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Microsoft Edge Privacy Settings

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Profiles

Microsoft Rewards

Earn Microsoft Rewards in Microsoft Edge: Off

Personal info

Save and fill basic info: Off
Save and fill custom info: Off

Passwords

Offer to save passwords: Off
Autofill 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
Show Express checkout on sites when you shop: 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, 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)
Show suggestions to follow creators in Microsoft Edge: Off
Show opportunities to support causes and nonprofits you care about: Off (use their own methods to show your support)
Get notifications of related things you can explore with Discover: Off
Include related matches in Find on Page: Off

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.
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)

Sidebar

Personalize my top sites in customize sidebar: Off

App and notification settings

Bing Chat >
- Automatically open Bing Chat in the sidebar: Off
- Allow access to any webpage or PDF: Off
- Show shopping notifications: Off
Action center >
- Automatically open Action Center to see how you can be rewarded for using Microsoft Edge: Off
Games >
- Automatically open Casual Games in the side pane: Off
- Allow access to page URLs: Off
Search > Automatically open Search: Off

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

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

Layout: Custom
Show sponsored links: Off
Show greeting: Off
Content: Content off