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138 lines
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# Microsoft Edge Privacy Settings
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Go to Settings
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## Profiles
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#### Microsoft Rewards
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- Earn Microsoft Rewards in Microsoft Edge: Off
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#### Share browsing data with other Windows features
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- Share browsing data with other Windows features: Off
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#### Microsoft Wallet
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Click on `Open Wallet` > Settings
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- Save and fill payment info: Off
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- Show Express checkout on sites when you shop: Off
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- Track your order status: Off
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- Offer to save passwords: Off
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- Autofill passwords and passkeys: Off
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- Save and fill basic info: Off
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NOTE 1: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [recommendations, alternatives & reviews](https://github.com/StellarSand/privacy-settings#recommendations-alternatives--reviews).
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NOTE 2: Never save payment info in browsers. A password manager can be used to also save payment information.
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## Privacy, search, and services
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#### Tracking prevention
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- On
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- Strict
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#### Privacy
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- Send "Do Not Track" requests: Off
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- Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: Off
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#### Optional diagnostic data
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- Help improve Microsoft products by sending optional diagnostic ata about how you use the browser, websites you visit, and crash reports: Off
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#### Search and service improvement
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- Help improve Microsoft products by sending the results from searches on the web: Off
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#### Personalization and advertising
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- 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
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#### Security
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- Website Typo Protection: On
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- Use secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network address for websites >
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- On
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- Choose a service provider > NextDNS/Cloudflare or provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list](https://www.privacyguides.org/dns/)
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Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
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- Enhance your security on the web >
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- On
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- Strict
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#### Services
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- Save time and money with Shopping in Microsoft Edge: Off (use something else like [Keepa](https://keepa.com/), [camelcamelcamel](https://camelcamelcamel.com/), [Price History](https://pricehistoryapp.com/) etc)
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- Get notifications of related things you can explore with Discover: Off
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#### Address bar and search
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- First click on `Manage search engines` > Add > Add a privacy respecting search engine here like DuckDuckGo, StartPage, Brave etc.
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<br>Example (for DuckDuckGo):
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- Search engines: DuckDuckGo
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- Shortcut: duckduckgo.com
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- URL: `https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&ia=web`
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- Click on 3 dots > Select `Make default`
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- 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)
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- Search suggestions and filters >
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- Show me search and site suggestions using my typed characters: Off
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## Sidebar
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- Personalize my top sites in customize sidebar: Off
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#### App and notification settings
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- Copilot >
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- Show Copilot: Off
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- Show shopping notifications: Off
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- Search > Automatically open Search: Off
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- Games >
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- Automatically open Casual Games in the side pane: Off
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- Allow access to page URLs: Off
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## Start, home, and new tabs
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#### New tab page
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- Preload the new tab page for a faster experience: Off
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## Cookies and site permissions
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#### Cookies and data stored
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- Manage and delete cookies and site data >
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- Block third party cookies: On
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- Preload pages for faster browsing and searching: Off
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#### Site permissions
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- All permissions > Intrusive ads >
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- Blocked on sites that show intrusive or misleading ads (recommended): On
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## Downloads
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- Ask me what to do with each download: On
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- Show downloads menu when a download starts: On
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## Languages
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- Use text prediction: Off
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- Enable grammar and spellcheck assistance: Off
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#### Share additional OS regional format
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- Share additional operating system region: Never
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Open a new tab. Click the gear icon on top right
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## Page settings
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- Content: Content off
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- Show promoted links: Off |