# SwitchyOmega

SwitchyOmega is a powerful and reliable proxy manager that works with many popular browsers. 

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**Disclaimer:** Switchy Omega is no longer supported on Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers as of release of Manifest V3. The following guide covers only the browser extension available for Mozilla Firefox.
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Follow these steps to integrate Oxylabs [**Datacenter Proxies**](https://oxylabs.io/products/datacenter-proxies):

**Step 1.** Get the plugin and install it. For Firefox add-on click [**here**](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switchyomega/).

**Step 2.** Open SwitchyOmega **Options**.

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**Step 3.** Click **+New profile.**

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**Step 4.** Give this new profile a name, choose **Proxy Profile** type, and click **Create**.

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**Step 5.** Fill in the details:

**Connection type:** `HTTP`, `HTTPS`, or `SOCKS5`

**Server:** `dc.oxylabs.io`

**Port:** `8001`

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For the **Pay-per-IP** subscription, the port is the sequential number assigned to an IP address from the given list. Thus, port `8001` uses the first IP address from your list.

For the **Pay-per-traffic** subscription, port `8001` picks a random IP address but stays consistent during a session.&#x20;
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You can also specify geo-location, for example, the US, within the user authentication string: `user-USERNAME-country-US:PASSWORD`. Check our [documentation](https://developers.oxylabs.io/proxies/datacenter-proxies/select-country) for more details.
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**Step 6.** Click the **lock** icon on the right. Fill in the details for **Proxy Authentication**:

**Proxy user** **username:** `user-username`

**Proxy user password:** `password`

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Make sure you've added the `user-` part before your username.
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Click **Save changes.**

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**Step 7.** Click **Apply changes.**

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**Step 8**. Click on the SwitchyOmega icon and choose your newly configured proxy.

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That's it! You are now ready to use SwitchyOmega with Datacenter Proxies.

Find the original SwitchyOmega integration blog post [here](https://oxylabs.io/resources/integrations/proxy-switchyomega).


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