# Proxy Switcher and Manager

> Manage and switch between multiple proxies quickly and easily through profiles

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/proxy-switcher-and-manager](https://chrome-stats.com/d/proxy-switcher-and-manager)

## Overview

- **ID:** `proxy-switcher-and-manager`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** tlintspr
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 2,217
- **Weekly downloads:** 141
- **Rating:** 3.73 / 5 (84 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.5.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-18
- **First published:** 2017-08-15
- **Size:** 248 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/proxy-switcher-and-manager/)
- **Website:** [http://add0n.com/proxy-switcher.html](http://add0n.com/proxy-switcher.html)

## Description

**Proxy Switcher and Manager** is a powerful Chrome extension designed to simplify managing and switching between multiple proxy configurations directly from your browser's toolbar. Inspired by Firefox's built-in proxy UI, it offers up to six different proxy profiles, allowing users to quickly toggle between manual proxy setups including HTTP, SSL, FTP, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5.

The extension updates its icon color to reflect the active proxy status, providing instant visual feedback. Additional features include tools for detecting your external IP location, geolocation services, and IP leakage detection to enhance your browsing security. While some advanced proxy options like auto-detection and PAC URL configurations are not available in this WebExtension port, this extension remains a useful and user-friendly proxy manager for Chrome users seeking flexibility and control over their network settings.

## Rankings

- #2,031 — Overall
- #365 — Privacy & Security
- #16 — kitchen
- #20 — proxy
- #39 — wifi proxy
- #41 — manager

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `notifications`
- `proxy`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise reliable Firefox proxy management, PAC support, open-source nature, and easy switching. Common drawbacks include lack of inline PAC editing, infrequent maintenance, proxy-setting errors and not remembering selections, a dated UI with missing DNS/SOCKS options, and no credential input for password-protected proxies. Overall it’s solid and simple but maintenance and feature gaps limit use for advanced setups.

### Pros

- Reliably manages Firefox network settings and applies the chosen proxy (not just claiming it's on).
- Works with PAC files (PAC support).
- Open source.
- Easy to use and switch between modes (system proxy and direct).
- Long-term, stable usage reported by multiple users.

### Cons

- Inline PAC script mode is unavailable or cannot be edited.
- Not updated in over a year; users report errors related to switching/editing proxies.
- Proxy setting errors like 'Cannot set this proxy type' and not remembering the last selected proxy.
- Ugly UI and missing features like DNS proxy and SOCKS options.
- Lacks input for credentials (username/password) for proxies requiring authentication.

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