privacy-settings/Privacy Settings/Microsoft-Edge.md

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# Microsoft Edge Privacy Settings
Go to Settings
## Profiles
#### Personal info
- Save and fill basic info: Off
- Save and fill custom info: Off
#### Passwords
- Offer to save passwords: 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 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
- On
- Strict
#### Privacy
- Send "Do Not Track" requests: On
- Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: Off
#### Optional diagnostic data
- Help improve Microsoft products by sending optional diagnostic ata about how you use the browser, webstes you visit, and crash reports: Off
#### Search and service improvement
- Help improve Microsoft products by sending the results from searches on the web: Off
#### Personalize your web experience
- 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
#### Security
- 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://privacyguides.org/providers/dns/)
- Enhance your security on the web: On, Strict
### Services
#### Address bar and search
- Show me search and site suggestions using my typed characters: Off
- Search engine used in address bar: DuckDuckGo or add any other privacy respecting search engine from Manage search engines.
## Start, home, and new tabs
#### New tab page
- Preload the new tab page for a faster experience: Off
## Cookies and site permissions
#### Manage and delete cookies and site data
- Block third party cookies: On
- Preload pages for faster browsing and searching: Off
#### Site permissions
- Ads > Block on sites that show intrusive or misleading ads: On
## Downloads
- Ask me what to do with each download: On
- Show downloads menu when a download starts: On
## Languages
- Check Spelling: Off