By default Charles will configure and then reconfigure the Windows proxy settings whenever Charles is started or quit.Ĭharles proxy configuration behaviour can be changed in Charles in the Proxy Menu, Proxy Settings dialog. Most browsers will have a way to configure this manually, but configuring manually is annoying because you have to configure and reconfigure everytime you start and stop Charles.įortunately Charles can autoconfigure the proxy settings in many cases including:
In order for any browser (or any application) to use Charles it must be configured to use Charles as its proxy server.