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# Brave Privacy Settings
Go to Settings
## Appearance
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- Always show full URLs: On
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- Show autocomplete suggestions in address bar >
- Top sites: Off
- Suggested sites: Off
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## Shields
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- Auto-redirect AMP pages: On
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- Auto-redirect tracking URLs: On
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- Prevent sites from fingerprinting me based on my language preferences: On
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- Trackers and ads blocking: Aggressive
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- Upgrade connections to HTTPS: On
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- Block fingerprinting: Strict (If you face any issues with sites, change it back to standard)
- Block cookies: Only cross-site
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## Privacy and security
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- Autocomplete searches and URLs: Off
- Use Google services for push messaging: Off
- Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P3A): Off
- Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave: Off
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- Automatically send diagnostic reports: Off
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#### Cookies and other site data
- Block third-party cookies
- Send a "Do Not Track" Request with your browser traffic: On
#### Security
- Standard protection
- Always use secure connections: On
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- Use secure DNS >
- On
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- With > Cloudflare/NextDNS or select Custom and provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list ](https://www.privacyguides.org/dns/ )
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Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
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## Search engine
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- Search engine used in address bar: DuckDuckGo or any other
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privacy respecting search engine from Manage search engines.
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- Web Discovery Project: Off
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## Autofill
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#### Password Manager
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- Offer to save passwords: Off
- Auto Sign-in: Off
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NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [recommendations, alternatives & reviews ](https://github.com/the-weird-aquarian/privacy-settings#recommendations-alternatives--reviews ).
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#### Payment methods
- Save and fill payment methods: Off
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- Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: Off
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NOTE: Never save payment info in browsers. A password manager can be used to also save payment information.
#### Addresses and more
- Save and fill addresses: Off
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## Languages
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- Spell check: Off
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## Downloads
- Ask where to save each file before downloading: On
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Open a new tab. Click on Customize at the bottom
## Background Image
- Show Sponsored Images: Off
## Brave News
- Show Brave News: Off
## Cards
- Click Hide for all of them
- Cards: Off
