Chrome uses your computer's proxy. Where to set it on Windows 11 and macOS, how Chrome asks for the login, and how to proxy just one profile.
Chrome has no proxy fields of its own on desktop: Settings › System › Open your computer's proxy settings takes you to Windows or macOS. On Windows 11, use Settings › Network & internet › Proxy › Manual proxy setup. On a Mac, use System Settings › Network › Wi-Fi › Details › Proxies. Chrome asks for the proxy's username and password on the first page you open.
Step by step
In the SerpProxies dashboard, copy one proxy line — host:port:user:pass. Windows and macOS set an HTTP proxy here, so use the HTTP form.
In Chrome, open Settings › System and click Open your computer's proxy settings. Chrome hands over to Windows or macOS.
Under Manual proxy setup, click Set up next to Use a proxy server. Turn it on, enter the host as Proxy IP address and the port as Port, and click Save.
In System Settings › Network, select Wi-Fi (or Ethernet), click Details, then Proxies. Turn on Web proxy (HTTP) and Secure web proxy (HTTPS), enter the host and port in each, turn on Proxy server requires password, add the username and password, and click OK.
Open any page. On Windows, Chrome shows a Sign in box for the proxy — enter the username and password from the line. Then open serpproxies.com/tools/ip-checker: it should show the proxy's IP, country and ISP.
Chrome
Where the setting lives, how it signs in, and how to prove it worked — the three things that decide whether an account sees the proxy or your own address.
Chrome reads the operating system's proxy, so the setting lives in Windows or macOS — and every app that follows the system proxy moves to the same IP with it.
Get static ISP IPsOpen the IP checkerWindows stores only the address and port; Chrome asks for the login on the first page and remembers it for the session. macOS keeps the username and password with the proxy itself.
Get static ISP IPsOpen the IP checkerBecause the whole computer changes, check in Chrome and then in anything else you run. One Chrome profile on its own proxy needs a launch flag or a browser that keeps proxies per profile.
Get static ISP IPsOpen the IP checkerOn Windows and macOS, Chrome does not keep a proxy of its own. It follows the operating system's setting, so turning a proxy on for Chrome turns it on for Edge, Safari and most other apps on the computer at the same time. That is fine for one account on one computer, and the wrong tool for several.
| Windows 11 | macOS | |
|---|---|---|
| Path | Windows 11Settings › Network & internet › Proxy | macOSSystem Settings › Network › Wi-Fi › Details › Proxies |
| Proxy types | Windows 11HTTP (used for all traffic) | macOSHTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS, set separately |
| Username and password | Windows 11Chrome asks on the first page | macOSStored with the proxy |
| Applies to | Windows 11The whole computer | macOSThe selected network service |
Chrome can start with its own proxy from the command line, ignoring the system setting. Launch it with --proxy-server="http://host:port" and --user-data-dir pointing at a separate folder, and that window — and only that window — uses the proxy. Chrome still asks for the username and password on the first page.
Each --user-data-dir is a separate Chrome with its own cookies and logins. One folder per account keeps accounts apart, but they still share the computer's fingerprint; anti-detect browsers exist for that.
One system proxy means one IP for every account in every browser on the computer. For a single account, that is all you need: set it, check it, log in. For several, give each account a profile with its own proxy — a separate Chrome profile launched with its own proxy, or an anti-detect browser such as GoLogin or Dolphin Anty, where every profile stores its proxy and fingerprint together.
To turn it off, switch Use a proxy server off on Windows, or untick the proxies on the Mac and click OK.
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FAQ
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Chrome › Settings › System › Open your computer's proxy settings. On desktop, Chrome uses the Windows or macOS proxy rather than keeping one of its own.
On Windows, Chrome asks in a Sign in box on the first page you load. On a Mac, turn on Proxy server requires password in the network's Proxies settings and Chrome uses it.
Yes — start Chrome with --proxy-server and its own --user-data-dir, or use an anti-detect browser that stores a proxy per profile.
Yes, through --proxy-server="socks5://host:port" or the Mac's SOCKS proxy field. Chrome does not send a SOCKS5 username and password, so use IP whitelisting for SOCKS5, or the HTTP form with a login.
Chrome on Android follows the phone's Wi-Fi proxy — see the Android guide.
Turn off Use a proxy server in Windows' Manual proxy setup, or untick Web proxy and Secure web proxy in the Mac's Proxies settings.
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