How to set up a proxy in Incogniton: add it, check it, fix the errors

To add a proxy in Incogniton, open the profile's Proxy tab, choose Custom proxy, set Connection type to HTTPS for port 8080 or SOCKS5 for port 1080, paste the line as host:port:username:password into Proxy (ip:port), click Check and save. Give every profile its own sticky session. Below: each step, bulk import and a fix for each error.

Incogniton keeps every browser profile apart: its own fingerprint, its own cookies and, once you add one, its own proxy. Its documentation is blunt about why the proxy matters: without one, every profile on your computer shares your real IP address, and a platform that links accounts by IP links them however different their fingerprints are. The field names below are the ones in Incogniton version 5 and its knowledge base; the values come from the QuanticData endpoint generator, and the check result in the screens is real.

What you need before you start

• Incogniton installed, with an account. Version 5 runs on Windows and macOS, and the steps are the same on both. The free Starter Package gives 10 browser profiles for the first two months and 3 after that.
• A proxy plan. Residential Premium, ISP or mobile: all three work in Incogniton. The section on proxy types says which one fits which profile.
• The four values: host, port, username and password. In the QuanticData dashboard they are under My proxies, on the plan's page, in the Endpoint generator.

The proxy fields in Incogniton

The Proxy tab of a profile offers four options: Proxy Library, Buy proxy, Custom proxy and Free proxy. A proxy you already have goes in Custom proxy, or in the Proxy Library first if you want to reuse it. Custom proxy opens these fields:

• Connection type: Without proxy, HTTPS or SOCKS5. HTTPS is the entry for an HTTP proxy, port 8080 on QuanticData (Incogniton's CSV import calls the same type HTTP); SOCKS5 is for port 1080.
• Proxy (ip:port): the host and the port. The hint under it says you can paste the whole proxy as url:port:username:password, and Incogniton fills the username and password for you. A host name such as residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io works as well as an IP.
• Proxy username and Proxy password.
• Rotating proxy: a toggle that asks for a provider's rotation API URL. Leave it off with QuanticData, as explained below.
• Proxy provider: Main provider, Backup provider or Second backup provider. It only picks the database Incogniton uses to look up where the IP is, not the proxy itself. The latest builds label it Proxy information provider.
• Check tests the proxy; Copy copies it.

The same QuanticData proxy, as one line and as the fields Incogniton fills from it:

# the whole line, pasted into Proxy (ip:port)
residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080:USER-country-fr-sid-p01-ttl-60m:PASS

# what ends up in each field
Proxy (ip:port):  residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080
Proxy username:   USER-country-fr-sid-p01-ttl-60m
Proxy password:   PASS

The username is the whole string, with everything after the first dash: -country-fr picks the exit country, -sid-p01 names the session and -ttl-60m keeps it for 60 minutes. Copy it whole. A username cut at the first dash still logs in, but the profile then leaves from a random country on a new IP at every request.

Step by step: add a proxy to an Incogniton profile

1. Generate the line. In the QuanticData dashboard open My proxies, then your plan. In the Endpoint generator choose the Country (and a Region or City if the profile needs one), set Session to Sticky, set Session TTL (minutes) to at least the time the profile stays open, choose the Protocol and keep the Output format on host:port:user:pass. The Preview shows the line; Connection details shows the same four values one by one.
2. Open the profile in Incogniton. For a new one, click New profile, give it a name, keep Fill language based on IP on and click Create. For an existing one, open the three-dot menu next to it and choose Edit.
3. Open the Proxy tab and choose Custom proxy.
4. Set Connection type to match the port. HTTPS for port 8080, SOCKS5 for port 1080.
5. Paste the line into Proxy (ip:port). Incogniton splits it: host and port stay in the field, the username and the password move to their own fields. Make sure Proxy username holds the whole string, from USER to the minutes.
6. Leave Rotating proxy off and Proxy provider on Main provider.
7. Click Check. Incogniton shows Connected with the IP, the Country, the Timezone and the Ping. The country has to match the -country- in the username.
8. Save the profile and start it from the profiles list.

The line in the screen was checked for real on 23 October 2026: a Residential Premium sticky session with -country-fr left from Tourcoing, in Hauts-de-France, with the time zone Europe/Paris, and the first byte of the answer arrived in 534 ms. Incogniton's own check reports the country and the time zone, which is what the profile needs to match.

Profile settings that follow the proxy

A French IP with an American time zone is the kind of mismatch sites look for. Incogniton can take these values from the proxy on every start, and its documentation recommends it:

• Language: Fill language based on IP, on the Details tab, on by default.
• Time zone: Fill timezone based on IP, on the Browser & Navigator tab.
• WebRTC: Altered, with Fill WebRTC Public IP based on the IP, on the Privacy & Network tab. Altered hides your real IP while keeping WebRTC working.
• Geolocation: Allow, with Fill location based on IP, on the same tab, so the coordinates a site asks for match the proxy's region.

One sticky session per profile

An antidetect profile is meant to look like one person on one connection. A rotating proxy changes IP on every request, which is fine for scraping and wrong for a profile that logs in. A sticky session keeps one IP for as long as the session lives, and the session lives in the username, so the profile's proxy never has to change once it is saved.

# profile 1: France, one session for a working day
residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080:USER-country-fr-sid-p01-ttl-480m:PASS

# profile 2: same plan, its own session (never reuse p01)
residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080:USER-country-fr-sid-p02-ttl-480m:PASS

# profile 3: Germany, open all day
residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080:USER-country-de-sid-p03-ttl-1440m:PASS

Three rules cover almost every case:

• A different session ID in every profile. Two profiles on the same line share one IP, which is exactly what an antidetect browser is there to avoid.
• A lifetime longer than the work. The generator accepts up to 1440 minutes, a full day. When the session ends, the next request gets a new IP, and a site can see that as a new login location.
• The country in the username. Without -country- the exit can be anywhere, and the time zone Incogniton fills from the IP will move with it.

With Session set to Sticky, the generator makes as many lines as the Quantity field says, ten by default, each with its own session ID, and Copy all or Download takes them out in the same format. One line per profile.

Residential Premium, ISP and mobile proxies in Incogniton

Proxy type	In Incogniton	Good for
Residential Premium	Custom proxy, one sticky line per profile; country, region, city or ISP in the username; username and password only	Most profiles: home IPs in the country you choose
ISP	Custom proxy, one fixed IP per profile, pasted as IP:Port:Username:Password	Long-lived accounts that should keep the same address for months
Mobile	Custom proxy, one sticky line per profile with -type-mobile in the username, HTTPS 8080 or SOCKS5 1080; or host:port alone with IP whitelist	Phone-first platforms and accounts tied to mobile networks

Residential Premium

Everything above is Residential Premium: one host, residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io, HTTP on 8080 and SOCKS5 on 1080, and the targeting in the username. Besides the country, the generator can add a region and a city, or an ISP, for profiles that must look local. It authenticates with username and password only, which is what Custom proxy expects.

ISP

ISP plans give fixed addresses, listed in the dashboard under Assigned IPs. Choose the Protocol there, HTTP / HTTPS or SOCKS5, and the output format IP:Port:Username:Password: that is exactly the line Incogniton's Proxy (ip:port) field and its bulk import take. Give each profile one IP and keep it: an ISP address is static by design, which is the point for an account that should look settled. In Incogniton set Connection type to HTTPS for an HTTP / HTTPS list and SOCKS5 for a SOCKS5 list. For a French profile, see French ISP proxies.

Mobile

Mobile plans use the host mobile.quantumproxies.io, with a gateway to choose in the generator (Global, USA, EU or Asia), HTTP on 8080 and SOCKS5 on 1080. A sticky mobile username carries -type-mobile:

# mobile, France, one session per profile
mobile.quantumproxies.io:8080:USER-country-fr-type-mobile-sid-p02-ttl-60m:PASS

Mobile plans also offer IP whitelist authentication: add your computer's public IP in the generator, take the host:port list it gives for that IP, and in Incogniton fill only Proxy (ip:port), leaving username and password empty. Incogniton's documentation lists the authentication method among the first things to check when a proxy fails, so pick one and stay with it. More on the country side on the page for French mobile proxies, and a mobile-only walkthrough on mobile proxies for Incogniton.

For a wider view of why each profile needs its own address, see residential proxies for antidetect browsers. The plans themselves are on the pages for QuanticData residential proxies, ISP proxies and QuanticData mobile proxies.

Adding many proxies at once: the Proxy Library

Incogniton's Proxy Library stores proxies once and lets you pick them from any profile. Its bulk form takes the generator's lines as they are:

1. Make the lines. In the generator set Session to Sticky and the quantity you need, generate, then Copy all or Download.
2. Open the bulk form. Proxy Library in the left menu, + New proxy, then Bulk add at the bottom left of the form.
3. Paste the lines, one per line, in the format ip:port:username:password, or use Load from file with a CSV in the same format, and click Add to list.
4. Check the list. It reads "10 proxy(s) to create" for ten lines. Every entry shows the same host and port, residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080, with the type HTTPS: the session ID is in each username, so the entries are different even if they look alike.
5. Choose a Group if you use them, and click Add.
6. Assign them. In each profile open the Proxy tab, choose Proxy Library and click Select from Proxy Library. Then click Check on the profile.

To create the profiles and their proxies in one go, Incogniton also imports profiles from a CSV file (New profile, the arrow next to it, Import from CSV). The proxy columns are Proxy_connection_type (HTTP or SOCKS5), Proxy_proxy_url, Proxy_proxy_username and Proxy_proxy_password:

profile_name,Proxy_connection_type,Proxy_proxy_url,Proxy_proxy_username,Proxy_proxy_password
FR profile 01,HTTP,residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080,USER-country-fr-sid-p01-ttl-480m,PASS
FR profile 02,HTTP,residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080,USER-country-fr-sid-p02-ttl-480m,PASS

Incogniton's documentation warns that a profile with a wrong proxy value still imports, and only fails when it connects. Run Check on a few imported profiles before you start them all.

Rotating proxy and a new IP

Incogniton's Rotating proxy toggle is for providers that change the IP through an API URL. With QuanticData Residential Premium and Mobile leave it off: the IP is tied to the session ID in the username, so a new session ID, -sid-p02 instead of -sid-p01, is a new IP. Change it in the Proxy username field and click Check again. ISP proxies are static addresses by design: one IP per profile, for months.

Incogniton proxy not working: errors and fixes

When the check fails, the profile gives a connection error, a red cross appears next to its proxy in the profiles list, and the profile does not launch. Searches for "incogniton proxy status no connection" describe the same thing: the check could not get through the proxy. A red bolt icon next to a green check is something else: the proxy works but is slow. Incogniton's documentation gives an order: the basics first (connection type, IPv6, authentication method, the port in the address), then a test outside Incogniton, then the profile's own settings.

What you see	Usual cause	Fix
Red cross next to the proxy, the profile does not launch	The connection type does not match the port: HTTPS on 1080 or SOCKS5 on 8080	HTTPS with 8080, SOCKS5 with 1080
The same error, with the right type	The port is missing from Proxy (ip:port), the username was cut, or a space came with the paste	Paste the line again from the generator's Preview and check that Proxy username holds the whole string
The check worked yesterday, fails today	The plan expired or its traffic is used up	Check the plan in My proxies: status, remaining traffic, expiry date
Connected, but the wrong country	No -country- in the username, or the lookup database has an old record for that IP	Generate the line with a country; if it has one, set Proxy provider to Backup provider and click Check again
The IP changes in the middle of a session	The session lifetime ended, or two profiles share one session ID	A longer -ttl- and a different -sid- in every profile
A whitelisted mobile line stops working	Your computer's public IP changed	Add the new IP to the whitelist in the generator, or switch to username and password
The proxy works elsewhere, the profile still fails	Incogniton cannot fetch the IP data it uses to fill the profile	Turn off Fill timezone based on IP, Fill WebRTC Public IP based on the IP and Fill location based on IP, and set the three values by hand

One test outside the browser settles most cases in a minute. If this returns an address in the right country, the proxy works and the problem is in the profile's fields:

curl -x http://residentialpremium.quantumproxies.io:8080 \
  -U "USER-country-fr-sid-test-ttl-10m:PASS" https://ipinfo.io/json

Incogniton's own guide does the same test in Firefox with the FoxyProxy extension and a check page. If the proxy fails there too, the cause is the proxy, the plan or your network, not Incogniton.

HTTPS or SOCKS5 in Incogniton

Both work for browsing, and every QuanticData network offers both. HTTPS, the HTTP proxy on port 8080, is the simpler choice and the one to start with. SOCKS5 on port 1080 passes any kind of connection, not only web pages; the details are on the page for SOCKS5 proxies. What breaks a profile is never the choice itself, only a connection type that does not match its port.

Before you run accounts

A proxy changes where a profile's traffic comes from, not what the profile is allowed to do. Keep to each platform's terms and to the law where you work, and use one profile, one session and one identity per account.