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How to use Infatica Residential Proxies in a browser

Once you have created a proxy list at Infatica, you can use a proxy in your favorite browser with an extension or a plugin.

Let’s see how to use proxies via the FoxyProxy Standard extension in Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

Download and install​

First, download the extension and install it.

add to chrome

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Download link for Google Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/foxyproxy-standard/

Download link for Mozilla Firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxyproxy-standard/

After installation, the FoxyProxy icon will appear in the upper right corner of the browser.

click to extension

FoxyProxy options​

To begin, click on the FoxyProxy extension button and select Options in the window that just opened.

options button

Add New Proxy​

Click the Add New Proxy button on the right and – and the settings menu will open.

add new proxy

In the Host or IP address field, copy and paste the IP address from the proxy list; in the Port field, paste the port copied from the proxy list.

Username and Password fields​

Copy the login and password values from the proxy list – and paste them into the Username and Password fields. The password needs to be confirmed in the second Password field.

put ip login password

Press the Save button. A window will open, showing our new proxy address.

How to activate proxy​

To activate it, click Proxy mode at the top of the screen and find the new proxy we just created.

proxy mode

Click Use proxy [...] for all URLs.

use proxy

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Then we can open https://ip-api.com/ and check if everything is working correctly.

To disable proxies, press Proxy mode and select Disable FoxyProxy.

You can create any number of proxy profiles and use them as needed.