z")
Delta Chat on mobiles does not support routing through TOR – on Desktop you might be able to configure your networking to use TOR for Delta Chat’s network connections but i don’t have first hand experience about this. Apart from this there are preliminary communications about porting Lightnion (a research prototype from EPFL in Lausanne) from Javascript to Delta Chat’s Rust core library which would make TOR connectivity would become available on all platforms – even with resilience against global traffic analysis and thus better compared to what TOR provides. That effort needs a champion and is not imminent, though. ---
**Author:** ![gggvv](https://support.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@gggvv](https://support.delta.chat/u/gggvv)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/4 "2020-03-07T11:45:36Z")
> email account is anonymous If you register an email account through tor, I would expect it to be an anonymous email address. > does not support routing through TOR Meaning there are no settings in delta chat to set socket ports? > might be able to configure your networking to use TOR for Delta Chat’s network connections That could be proxychains? The center of my question is, if delta chat’s data transfers are relayed through tor, then the delta chat program itself does not display data which will compromise the anonymity which tor provides? On a broader level it is about who can benefit from utilizing delta chat? If delta chat in a few steps would be able to do anonymous encrypted end 2 end communication, delta chat would get an option for journalists and activists. What I suggest is not building tor into delta chat. Adding socket proxy settings to delta chat could be an option. Following instructions people could then install tor on their computer, admittedly not a simple task for everyone, and set the tor ports in delta chat’s socket proxy settings. ---
**Author:** ![link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/5 "2020-03-07T19:28:22Z")
There is an existing feature request for SOCKS: [Socks4/5 and HTTP proxy support](https://support.delta.chat/t/socks4-5-and-http-proxy-support/162) ---
**Author:** ![link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/6 "2021-02-24T00:47:09Z")
Somewhat related effort to deliver email (MTA-MTA connections) over Tor: > **[ehloonion/onionmx](https://github.com/ehloonion/onionmx)** > > Onion delivery, so delicious. Contribute to ehloonion/onionmx development by creating an account on GitHub. A post describing it that I just found: [SMTP over Hidden Services with postfix | Into.the.Void.](https://www.void.gr/kargig/blog/2014/05/10/smtp-over-hidden-services-with-postfix/) ---
**Author:** ![link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/link2xt/32/1971_2.png) [@link2xt](https://support.delta.chat/u/link2xt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/7 "2021-02-24T00:51:55Z")
There is also a program running a local IMAP/SMTP servers which you can connect to with any mail client (including Delta Chat Desktop): [Cables Communication · DEₑSU](https://dee.su/cables) Not updated since 2014 though: [GitHub - mkdesu/cables: Cables Communication, secure and anonymous communication using email-like addresses.](https://github.com/mkdesu/cables) ---
**Author:** ![gggvv](https://support.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@gggvv](https://support.delta.chat/u/gggvv)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 5:27am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/9 "2021-10-13T05:27:08Z")
Edward Snowden: “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” Goebbels “You have nothing to fear, if you have nothing to hide” ---
**Author:** ![A-Dev](https://support.delta.chat/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@A-Dev](https://support.delta.chat/u/A-Dev)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/11 "2022-08-25T11:54:48Z")
how to use email over onions on iOS: > [@Socks4/5 and HTTP proxy support](https://support.delta.chat/t/socks4-5-and-http-proxy-support/162/8): > > Just for the record: on iOS, you don’t need the socks5 support in case you want to use email over an onion service (tor). All you need is to install Orbot iOS ([external Link to the app store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/orbot/id1609461599)). Orbort iOS automatically starts a VPN and routes all traffic into tor’s socks5 interface. You need to adjust the account settings accordingly. During the account setup tap on → LOG INTO YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT → Advanced → enter the onion service address for IMAP at IMAP Server → enter the onion ser… ---
**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://support.delta.chat/user_avatar/support.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://support.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://support.delta.chat/t/delta-chat-through-tor/869/12 "2025-11-05T16:21:45Z")
Besides using VPN apps that route everything through Tor, like Orbot on Android, Delta Chat also supports in all platforms to set SOCKS5 proxies, including the proxy Tor provider apps make available in localhost, Delta Chat also supports HTTPS and shadowsocks proxies, btw and they can be shared with friends and easily configured with a click or QR scan