Clash for Windows Tutorial

Clash for Windows supports two profile import methods:

• Remote subscription URL
• Local configuration file

Method 1: remote subscription URL

Copy a Clash subscription URL from your provider. This guide uses 畅连 as an example.

Open the Profiles page, paste the URL into the field at the top, and click Download. When the download finishes, select the new profile to make it active.

Method 2: local configuration file

If you already have a local YAML file, drag it onto the Profiles page or click Import and choose the file.

Open Proxies and initially keep Rule selected in the upper-right corner. The four modes work as follows:

• Rule: applies the profile rules to connect directly, use a proxy, or reject traffic.
• Global: sends every request to the current proxy node.
• Direct: connects every request directly without a proxy.
• Script: handles requests according to the script result.

Rule mode is the usual starting point. To troubleshoot a rule, temporarily compare it with Global mode. Expand a policy group and select an available node.

Open General and enable System Proxy. Once the switch turns green, apps that respect the Windows system proxy will send requests through Clash for Windows.

The tray icon changes to a gold cat. The image below explains the different icon colors.

To start the client when you sign in to Windows, open General and enable Start with Windows. First confirm that the client exits cleanly and restores the proxy correctly.

Open Profiles from the left menu and click Update All to refresh every remote profile.