Quick Start

This page takes you from a new installation to a working connection. You need a subscription link or a share link from your provider, or the details of your own server. If Throne is not installed yet, see Installation. For Android, see Throne for Android.

Add servers

Throne stores each server as a profile. Profiles belong to groups, which are the tabs above the profile list. A subscription is a group that Throne downloads from a URL and can update later.

Paste a subscription link

1. Copy the subscription URL. It starts with https://.
2. In the main window, press Ctrl+V, or click Program → Add profile from clipboard.
3. Throne asks "How to update?". Choose Create new subscription group in the list and click OK.

Throne creates a group named after the host name in the URL and downloads its profiles right away.

The other two choices do not create a subscription:

Choice	What it does
Add profiles to this group	Imports the profiles once into the current group. Throne does not keep the URL, so you cannot update these profiles later.
Import HTTP proxy profile	Treats the URL as the address of an HTTP proxy server.

Add a subscription from the Groups menu

1. Click Groups → Add new Group.
2. Enter a Name.
3. Set Type to Subscription. You cannot change the type later.
4. Paste the subscription URL into URL.
5. Click OK.
6. Right-click the tab of the new group and choose Update subscription.

Creating the group does not download anything; step 6 does. Later, you can update the current group with Groups → Update subscription (Ctrl+U). For automatic updates and provider settings, see Subscriptions & Groups.

Add single profiles

Profiles that you add this way go into the group whose tab is selected.

• Share links such as vless://, ss:// or trojan://: copy one or more links, one per line, and press Ctrl+V.
• A QR code on your screen: click Program → Scan QR Code (Ctrl+Shift+Q). Throne reads QR codes on all your screens.
• Files and images: drag config files, QR code images or link text onto the main window, or click Program → Add profile from File(s) (Ctrl+O).
• By hand: click Program → New profile (Ctrl+N).

All supported links and files are listed in Protocols & Import Formats.

Test servers

A URL test connects through each profile and measures the delay.

1. Click any profile in the list, then press Ctrl+A to select all profiles of the group.
2. Right-click the selection and choose Url Test Selected (Ctrl+Shift+S).

To test the whole group without selecting, click Groups → Url Test Group (Ctrl+Shift+G).

The Test Result column shows the delay in milliseconds, or Unavailable if the test failed. Click the Test Result column header to sort by it, and click it again to reverse the order.

To delete the profiles that failed, click Groups → Remove Unavailable (Ctrl+Shift+R). In a subscription group, the next update adds them again if the provider still lists them.

For speed tests, IP tests and automatic server choice, see Testing & Auto Selector.

Choose routing

Routing decides which traffic goes through the proxy and which goes directly to the Internet. This step is optional: the built-in routing profile Default sends all traffic through the proxy.

If you want the websites of your own country to open directly, without the proxy, download a ready-made routing profile:

1. Click Routing → Download Profiles and choose China, Iran or Russia.
2. Throne asks "Add these remote routing profiles?" and lists them. Keep Auto update ticked and click OK.
3. Open the Routing menu again. Your routing profiles are listed at the bottom, and the ticked one is active.
4. Click the routing profile that you want. If a profile is running, Throne restarts it with the new routing.

Routing profile	Through the proxy	Directly
Bypass China, Bypass Iran, Bypass Russia	All other traffic	Websites and IP addresses in that country, and your local network
Proxy China Blocked, Proxy Russia Blocked	Only websites that are blocked in that country	All other traffic
Proxy Antizapret, Proxy Refilter (Russia)	Only websites on these block lists	All other traffic

Only one routing profile is active at a time, so choose one of them. You do not need to delete Default or the other profiles. To write your own rules, see Routing.

Connect

1. Click the profile that you want to use.
2. Press Enter, or click the Start button to the right of Tools. Its tooltip says Start.
3. Tick System Proxy or Tun Mode, next to the Start button.

Mode	What it does
System Proxy	Sets the proxy settings of your system to Throne's local port (127.0.0.1:2080 by default) while a profile runs. Browsers and other apps that follow the system proxy settings use it. See System proxy.
Tun Mode	Creates a virtual network adapter that captures the traffic of all apps, including apps that ignore proxy settings. It needs administrator or root rights. See TUN mode.

You can turn on both modes at the same time. The window title then shows [Tun+System Proxy]. If you tick neither, apps that you set up yourself can still use Throne as a SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy at 127.0.0.1:2080. To choose a mode, see Which mode to use.

The first time you tick Tun Mode, Throne asks for the rights it needs:

• Windows: Throne asks you to run it as administrator. Click Yes and confirm the Windows prompt. Throne restarts as administrator with Tun Mode on. If Windows Firewall asks whether to allow ThroneCore, allow it.
• Linux: Throne asks to give its core root privileges. Click Yes and enter your password. Then tick Tun Mode again.
• macOS: Throne asks to give its core root privileges. Click Yes, and Terminal opens. Enter your password in Terminal, then tick Tun Mode again.

For details and alternatives, see TUN privileges.

Check the connection

The bottom left corner of the window shows the running profile as [group] profile. A moment later, the country and city of your exit IP address appear below it.

Click this text to test the running profile. Throne shows Test Result: <n> ms if the connection works, or Test Result: Unavailable if it does not. If the test fails, try another profile or see Troubleshooting.

Stop and quit

• To disconnect, click the same button again (its tooltip now says Stop), or press Ctrl+S.
• Closing the window only hides Throne in the system tray. To quit, click Program → Exit, or use Exit in the tray menu.
• With Program → Remember last profile on, Throne starts your last profile again when it starts, and turns System Proxy and Tun Mode back on if they were on. Program → Start with system starts Throne when you log in.

Next steps

• Subscriptions & Groups: automatic updates, and the User-Agent and HWID settings that some providers need.
• Routing: your own rules, for example to send only a few websites through the proxy.
• Testing & Auto Selector: speed tests, and automatic switching to a working server.
• TUN Mode: TUN settings and side effects.
• DNS: DNS servers and leak tests.
• Troubleshooting and FAQ: help when something does not work.