Step-by-step – Firefox Configure SOCKS5 Proxy Guide

March 29, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Firefox Configuring SOCKS5 Proxy

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-step How to Enable SOCKS5 Proxy Navigation in Firefox Web Browser.

And the easiest, quickest and sleek way is to directly editing the Firefox Preferences.

But you may instead searching in the Firefox Addons for a Proxy Switcher.

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So first enter in the Browser Address Bar: about:preferences

Search for “proxy“.

Choose “Settings“.

Again “Proxy manual configuration“.

And the Edit the following entries:

  • SOCKS Host = localhost

  • Port = [THEPORT]

And Check the SOCKS v5 case.

Firefox SOCKS5 Manual Configuration

Congratulations, your Firefox SOCKS5 Navigation should be now nicely working!


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