# Brave Privacy Settings

Go to Settings



## Appearance
- Always show full URLs: On



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



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



## Additional settings

#### Privacy and security
- Autocomplete searches and URLs: Off
- Automatically send completely private product analytics to brave: Off
- Cookies and other site data > Send a "Do Not Track" Request with your browser traffic: On

### 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
- Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: 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