HTTP Proxy

Specify proxy settings that IntelliJ IDEA should use to access the Internet. The HTTP proxy works for both HTTP and HTTPS.

Item	Description
No proxy	Connect directly without a proxy.
Auto-detect proxy settings	Use the system proxy settings or an automatically detected proxy auto-config (PAC) file. Automatic proxy configuration URL: Manually specify the location of the PAC file. If the PAC file encoding is UTF-8 with BOM, it will not work. Make sure that the encoding is UTF-8 without BOM. Clear passwords: Clear the passwords for the specified proxy.
Manual proxy configuration	Specify proxy settings manually. HTTP: Use an HTTP proxy. SOCKS: Use a SOCKS proxy. For more information, see Socket Secure protocol. Host name: Specify the proxy hostname or IP address. Port number: Specify the proxy port number. No proxy for: Specify one or several host names or IP addresses for which no proxy should be specified. You can use an asterisk to denote a wildcard for any number of characters and a comma to separate addresses. Proxy authentication: Select this checkbox if your proxy requires authentication. Login: Specify the user for connecting to the proxy. Password: Specify the password associated with the user (login). Remember: Select this checkbox if you want IntelliJ IDEA to remember the password. Otherwise, you will be asked to provide the password every time IntelliJ IDEA connects to the proxy.

Item

Description

No proxy

Connect directly without a proxy.

Auto-detect proxy settings

Use the system proxy settings or an automatically detected proxy auto-config (PAC) file.

Automatic proxy configuration URL: Manually specify the location of the PAC file.

If the PAC file encoding is UTF-8 with BOM, it will not work. Make sure that the encoding is UTF-8 without BOM.
Clear passwords: Clear the passwords for the specified proxy.

Manual proxy configuration

Specify proxy settings manually.

HTTP: Use an HTTP proxy.
SOCKS: Use a SOCKS proxy. For more information, see Socket Secure protocol.
Host name: Specify the proxy hostname or IP address.
Port number: Specify the proxy port number.
No proxy for: Specify one or several host names or IP addresses for which no proxy should be specified. You can use an asterisk to denote a wildcard for any number of characters and a comma to separate addresses.
Proxy authentication: Select this checkbox if your proxy requires authentication.
Login: Specify the user for connecting to the proxy.
Password: Specify the password associated with the user (login).
Remember: Select this checkbox if you want IntelliJ IDEA to remember the password. Otherwise, you will be asked to provide the password every time IntelliJ IDEA connects to the proxy.

Last modified: 29 April 2021