I’m using VPN permanently, I tried to disable my VPN but it didn’t help.
Can’t advise much more, but also you can check your firewall and antivirus software if it’s not blocking your internet connection for UE, and as I mentioned - try other log-in method.
Well I’m currently logged in on both my Epic and Quixel account via web browser but UE5 still wants its own login apparently. Also tried disabling my antivirus software, VPN, firewall… nothing helped. Also tried to changed default Windows web browser from Firefox to Chrome to Edge… nothing.
You can also have a try to find some info about your issue or create another topic on Quixel’s forum. Also try this:
I can’t find the Bridge plugin anywhere since I downloaded UE5 for the first time yesterday. Since then I’ve installed then re-installed UE5 and the Epic Games Launcher numerous times to try and remedy the problem. I’ve noticed a few posts from staff saying the issue is fixed but still can’t find the plugin in the engine, my vault, or the marketplace. Here’s hoping it’s truly resolved for all soon and if anyone has any tips I’d be grateful. I’ve done everything I could think of to fix it on my end.
Mine is just in the plug-ins.
I don’t think there is anything to be added.
I think the menu location changed to the content browser.

yes yes, we all know about this.
this is NOT it.
The plugin simply does not exist in the vault/marketplace/engine/anywhere, like he said. there’s nothing TO turn on.
I guess I had it since Early Access.
And when I check it now on the marketplace it does say it is unavailable.
I am sure this will be corrected soon.
Cheers.
i have some free time tomorrow, so i can always pull the nuclear option and reinstall windows lol.
i’ve moved things around, installed uninstalled bridge for 4.26, pulled a hard drive that ruined my epic games installation. it’s a mess lol.
I hope so, thank you though for the response
I assume the reason it’s no longer on the marketplace is that there’s likely no point in installing from the marketplace any longer, now that the Quixel Bridge is part of the base engine. (Nor do I imagine the marketplace version would continue to be maintained as a separate thing, as a result.)
It might be that the binary build somehow mistakenly omitted it? Indeed, installing the binary build does not seem to have it for me (though installing the cached Marketplace copy of the plugin into the binary build works fine), while a source build does have the plugin already there.
This feels like an oversight/mistake to me.
In which case, until that gets corrected in the binary image of the engine, here’s a copy of the built version from the launcher’s local cache of Marketplace items on my machine. Just unzip it into the UE_5.0\Engine\Plugins
directory (wherever you installed UE5); it should leave you with a Bridge
subdirectory containing the plugin, and then I believe you’re good-to-go when you next start up the engine.
(Forum mods: I am assuming this is okay to throw out there to get folks unstuck, given that it should be part of the base installation – and demonstrably is part of the source build – and was free to start with; if I’m wrong on that and it is Forbidden for whatever reason, let me know and I’ll yoink the link.)
it’s working now! It was firewall after all!
does this add it to the vault as well? Just wondering if it’ll stay updated or not if we manually add the plugin folder like this.
no problem if you don’t know lol. i’m assuming yours works fine so there’d be no way to test anyway.
Same here, no Quixel panel in UE5, can’t find quixel bridge in plugins / vault / market place.
I reinstalled the Epic launcher and UE5 to no avail.
I tried deleting the MegaScans plugin folder, this did also not work.
update, , a mod here, managed to get quixel bridge into my vault after giving them my account and email address.
Upon restarting and searching your vault, you should now find Quixel Bridge- which you can then install to your Engine version.
Thanks!
Same issue here.
Hey @miko7271 & @HappyPerson
Have you recently closed all UE applications and restarted your launcher? Upon doing so, please check your vault for Quixel Bridge, which you’ll be able to install to your Engine version.
If you have tried this and are still not able to locate Quixel Bridge, please let me know, and we’ll look into your account.
Thanks!
Same here, Mac, fresh install, doesn’t show up in the UI or plugins folder
Hey folks!
There was an issue with entitlements which has since been fixed. However, some were affected. Please close and restart your launcher, search your vault for Quixel Bridge, and install to Engine.
That being said, there are still a few individuals that are still affected. If this is the case for you, please let me know, and we can look into your account further and get this resolved.
Thanks!