{"id":973,"date":"2026-01-27T07:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/?p=973"},"modified":"2026-01-27T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:26:00","slug":"how-to-disable-the-cloudflare-proxy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/how-to-disable-the-cloudflare-proxy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable the Cloudflare Proxy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you are troubleshooting issues like SSL mismatches, “Error 522” (connection timed out), or incorrect content being served, Cloudflare’s proxy (the “Orange Cloud”) can sometimes act as a black box that hides the root cause.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By disabling the proxy, you force the internet to look directly at your origin server\u2019s IP address, allowing you to see exactly what is happening at the source.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/ Log in<\/strong> to your Cloudflare Dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\/ Select the Domain<\/strong> you want to debug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\/ Click on the DNS<\/strong> > Records <\/strong>tab in the left-hand sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4\/ Locate the record you want and Click On EDIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5\/ Under the Proxy status<\/strong> column, click the Orange Cloud<\/strong> icon. It will turn Gray<\/strong> and the text will change from “Proxied” to “DNS Only.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6\/ Click Save<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the cloud is gray, Cloudflare stops masking your server\u2019s IP. Because DNS changes take time to propagate, use these methods to verify that you are seeing the “real” IP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Once you have identified the issue, remember to toggle the cloud back to Orange!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    When you are troubleshooting issues like SSL mismatches, “Error 522” (connection timed out), or incorrect content being served, Cloudflare’s proxy (the “Orange Cloud”) can sometimes act as a black box that hides the root cause. By disabling the proxy, you force the internet to look directly at your origin server\u2019s IP address, allowing you to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-dns","category-how-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/973\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yegara.com\/en\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}