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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: 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

Address bar and search

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 operating system region: Never

Open a new tab. Click the gear icon on top right

Page settings

Content: Content off
Show promoted links: Off