Use system proxy settings in IntelliJ IDEA

  1. Close any running IntelliJ IDEA instances
  2. Add this line to your idea.properties file:
    java.net.useSystemProxies=true
  3. Start IntelliJ, go to File – Settings – HTTP Proxy, select “Auto-detect proxy settings”.

2 thoughts on “Use system proxy settings in IntelliJ IDEA”

  1. In recent versions of IntelliJ IDEA, you can set this directly in the IDE via the *Help* menu, *Edit Custom Properties…*

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