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

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Microsoft Edge Privacy Settings

Go to Settings

Profiles

Microsoft Rewards

  • Earn Microsoft Rewards in Microsoft Edge: Off

Share browsing data with other Windows features

  • Share browsing data with other Windows features: Off

Microsoft Wallet

Click on Open Wallet > Settings

  • Save and fill payment info: Off
  • Show Express checkout on sites when you shop: Off
  • Track your order status: Off
  • Offer to save passwords: Off
  • Autofill passwords and passkeys: Off
  • Save and fill basic info: Off

NOTE 1: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out recommendations, alternatives & reviews.

NOTE 2: 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: Off
  • 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, websites 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

  • Save time and money with Shopping in Microsoft Edge: Off (use something else like Keepa, camelcamelcamel, Price History etc)
  • Get notifications of related things you can explore with Discover: Off
  • First click on Manage search engines > Add > Add a privacy respecting search engine here like DuckDuckGo, StartPage, Brave etc.
    Example (for DuckDuckGo):

    • Search engines: DuckDuckGo
    • Shortcut: duckduckgo.com
    • URL: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&ia=web
    • Click on 3 dots > Select Make default
  • 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)

  • Search suggestions and filters >

    • Show me search and site suggestions using my typed characters: Off

Sidebar

  • Personalize my top sites in customize sidebar: Off

App and notification settings

  • Copilot >
    • Show Copilot: Off
    • Show shopping notifications: Off
  • Search > Automatically open Search: Off
  • Games >
    • Automatically open Casual Games in the side pane: Off
    • Allow access to page URLs: Off

Start, home, and new tabs

New tab page

  • Preload the new tab page for a faster experience: Off

Cookies and site permissions

Cookies and data stored

  • Manage and delete cookies and site data >
    • Block third party cookies: On
    • Preload pages for faster browsing and searching: Off

Site permissions

  • All permissions > Intrusive ads >
    • Blocked on sites that show intrusive or misleading ads (recommended): On

Downloads

  • Ask me what to do with each download: On
  • Show downloads menu when a download starts: On

Languages

  • Use text prediction: Off
  • Enable grammar and spellcheck assistance: Off

Share additional OS regional format

  • Share additional operating system region: Never


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  • Content: Content off
  • Show promoted links: Off