# Tor VPN beta will randomly enable apps that I had manually disabled before
**URL:** https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-vpn-beta-will-randomly-enable-apps-that-i-had-manually-disabled-before/20742
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** tor-vpn-beta
**Created:** [November 2, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-vpn-beta-will-randomly-enable-apps-that-i-had-manually-disabled-before/20742 "2025-11-02T20:16:24Z")
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### Author:  [@\_rendar](https://forum.torproject.org/u/_rendar)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-vpn-beta-will-randomly-enable-apps-that-i-had-manually-disabled-before/20742/1 "2025-11-02T20:16:24Z")
TOR VPN beta will randomly enable apps that I had manually disabled before (perhaps apps that were recently updated?). I guess this is some kind of bug.
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### Author:  [@Lind](https://forum.torproject.org/u/Lind)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-vpn-beta-will-randomly-enable-apps-that-i-had-manually-disabled-before/20742/2 "2025-11-03T14:09:43Z")
If you mean android apps other than Tor VPN beta, I don’t think it’s possible. Android has a very strict security model and no user app can enable/disable other apps without root or system permission.
It’s possible if your system or another app with root permission decided to re-enable the apps you disabled before, though. Or you just simply forgot that you’ve already re-enabled these apps.
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### Author:  [@\_rendar](https://forum.torproject.org/u/_rendar)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-vpn-beta-will-randomly-enable-apps-that-i-had-manually-disabled-before/20742/3 "2025-11-03T15:08:13Z")
I was referring to TOR VPN’s Apps [some protected] menu, not the Android settings \> apps menu.