Set up Edge with ProxyField
- In Edge, open ⋯ → Settings → System and performance → Open your computer's proxy settings.
- Under Manual proxy setup, select Set up next to Use a proxy server.
- Turn on Use a proxy server, enter
gate.proxyfield.ioand port7000, and select Save. - Open
https://api.ipify.orgin Edge and sign in with your username and password.
For an Edge-only proxy, start a separate Edge with its own profile folder (Windows); Edge asks for the login on the first page.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --proxy-server="http://gate.proxyfield.io:7000" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\EdgeProxyUS"Microsoft's own guide to a sign-in box that keeps coming back: Troubleshoot repeated proxy authentication prompts (Microsoft Learn).
Setting up a proxy in Edge: Edge has no proxy fields of its own. Settings → System and performance → Open your computer's proxy settings opens the Windows or macOS proxy page, where the host and port go, and Edge asks for the username and password on the first page (steps). A VPN app, an antivirus web shield or security software can also set a proxy. On a work or school PC, leave the proxy on and ask IT: the box there usually means Windows sign-in to the company proxy did not complete (the 5 checks in order).
Your credentials, the allowlist and the configurator (it generates as many proxy lines as you need) are in your ProxyField account once the payment is confirmed. Labels can differ slightly between versions.
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Why Edge keeps asking for the proxy password
Edge shows the proxy sign-in box whenever the proxy answers that it needs a login. In HTTP that answer is the status 407 Proxy Authentication Required (RFC 9110); Microsoft's Edge troubleshooting article (updated 2026-09-18) describes the loop: the box comes back after you enter valid credentials, or pages fail with that status. The status comes from the HTTP standard and Edge, not from a ProxyField error list; what our gateway returns in each case: 407 Proxy Authentication Required for a wrong login or password, an IP not on the allowlist or a malformed location, 402 Payment Required when no traffic is left and 502 Bad Gateway when no exit could be connected; a restricted site gets no separate response, and a 403 comes from the site itself.
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Stop the prompt for good
| Method | What changes | Fits |
|---|---|---|
| A proxy extension | The extension stores the username and password and sends them itself; no box appears | Your own PC, one Edge profile, several countries to switch between |
| IP allowlist | Add your public IP in your ProxyField account; the gateway admits that IP without any username and password on the port you set up in the dashboard, so Edge has nothing to ask | A PC or server with a fixed public IP; not a laptop that changes networks |
| No proxy at all | Turn off Use a proxy server and Use setup script in Windows Network & internet → Proxy | You did not mean to use a proxy, and the box came from a leftover setting or an app |
With the allowlist, how you pick the country and session: with the allowlist, the product, location and session are set per port in the dashboard. The difference between the two sign-in methods is on proxy authentication.
Find the cause
Seeing the box once is normal with the system proxy: Windows' proxy form has only an address and a port, no username field, so Edge asks for it the first time it uses the proxy. Seeing it again and again needs these 5 checks, in this order, retesting the page after each change (steps 1, 2, 4 and 5 follow Microsoft's article):
- The Windows proxy page. Open Settings → Network & internet → Proxy. Expect: Use a proxy server on with the address you chose (for ProxyField,
gate.proxyfield.iowith port7000, or the port you set up in the dashboard if you use the allowlist) and Use setup script off unless you need it. An address you don't recognize: turn it off on your own PC, or ask IT on a managed one. - Policies in Edge. Open
edge://policy. Expect: noProxySettingsentry on a home PC (nor the olderProxyMode,ProxyServer,ProxyPacUrl). If one is there, your organization sets the proxy, and it wins over your settings. - Two Windows checks. In Command Prompt,
netsh winhttp show advproxy(netsh winhttp show proxyon older Windows) shows the machine-wide WinHTTP proxy that Windows services use (Microsoft: Netsh.exe commands). Expect"ProxyIsEnabled": false, orDirect access (no proxy server).from the older command; a proxy here means a setup tool or IT set one for the whole machine. Then open Control Panel → Credential Manager → Windows Credentials: an entry for the proxy's host name with an old password can be offered instead of the one you type, so remove it and sign in again. - Another network. Try a phone hotspot. If the box stops there, the proxy or its sign-in comes from your usual network, often a company proxy that Automatically detect settings found, and IT owns the fix. With a ProxyField allowlist, a new network also means a new IP to add.
- Record it and ask. Record one failed request at
edge://net-export, note the Edge version fromedge://settings/helpand exportedge://policy. Send them to your IT team, or, for a ProxyField login, to our 24/7 live chat. Remove anything private from the log first.
What each finding means:
| Cause | How you spot it | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The login does not match your account | The box returns right after you sign in | Copy both from your account; check the location part (-country-us-city-new_: lowercase, underscores, no spaces) |
| Edge sends the request to another proxy | edge://policy shows a ProxySettings policy, or Windows shows Use setup script on | Turn off the setup script you do not need; on a managed PC, ask IT, because a policy wins over your settings |
| A PAC file sends some hosts to another proxy | The main page loads, images or scripts ask again | Check what FindProxyForURL returns for those hosts; see PAC files |
| A second proxy extension or VPN app | edge://extensions shows another proxy or VPN extension on | Keep one proxy tool enabled at a time |
| A saved credential with an old password | Credential Manager → Windows Credentials lists the proxy's host name, and the box came back after a password change | Remove that entry and sign in again |
| Your IP left the allowlist | You used the allowlist and the box appeared after a network change | Add the new IP in your account, or sign in with username and password |
| A work or school proxy that signs you in with Windows (Kerberos or NTLM) | The box appears only on the company network or a managed PC, and your usual password does not end it | Single sign-on did not complete: do not turn the proxy off; ask IT to check the AuthSchemes and AuthServerAllowlist policies and the proxy's service principal name (SPN) |
With Negotiate (Kerberos) or NTLM sign-in, a 407 inside the sign-in exchange is normal: the proxy and Edge pass tokens over several rounds, and only a 407 that repeats the same challenge is a fault. Microsoft advises running klist in the user's session to see the Kerberos tickets, not running klist purge as a routine fix, and not turning on the BasicAuthOverHttpEnabled policy as a workaround, because it sends the password over an unencrypted connection. Those cases belong to your IT team; a ProxyField login is a plain username and password.
The full list of reasons, for every tool: 407 Proxy Authentication Required.
Three ways to put a proxy in Edge
| Method | Applies to | Username and password | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| System proxy (Edge's settings button) | Edge and every app that follows the system | Edge asks the first time it uses the proxy | the whole computer |
--proxy-server command line | that Edge window and profile only | Edge asks | an Edge-only proxy |
| Proxy extension | that Edge profile | saved in the extension | switching countries in one click, no sign-in box |
Edge is built on Chromium, so it behaves like Chrome here; the differences are the menu names, the msedge program and the Edge Add-ons store.
Set up a proxy in Edge on Windows
- In Edge, open ⋯ → Settings → System and performance and select Open your computer's proxy settings.
Screenshot Edge Settings, System and performance, with Open your computer's proxy settings - Windows opens Network & internet → Proxy. Under Manual proxy setup, select Set up next to Use a proxy server.
- Turn on Use a proxy server, enter Proxy IP address
gate.proxyfield.ioand Port7000, and select Save.Screenshot Windows 11 Edit proxy server dialog with gate.proxyfield.io and port 7000 - Go back to Edge and open
https://api.ipify.org. Edge shows a sign-in box for the proxy: enter your username, such as<login>-country-us-city-new_york, and your password.Screenshot Edge proxy sign-in box for gate.proxyfield.io:7000 - The page shows an IP that is not yours. Open
https://ipinfo.io/jsonto see its country and city.
The same proxy now applies to other apps that follow the Windows setting; the whole Windows picture, including the command line, is on Windows proxy settings.
Edge on a Mac
On macOS the same button, Open your computer's proxy settings, opens System Settings → Network. Select your network, then Details… → Proxies, turn on Web proxy (HTTP) and Secure web proxy (HTTPS), each with server gate.proxyfield.io and port 7000, turn on Proxy server requires password and enter your username and password, then select OK. Safari and other apps follow it too; see Mac proxy settings.
An Edge-only proxy with --proxy-server
To keep the rest of the computer direct, start a separate Edge instance with its own profile folder. The proxy then covers that window only.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --proxy-server="http://gate.proxyfield.io:7000" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\EdgeProxyUS"open -na "Microsoft Edge" --args --proxy-server="http://gate.proxyfield.io:7000" --user-data-dir="$HOME/EdgeProxyUS"The flag takes no credentials; Edge asks for them on the first page. Without a separate --user-data-dir, the command joins the Edge that is already open, and that Edge ignores the flag. Start a second instance with another folder, and sign in with another location's username, to have a US window and a German window side by side. Country keys outside the US: the two-letter country code in lowercase, as in -country-de.
A proxy extension in Edge
An extension sets the proxy for one Edge profile and stores the login, so no sign-in box appears.
- Open Edge Add-ons (
microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons) and install a proxy manager. - In the extension, add a proxy: type HTTP, host
gate.proxyfield.io, port7000, your username and password. - Turn it on and open
https://api.ipify.org.
Rule-based managers send chosen sites through chosen proxies: see ZeroOmega and FoxyProxy, or a one-click proxy switcher. Keep one proxy extension enabled at a time. ProxyField works in any extension that takes an HTTP proxy with a username and password.
SOCKS5 in Edge
Edge supports SOCKS5, but like Chrome it does not send a SOCKS5 username and password. So in Edge, use HTTP with your username and password, or SOCKS5 with your IP on the allowlist in your ProxyField account and a start with --proxy-server="socks5://gate.proxyfield.io:<port>", where <port> is the port you set up in the dashboard for your allowlisted IP. In tools that do send a SOCKS5 login, SOCKS5 runs on the same gate.proxyfield.io:7000 with the same username and password as HTTP. With the IP allowlist, the product, location and session are set per port in the dashboard. When SOCKS5 is worth it is covered on SOCKS5 proxies.
Country, city and sticky sessions
The location goes in the username: <login>-country-us-city-new_york for New York. Targeting covers country, region (state) and city, with all 50 US states, at the same price per GB. In rotating mode, every request gets a new IP; a sticky session keeps one IP from 30 s to 36 h, which suits a site where you stay logged in. Region, session and session time go in the same username: -region-<region>, -session-<id> and -ttl-<seconds> (30 to 129,600 seconds, 20 minutes by default), as in <login>-country-us-region-new_york-city-new_york-session-he9f2qga-ttl-600; every part after the login is optional. An IP idle for 120 s is replaced. Residential is the default; add -mobile after the login for mobile IPs: <login>-mobile-country-us.
Turn off or reset the proxy in Edge
- System proxy: in Windows Network & internet → Proxy, select Edit next to Use a proxy server and turn it off. On a Mac, turn off both web proxies in Details… → Proxies.
- Command line: close that Edge instance.
- Extension: switch it to direct, or turn it off in
edge://extensions. - Reset:
edge://settings/resetrestores Edge's own settings; it does not change the system proxy.
A proxy set by your organization shows in edge://policy and can't be changed in Edge.
Check that Edge uses the proxy
- Open
https://api.ipify.org: it shows the proxy's IP. - Open
https://ipinfo.io/json: the country and city match your username. - Or paste the proxy line into the proxy checker: up to 100 proxies per check; your list and results are not stored.
WebRTC in the browser can show your real IP to sites that ask for it; check it with a WebRTC leak test.
Fix Edge proxy errors
| Symptom | Most likely cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
"Hmm… can't reach this page" with ERR_ | Wrong host or port | gate.proxyfield.io, 7000 (with the IP allowlist, the port you set up in the dashboard) |
| The sign-in box keeps coming back | A wrong username or password, a second proxy, a PAC file, a stale saved credential or a changed allowlist IP | See why Edge keeps asking |
| No sign-in box, and pages fail | SOCKS5 with a login, or an extension in control | Use HTTP, or turn the extension off |
| The setting is grayed out | Your organization manages it | Check edge://policy |
| Some sites won't load | The site blocks the IP, or a restricted category | Some site categories are restricted to protect the network, including financial and government services |
Status codes are explained in proxy errors, and a proxy that fails everywhere has a checklist in why is my proxy not working. Our 24/7 live chat helps with setup and integration.
Which proxies to use with Edge
| What you do | Proxy | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Check sites, ads and prices by country or city | Residential | from $1.95/GB ($2.95 for 1 GB) |
| See what phone users see | Mobile 5G/4G | from $2.45/GB ($3.45 for 1 GB) |
| One fixed IP for an account you log in to daily | Dedicated ISP | from $2.29 per IP per 30 days |
A proxy in Edge moves only web traffic and changes your IP and location; it is not a VPN and doesn't encrypt traffic by itself (proxy vs VPN). Use ProxyField for lawful work within our acceptable use policy.
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Edge FAQ
How do I set up a proxy in Microsoft Edge?
ProxyField proxies work in Edge from $1.95/GB ($2.95 for 1 GB): open Settings → System and performance → Open your computer's proxy settings, turn on Use a proxy server with gate.proxyfield.io and port 7000, and save. Edge asks for your username and password on the first page; https://api.ipify.org then shows the new IP.
Why does Microsoft Edge keep asking for my proxy username and password, and how do I stop the prompt?
Edge asks whenever the proxy answers 407 Proxy Authentication Required and the sign-in does not finish: the login is rejected, a second proxy from edge://policy, a setup script or another extension takes the request, or Windows sign-in to a work proxy fails. For your own proxy, re-enter the username and password from your account, location part included, and keep one proxy tool on; to stop the box for good, add your IP to the allowlist so no login is needed, or use an extension that stores the login. If you never meant to use a proxy, turn off Use a proxy server and Use setup script in Windows Settings → Network & internet → Proxy; on a work PC, ask IT instead.
Can I use an IP allowlist in Edge so it stops asking for a password?
Yes. Add your public IP in your ProxyField account and use the port you set up in the dashboard: requests from that IP need no username and password, so Edge shows no sign-in box. It suits a PC with a fixed IP; on a laptop that changes networks, an extension that stores the login is simpler.
Does Microsoft Edge have its own proxy settings?
No. On Windows and macOS, Edge uses the system proxy, and its settings button only opens the system page. For an Edge-only proxy, start Edge with --proxy-server and its own profile folder, or use a proxy extension.
Where are the proxy settings in Edge?
In Edge, open ⋯ → Settings → System and performance → Open your computer's proxy settings. On Windows that leads to Network & internet → Proxy; on a Mac, to System Settings → Network → Details… → Proxies.
How do I use a proxy only in Edge, not the whole PC?
Start a separate Edge instance with --proxy-server="http://gate.proxyfield.io:7000" and its own --user-data-dir, or install a proxy extension in that Edge profile. Both leave the Windows proxy and other apps untouched.
How do I set a proxy for Edge from the command line?
Run msedge.exe --proxy-server="http://gate.proxyfield.io:7000" --user-data-dir="%LOCALAPPDATA%\EdgeProxyUS" on Windows, or open -na "Microsoft Edge" --args --proxy-server=… with its own folder on a Mac. Without the separate folder, the command joins the open Edge, which ignores the flag.
Does Edge support SOCKS5 proxies?
Yes, through the system proxy or --proxy-server="socks5://host:port". Edge does not send a SOCKS5 username and password, so use SOCKS5 with your IP on the allowlist and the port you set up in the dashboard, or HTTP with a login.
Can I use a SOCKS5 proxy with a password in Edge?
Not directly: Edge, like Chrome, has no way to pass SOCKS5 credentials, and extensions can't add it. Use an HTTP proxy with your username and password, or allowlist your IP and use SOCKS5 without a login on the port you set up in the dashboard.
How do I turn off the proxy in Edge?
Turn off Use a proxy server in Windows Network & internet → Proxy (or both web proxies on a Mac), close an Edge started with --proxy-server, or switch a proxy extension to direct. Then reload the page to see your own IP again.
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Can I run multiple proxies on Edge?
Yes: run several Edge instances, each with its own --user-data-dir and its own location username, such as <login>-country-us-city-new_york in one of them. A rule-based extension can also send different sites through different proxies in one profile.
What is the best proxy extension for Edge?
ProxyField works in any Edge extension that takes an HTTP proxy with a username and password, so pick by the job: a rule-based manager such as ZeroOmega or FoxyProxy for per-site proxies, or a one-click switcher for a few saved locations. Install it from Edge Add-ons, check the publisher, and keep one proxy extension enabled at a time.
Why use a proxy in Microsoft Edge?
To see websites, prices, ads and search results as people in another country or city see them, or to keep one stable IP for an account you manage. ProxyField targets country, region (state) and city, with all 50 US states.
Why are residential proxies a good fit for Microsoft Edge?
Residential IPs come from home internet providers, so sites treat Edge like an ordinary visitor from that place. ProxyField residential proxies cost from $1.95/GB, with a 99.6% success rate, according to our service data.
Can I access region-locked public content in Edge with a proxy?
A proxy in the right country shows you public pages as local visitors see them; set the location in the username, such as <login>-country-us-city-new_york for New York. Use it within the site's terms and our acceptable use policy.
Will using a proxy slow down Microsoft Edge?
Each page takes an extra hop through the proxy, so it can load a little slower than direct. ProxyField residential proxies have under 1 s typical response, according to our service data.
How do I check the proxy connection in Edge?
Open https://api.ipify.org for the exit IP and https://ipinfo.io/json for its location. If they show your own IP, the proxy isn't active in that window or profile.
What is an edge proxy server?
It means two things: a proxy you use in Microsoft Edge, which is what this page covers, or a reverse proxy at the "edge" of a server network that sits in front of websites. ProxyField sells forward proxies for your traffic, not reverse proxies for websites.
Can I use a free proxy in Edge?
Edge accepts any proxy, but free public proxies are shared, often already blocked, and can read unencrypted traffic. ProxyField has no free proxies; the smallest purchase is 1 GB for $2.95, and the traffic never expires.