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# Microsoft Edge Privacy Settings
Go to Settings
## Profiles
#### Personal info
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- Save and fill basic info: Off
- Save and fill custom info: Off
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#### Passwords
- Offer to save passwords: 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 info
- Save and fill payment info: Off
- Cards you've saved on this device: Remove any payment info if added
NOTE: Never save payment info in browsers. A password manager can be used to also save payment information.
## Privacy, search, and services
#### Tracking prevention
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- On
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- Strict
#### Privacy
- Send "Do Not Track" requests: On
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- Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: Off
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#### Optional diagnostic data
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- Help improve Microsoft products by sending optional diagnostic ata about how you use the browser, webstes you visit, and crash reports: Off
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#### Search and service improvement
- Help improve Microsoft products by sending the results from searches on the web: Off
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#### Personalize your web experience
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- Improve your web experience by allowing Microsoft to use your browsing history from this acount for personalizing advertising, search, news and other Microsoft services: Off
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#### Security
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- Typosquatting Checker: On
- Use secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network adress for websites > Choose a service provider > NextDNS/Cloudflare or provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list ](https://www.privacyguides.org/dns/ )
Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
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- Enhance your security on the web: On, Strict
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### Services
#### Address bar and search
- Show me search and site suggestions using my typed characters: Off
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- Search engine used in address bar: DuckDuckGo or add any other privacy respecting search engine from Manage search engines.
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## Start, home, and new tabs
#### New tab page
- Preload the new tab page for a faster experience: Off
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## Cookies and site permissions
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#### Manage and delete cookies and site data
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- Block third party cookies: On
- Preload pages for faster browsing and searching: Off
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#### Site permissions
- Ads > Block on sites that show intrusive or misleading ads: On
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## Downloads
- Ask me what to do with each download: On
- Show downloads menu when a download starts: On
## Languages
- Check Spelling: Off
