# POSTMAN doesn't support localhost

**URL:** <https://community.postman.com/t/postman-doesnt-support-localhost/51221>\
**Category:** Help Hub\
**Tags:** development, localhost\
**Created:** [August 31, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-doesnt-support-localhost/51221 "2023-08-31T14:20:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ana.gonzalez.villalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@ana.gonzalez.villalb](https://community.postman.com/u/ana.gonzalez.villalb)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-doesnt-support-localhost/51221/1 "2023-08-31T14:20:44Z")

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I am using Postman, and Postman is not supporting localhost.

Error: localhost request not supported

How can i change this setting?

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**Author:** ![danny-dainton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/danny-dainton/32/29401_2.png) [@danny-dainton](https://community.postman.com/u/danny-dainton)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-doesnt-support-localhost/51221/2 "2023-08-31T15:08:00Z")

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Hey @ana.gonzalez.villalb 👋

Welcome to the Postman Community! :postman:

Is there a specific error that you’re seeing? Could you show an example screenshot of your Postman instance, please?

I just created a very basic node server and it’s returning a response as expected.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/original/3X/f/a/fa4a34259953ba47c8239811e02ebaad834b1b4c.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/getpostman/user_avatar/community.postman.com/system/32/29796_2.png) [@system](https://community.postman.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.postman.com/t/postman-doesnt-support-localhost/51221/3 "2023-10-15T15:08:03Z")

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