privacy-settings/Privacy Settings/Brave-Privacy-Settings.md

# Brave Privacy Settings

Go to Settings


## Appearance
- Show top sites in autocomplete suggestions: Off
- Show Brave suggested sites in autocomplete suggestions: Off
- Always show full URLs: On


## Shields
- Default View: Advanced View
- Trackers and ads blocking: Aggressive
- Upgrade connection to HTTPS: On
- Cookie blocking: Only cross-site
- Fingerprinting blocking: Strict (If you face any issues with sites, change it back to standard)


## Privacy and security
- 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
- Help improve Brave's features and performance: Off

#### 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
- Use secure DNS: With > Quad9, NextDNS, Cloudflare or select Custom and provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list](https://privacyguides.org/providers/dns/)


## Search engine
- Search engine used in address bar: Qwant or any other 
privacy respecting search engine like DuckDuckGo, Startpage etc.
- Web Discovery Project: Off


## Additional settings


### Autofill

#### Passwords
- Offer to save passwords: Off
- Auto Sign-in: Off

NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [Additional Resources](https://github.com/the-weird-aquarian/privacy-settings#additional-resources) for more info.

#### Payment methods
- Save and fill payment methods: Off

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


### Languages
- Spell check: Off


### 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
Create Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-07-09 16:57:28 +02:00			`# Brave Privacy Settings`

			`Go to Settings`



			`## Appearance`
Update Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-10-13 17:17:20 +02:00			`- Show top sites in autocomplete suggestions: Off`
			`- Show Brave suggested sites in autocomplete suggestions: Off`
Create Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-07-09 16:57:28 +02:00			`- Always show full URLs: On`



			`## Shields`
			`- Default View: Advanced View`
			`- Trackers and ads blocking: Aggressive`
			`- Upgrade connection to HTTPS: On`
			`- Cookie blocking: Only cross-site`
			`- Fingerprinting blocking: Strict (If you face any issues with sites, change it back to standard)`



Update Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-10-13 17:17:20 +02:00			`## Privacy and security`
			`- 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`
			`- Help improve Brave's features and performance: Off`

			`#### 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`
Update Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-12-09 23:04:02 +01:00			`- Use secure DNS: With > Quad9, NextDNS, Cloudflare or select Custom and provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list](https://privacyguides.org/providers/dns/)`
Update Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-10-13 17:17:20 +02:00


added search engine 2021-07-24 16:14:53 +02:00			`## Search engine`
			`- Search engine used in address bar: Qwant or any other`
			`privacy respecting search engine like DuckDuckGo, Startpage etc.`
Update Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-11-24 19:28:47 +01:00			`- Web Discovery Project: Off`
added search engine 2021-07-24 16:14:53 +02:00


Create Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-07-09 16:57:28 +02:00			`## Additional settings`


			`### Autofill`

			`#### Passwords`
			`- Offer to save passwords: Off`
			`- Auto Sign-in: Off`

			`NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [Additional Resources](https://github.com/the-weird-aquarian/privacy-settings#additional-resources) for more info.`

			`#### Payment methods`
			`- Save and fill payment methods: Off`

			`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`


Update Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-10-13 17:17:20 +02:00			`### Languages`
Create Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-07-09 16:57:28 +02:00			`- Spell check: Off`


Update Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-10-13 17:17:20 +02:00			`### Downloads`
Create Brave-Privacy-Settings.md 2021-07-09 16:57:28 +02:00			`- Ask where to save each file before downloading: On`



			`---`
			`---`



			`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`