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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
Automatically save passwords: Off
Autofill passwords: Off

NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out recommendations, alternatives & reviews.

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.

Share browsing data with other Windows features: Off

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

Personalization and advertising

Allow Microsoft to use your browsing activity including history, favorites, usage and other browsing data to personalize Microsoft Edge and Microsoft services like ads, search, shopping and news: Off

Security

Website Typo Protection: On
Use secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network address for websites >
- On
- Choose a service provider > NextDNS/Cloudflare or provide URL for other secure DNS from this list
Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
Enhance your security on the web >
- On
- Strict

Services

Show suggestions to follow creators in Microsoft Edge: Off
Get notifications of related things you can explore with Discover: Off

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.
Search on new tabs uses search box or address bar: Address bar (if "Search box" is selected it will continue searching with Bing as the search engine)

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

Use writing assistance: Off

Share additional operating system region: Limited

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Page settings

Layout: Custom
Show promoted links: Off
Background: Off, Your own image or Custom theme
Show greeting: Off
Content: Content off