Microsoft-Edge.md

Microsoft Edge Privacy Settings

Go to Settings

Profiles

Microsoft Rewards

• Earn Microsoft Rewards in Microsoft Edge: Off

Share browsing data with other Windows features

• 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

ℹ️ NOTE 1: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out recommendations, alternatives & reviews.

ℹ️ 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
• Include related matches in Find on page: Off
• Let Microsoft Edge help keep your tabs organized: 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 engine: DuckDuckGo
    • Shortcut: duckduckgo.com
    • URL: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s&ia=web
    • Click on Add
    • Click on 3 dots next to the search engine you added > 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
• Save screenshots of sites for history: 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 your 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 OS regional format

• Share additional operating system region: Never

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