Microsoft Edge proxy setup

Protocols

HTTP with a login. SOCKS5 only without a login, so not with our gateway

UDP

No. WebRTC can send UDP around the proxy unless a policy or add-on stops it

Where the setting is

Settings → System and performance → your computer's proxy settings, the --proxy-server flag, or an add-on

Works with

Residential and mobile proxies

Before you start

• Your proxy login and password from the Residential or Mobile page of the dashboard, and traffic on that product.
• On Windows the system proxy is shared by Edge, Chrome and many other apps. For Edge alone, use the flag below or an add-on: ZeroOmega and FoxyProxy are both on Edge Add-ons.
• On a work computer, the organization may set Edge's proxy by policy (ProxySettings). Edge then ignores the flag's proxy options, and add-ons cannot change the proxy.

Add the proxy in Windows

1. In Edge, open Settings and more (…) → Settings → System and performance and follow the link to your computer's proxy settings (Windows Settings → Network & internet → Proxy).
2. Under Manual proxy setup, click Set up next to Use a proxy server.
3. Turn on Use a proxy server, enter gate.aeonproxy.com in Proxy IP address and 7000 in Port, and click Save.
4. Open a site in Edge. When it asks for the proxy's username and password, enter your login with its keys and your password.

On a Mac, enter the same host and port under Web proxy (HTTP) and Secure web proxy (HTTPS) in System Settings → Network → your connection → Details → Proxies, then click OK. Edge still asks for the login. More: Windows, macOS.

Or start Edge with a launch flag

This leaves the Windows setting alone and runs a separate Edge with its own profile folder.

# Windows (Command Prompt)
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --proxy-server="http://gate.aeonproxy.com:7000" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\EdgeProxy"

# macOS (Terminal)
/Applications/Microsoft\ Edge.app/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft\ Edge --proxy-server="http://gate.aeonproxy.com:7000" --user-data-dir="$HOME/edge-proxy"

# Edge then asks for LOGIN and PASSWORD

Edge reads the flag only when a new instance starts. Startup boost keeps Edge running in the background after you close its windows, so a command with your usual profile folder goes to that copy and the flag is lost; the separate --user-data-dir avoids this.

Check the proxy

Open the IP checker in Edge: the address and country should match what you asked for. Check the WebRTC card too: by default WebRTC sends UDP outside the proxy, and a page can see your real address. On a computer you manage, set the Edge policy WebRtcLocalhostIpHandling to disable_non_proxied_udp and restart Edge. Otherwise FoxyProxy's Limit WebRTC → Disable Non-Proxied does the same for one profile. See WebRTC leaks.

Rotating or sticky

Use a sticky login, so every tab leaves from one IP. This line keeps its IP for 45 minutes, then gets a new one in the UK.

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Edge keeps the typed login while it runs, and closing its windows may not stop it. Before you sign in with a new line, turn startup boost off at edge://settings/system/manageSystem, or end Microsoft Edge in Task Manager.

If it does not work