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Brave Privacy Settings

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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 connections 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

Search engine

• Search engine used in address bar: DuckDuckGo or any other privacy respecting search engine from Manage search engines.
• 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 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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Brave News

• Show Brave News: Off

Cards

• Click Hide for all of them
• Cards: Off