How to Setting a Proxy in Windows 10 & 11

Proxies allow you to rotate your IP address, preventing your scraping activities from being easily detected and blocked by websites. Continuous scraping from a single IP address can trigger anti-scraping mechanisms, but setting different proxy for windows and other device helps distribute the requests.

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Setup Proxy in Windows

Step 1
Click on the Start button, and then click on the Settings icon to open the Settings menu.

Step 2
Navigate to the “Network & Internet” section on the left and click on the ‘Proxy’ tab.

Step 3
Press the “Set up” button in the Manual proxy setup section.

Step 4
Enable the ‘Use a proxy server’ feature, enter the proxy server’s address and port number, ensure the ‘Don’t use the proxy server for local addresses’ option is selected, and click ‘Save’.

Celebrate, as you are now ready to enjoy uninterrupted connectivity across the board.

How to Disable Proxy

When you choose to stop using the proxy, you can easily revert to the settings and effortlessly disable or delete the proxy configuration.