Quickstart

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How to start working with the browser extension:

1. For starting to work with our extension you will need to make sure you have at least 1 active zone in your bright data account in My Proxy page or Add new Zone. For more Zone creation details visit our Datacenter, ISP, Residential and Mobile guides.

1. Select the zone you like to work with in the extension:

1. If you selected our **Residential **network zone, and you get this notification: “Certificate or approved KYC are must to use residential zone” you need to install our certificate on your chrome browser. Browse here: https://docs.brightdata.com/general/account/ssl-certificate#installation-instructions and click “Chrome” to get instuctions to setup the certificate. To read more on our residential network access modes browser here: https://docs.brightdata.com/proxy-networks/residential/network-access

1. Select or Change country and city geo-location. please note city can be selected with Residential and Mobile zones:

1. Turn on the Proxy and start using it:

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How to enable city selection:

1. Go to Control panel My proxy page
2. Click on the zone you would like to enable it (Residential/Mobile):

1. Go to Geolocation targeting and select City:

1. Save the zone