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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

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

Personalize your web experience

Improve your web experience by allowing Microsoft to use your browsing history from this acount for personalizing advertising, search, news and other Microsoft services: Off

Security

Typosquatting Checker: On
Use secure DNS to specify how to lookup the network adress 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

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.

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

Enable spellcheck: Off

Open a new tab. Click the gear icon on right

Page settings

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