web-proxy.xyz does not exist any more. The name stopped resolving, so a browser cannot even find a server to ask, and the last time anything answered there was November 2024.
What it was
The Internet Archive's first working copy of web-proxy.xyz is from November 2024 and it holds 7 days of captures in total.
It ran on PHProxy, the script behind most free web proxies of that era.
It was listed on workingproxysites.com, a directory of free web proxies, 12 years ago, and that listing counted 349 clicks through to it.
When it stopped
The last capture that returned a page at all is from 28 November 2024 and the archive kept visiting until 15 December 2024.
What the name does today
We checked web-proxy.xyz on 10 September 2026 from our own server. The name does not resolve: there is no address behind it, so nothing can be served from it.
People still look for it: 30 searches a month for the name, according to Google's Keyword Planner read on 10 September 2026.
What still works
The replacement for a dead web proxy is not another name to remember. Our free proxy list shows when each entry was last checked and re-verifies every few minutes, and the checker tests an address you bring yourself.
Free proxies stay shared and short lived. For opening a blocked page that is usually enough, and for anything that has to work at a particular moment it is not.
What this page cannot tell you
The record shows when, not why. Nothing public says whether the operator lost interest, lost the hosting, or simply moved on, so this page does not guess.
Our status check is one day from one vantage point, and a site that refuses requests from data centres would look the same as one that is switched off. We will check this page again by 1 January 2027.
Sources
- Internet Archive, capture index for web-proxy.xyz, first capture 30 December 2021, most recent capture 15 December 2024. Read 2026-09-10.
- Our own status check of web-proxy.xyz and of all 8,948 sites listed on the same directory, 10 September 2026.
- Google Ads Keyword Planner, worldwide monthly searches for the name. Read 10 September 2026.
