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Advanced Tips and Guides

You can get started in 10 minutes, but mastering everything takes a bit more time.
These articles distill hands-on experience from the community — take what you need.

Advanced Config

Clash DNS Configuration Explained: Fixing Pollution & Leaks

What's the difference between fake-ip and redir-host? How should nameserver and fallback be paired to prevent DNS pollution? This article covers it all.

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Protocol Basics

SS vs. VMess vs. Trojan: A Protocol Comparison

Encryption methods, obfuscation capabilities, and performance differences across mainstream proxy protocols — by the end, you'll know which protocol to prioritize.

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Rule Tricks

A Guide to Using rule-providers (Rule Sets)

Stop hand-writing hundreds of rules — subscribe to community-maintained rule sets that auto-update and mix and match as needed, keeping your config clean.

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Stability

Load Balancing & Failover in Practice

What does each of url-test, fallback, and load-balance actually do? How do you nest them for both speed and stability? A hands-on config walkthrough.

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Dashboard Usage

The Complete Guide to the Clash Dashboard: Connections, Logs & Latency Tests

Learn to read the connections list and logs, and make the most of latency tests and group switching, so troubleshooting is never a guessing game again.

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