{"id":143,"date":"2016-01-14T10:01:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T10:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.org\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=143"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:45:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:45:23","slug":"how-to-use-your-proxy-service-with-chrome-and-foxyproxy-extension","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/how-to-use-your-proxy-service-with-chrome-and-foxyproxy-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Your Proxy Service with Chrome and the FoxyProxy Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turning it on<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. Install the FoxyProxy Extension<\/a> for Chrome.<\/li>\n
  2. Click the FoxyProxy icon<\/strong> in the upper-right of the browser and choose Options<\/strong>. This opens the FoxyProxy Options page.\"FoxyProxy<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Create a new proxy definition by clicking the Add New Proxy<\/strong> button on the FoxyProxy Options page\"add<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Switch to the Proxy Details tab and select Manual Proxy Configuration<\/strong>. Enter the Host\/IP address and port number of the proxy server provided to you at checkout and in your welcome email. Do not<\/strong> check the the SOCKS proxy checkbox. In this screenshot, we’ve entered “hostname.getfoxyproxy.org” and “59812”\"Enter<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Change FoxyProxy’s mode to Use proxy “hostname.getfoxyproxy.org” for all URLs
    \n<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \"Use<\/a> Use proxy hostname.getfoxyproxy.org for all URLs<\/li>\n

  6. The next time Chrome tries to connect to a page you will be prompted enter a username\/password<\/strong>. Enter the username and password provided to you after purchase<\/a> (You do not need to make a purchase to use this browser extension. You can use a proxy server obtained from any source.)To check that you’re using the expected IP address, click here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Turning it off<\/h3>\n

    When you want to turn off the proxy, click the FoxyProxy icon in the Chrome toolbar and select Disable FoxyProxy<\/strong>
    \n    \"step-7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Note About Speed<\/h3>\n

    Proxies can be slower than your direct (non-proxy) internet connection. To optimize your experience, consider using FoxyProxy in patterns mode<\/a>. It allows you to define which websites load through proxy servers and which do not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Turning it on Install the FoxyProxy Extension for Chrome. Click the FoxyProxy icon in the upper-right of the browser and choose Options. This opens the FoxyProxy Options page. Create a new proxy definition by clicking the Add New Proxy button on the FoxyProxy Options page Switch to the Proxy Details tab and select Manual Proxy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"ht-kb-category":[19,100],"ht-kb-tag":[30,25,29,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1714,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/143\/revisions\/1714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.getfoxyproxy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}