# Actions: proxies

Add, remove and create proxies, and sign any action as a proxy wallet, with Taostats Actions.

_Source: https://taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/taostats-actions/proxies_

_Last reviewed: 2026-10-28_

A proxy lets another wallet sign specific kinds of transaction for yours. You can keep the coldkey that holds your stake offline and do day-to-day work with a key that can do less. Taostats Actions both manages proxies and signs as one. [Open Proxies](https://taostats.io/pro/actions/proxies).

For what each proxy type permits, see [Extrinsics: proxy](https://taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/extrinsics/proxy-extrinsics). For how proxies fit with ledgers and multisig, see [Securing a wallet](https://taostats.io/docs/concepts/security/securing-a-wallet).

> [!NOTE]
> **Paid plan**
>
> Anyone can open an action, fill it in and review the transaction. Signing and submitting requires a paid Taostats plan. Compare plans on [Billing](https://taostats.io/pro/billing), or see [Plans](https://taostats.io/docs/understanding-taostats/taostats-pro/your-taostats-account#plans).

## Manage proxies

### [Add Proxy](https://taostats.io/pro/actions/proxies/add-proxy)

Authorises another wallet to act for yours within a proxy type, with an optional delay. The chain reserves a deposit for each proxy and returns it when the proxy is removed. **Any** gives full control, including transfers.

[Taostats Actions: Add a Proxy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOGIafKSJ4)

### [Remove Proxy](https://taostats.io/pro/actions/proxies/remove-proxy)

Revokes one proxy, picked from the wallet's current proxies. It can no longer act for this wallet once the transaction is included.

[Taostats Actions: Remove a Proxy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnudIArytlw)

### [Remove All Proxies](https://taostats.io/pro/actions/proxies/remove-all-proxies)

Removes every proxy on the wallet at once. Anything that relies on one of them stops working.

[Taostats Actions: Remove All Proxies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qcvm25e5u8)

### [Add Pure Proxy](https://taostats.io/pro/actions/proxies/add-pure-proxy)

Creates a new keyless account that only this wallet controls through a proxy. If that proxy relationship is removed, whatever the pure proxy holds can no longer be reached.

[Taostats Actions: Add a Pure Proxy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkeUrPYvFyg)

## Sign as a proxy wallet

Every action except the multisig screens has a **Complete as proxy wallet** switch. Turn it on and choose a wallet that made yours its proxy: the action runs as that wallet, and your connected wallet signs. Taostats lists the wallets that have made yours a proxy; one added in the last few minutes can be entered by address.

Watch it step by step: [Complete as a proxy wallet (video)](https://s3.hippius.com/rufus/public/actions-proxywallet-own-branded-draft1-2026-10-28.mp4).

- **The action belongs to the proxied wallet.** Balances, positions and dropdowns are that wallet's, and anything the action stakes, sends or changes is that wallet's.
- **The proxy type is checked first.** Each action shows whether your proxy type can do it, and the review re-reads the grant from the chain.
- **Your wallet pays the fee**, unless the proxied wallet has opted in to pay it. Through Taostats Shield your wallet always pays.
- **A proxy with a delay can't be used.** Each call through a delayed proxy must be announced first, and Actions does not do that.
- **The fee is charged even if the inner call fails.** A proxy transaction succeeds when the proxy call is included; Taostats then reads the result of the call made as the other wallet and tells you if it failed (for example, on slippage).