privacy-settings/Privacy Settings/Brave.md

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# Brave Privacy Settings
Go to Settings
## Appearance
- Always show full URLs: On
- Show autocomplete suggestions in address bar >
- Top sites: Off
## Shields
- Auto-redirect AMP pages: On
- Auto-redirect tracking URLs: On
- Prevent sites from fingerprinting me based on my language preferences: On
- Trackers and ads blocking: Aggressive
- Upgrade connections to HTTPS: Strict
- Block fingerprinting: Strict (If you face any issues with sites, change it back to standard)
- Block cookies: Only cross-site
## Privacy and security
- Use Google services for push messaging: Off
- Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P3A): Off
- Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave: Off
- Automatically send diagnostic reports: Off
#### Cookies and other site data
- Block third-party cookies
- Send a "Do Not Track" Request with your browser traffic: On
#### Security
- Standard protection
- Use secure DNS >
- On
- With > Cloudflare/NextDNS or select Custom and provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list](https://www.privacyguides.org/dns/)
Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
## Search engine
- Normal window: DuckDuckGo or any other
privacy respecting search engine from Manage search engines.
- Private window: DuckDuckGo or any other
privacy respecting search engine from Manage search engines.
- Improve search suggestions: Off
- Web Discovery Project: Off
## Autofill
#### Password Manager
- Offer to save passwords: Off
- Auto Sign-in: Off
NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [recommendations, alternatives & reviews](https://github.com/the-weird-aquarian/privacy-settings#recommendations-alternatives--reviews).
#### 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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Open a new tab. Click on Customize at the bottom
## Background Image
- Show Sponsored Images: Off
## Brave News
- Show Brave News: Off
## Cards
- Click Hide for all of them
- Cards: Off