{"id":6186,"date":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/?p=6186"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","slug":"how-to-download-through-a-proxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/how-to-download-through-a-proxy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download through an Anonymous Proxy Server"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are you looking to hide your IP address while you download files online? Then you are on the right page as we would be showing you how to set up proxies for browsers and even the popular Internet Download Manager.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Are you looking forward to downloading a file or document from the Internet but do not want to reveal your real IP address<\/a> as you do that? It is no longer news that as you surf. The Internet accessing resources from web servers, your device hand out your real IP address as a standard procedure in other to identify itself.<\/p>\n

These web servers are becoming cunning with their use of the UPs of their users \u2013 some use it for tracking your activities both on the website you visit or as you move around the Internet as in the case of ads companies. In some scenarios, you are blocked because of your location and your IP address is what is used in getting your actual location.<\/p>\n

There is also not soo good use of IP address that will make you want to keep your IP address hidden from websites you download from. You wouldn\u2019t want to get a lawsuit or get harassed by copyright trolling because you downloaded copyrighted material. Fortunately for us, with the help of proxies, you can mask your real IP address as you download from the Internet without anyone knowing you are the one that downloaded the file.<\/p>\n

We will be showing you how to download through proxy servers in this article. You will learn how to get that done on your browser and using the Internet Download Manager (IDM)<\/a>. You will need a fast proxy server to be able to follow this guide. Smartproxy dedicated datacenter proxies<\/a> are some of the best for downloading.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>How to Setup Browsers to Download Via Proxy Servers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

In this section, we would be showing you how to use popular web browsers to download files through proxies. These browsers include Chrome, Safari, Firefox.<\/p>\n\n

<\/span>Google Chrome on Windows<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Google Chrome on Windows does not have application-level proxy configuration support, you will have to get that done from the global proxy setting. Below is the steps to get that done.<\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong> Go to \u201cSettings\u201d and click on \u201cNetwork and Internet\u201d<\/p>\n

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Step 2:<\/strong> From the left panel, select \u201cProxy\u201d<\/p>\n

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Step 3:<\/strong> Toggle \u201cUse a proxy server\u201d ON and provide the proxy address and port in the appropriate input box and then save.<\/p>\n

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Step 4:<\/strong> Go to Chrome and attempt to use it, you will be asked for a username and password for authentication if the proxy server is paid \u2013 provide the username and password. From then, all of your web requests would be routed through the proxy server including downloads.<\/p>\n

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