privacy-settings/Privacy Settings/Brave-Privacy-Settings.md

Brave Privacy Settings

Go to Settings

Appearance

• Always show full URLs: On

Shields

• Default View: Advanced View
• Trackers and ads blocking: Aggressive
• Upgrade connection to HTTPS: On
• Block scripts: Off
• Cookie blocking: Only cross-site
• Fingerprinting blocking: Strict (If you face any issues with sites, change it back to standard)

Search engine

• Search engine used in address bar: Qwant or any other privacy respecting search engine like DuckDuckGo, Startpage etc.

Additional settings

Privacy and security

• Autocomplete searches and URLs: Off
• Automatically send completely private product analytics to brave: Off
• Cookies and other site data > Send a "Do Not Track" Request with your browser traffic: On

Autofill

Passwords

• Offer to save passwords: Off
• Auto Sign-in: Off

NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out Additional Resources for more info.

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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• Show Sponsored Images: Off

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• Cards: Off