Error: connect ECONNREFUSED

Hello, I am learning how to find vulnerabilities in APIs and I have little IT experience.
I’ve checked:
General:
ssl: off
request timeout in ms: 0

Proxy:
This proxy requires authentication: unchecked
Use the system proxy: unchecked
Add a custom proxy configuration: checked
Proxy Type HTTP HTTPS - checked
Proxy Server: 127.0.0.1 : 8083
Proxy Auth: off
Sorry if this is a noob question but I am dumbfounded I have googled for hours with no working solution.

I also disabled any firewalls, unless my ISP is blocking me? Again noob here don’t know what i’m talking about!

GET http://reqres.in/api/users/1
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:8083
Proxy
id: “c1701ea7-565f-4240-839c-dd7c599be579”
disabled: false
host: “127.0.0.1”
match: {…}
port: 8083
tunnel: false
authenticate: false
Request Headers
User-Agent: PostmanRuntime/7.29.0
Accept: /
Postman-Token: c13dd7c2-0c73-463d-9da1-54e9a3def520
Host: reqres.in
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Connection: keep-alive

Steps To Reproduce

Set the method to GET
add the URL http://reqres.in/api/users/1.
Click Send

Screenshots or Videos

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Operating System

Kali Linux

Postman Version

Version 9.23.3

Postman Platform

Postman App

Fixed
Solution: Disable proxy

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hi i actually did that, it still won’t work, is this a problem with my local host ? how can I fix it