---
title: "Socks5.io - Free Proxy & Proxy Switcher – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "1,000 users, rated 5.00 by 10 people. Version 1.0.7, updated 2026-09-18. Requests 7 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn"
---

# Socks5.io - Free Proxy & Proxy Switcher

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 1,000
- Rating: 5.00 from 10 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 01:09 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #17,733 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #4,498 of 103,498

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Sign up for socks5.io to get 10 free proxy IPs. Connect residential, datacenter, or mobile proxies in Chrome—no extra software.

- Extension ID: `filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn`
- Developer: [socks5](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u65cf09f4cd4dfbf891c9ba3631d4c9eb)
- Trader status: Declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2026-08-21
- Last updated: 2026-09-18
- Version: `1.0.7`
- Size: 983 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `https://socks5.io/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/socks5io-free-proxy-proxy/filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Ffilgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 1,000 | 5.00 | 10 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `<all_urls>`: Every website

### Browser features

- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `proxy`: Send your traffic through a proxy
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `webRequest`: Watch network requests on the sites it can reach
- `webRequestAuthProvider`: Answer sign-in prompts from sites

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 01:09 UTC; next check around 2026-09-29.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Socks5.io - Free Proxy & Proxy Switcher” (filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn,
  title   = {Socks5.io - Free Proxy & Proxy Switcher (filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/filgmmmebcbohmaklmbdbjdojmgglgpn},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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