DuckDuckGo Private Browser

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4.7
2.14M reviews
50M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

DuckDuckGo is a free browser that provides the most comprehensive online privacy protection in one app. Unlike most popular browsers, it has powerful privacy protections by default, including our search engine that doesn’t track your history and over a dozen other built-in protections. Millions of people use DuckDuckGo as their go-to browser to protect their everyday online activities, from searching to browsing, emailing, and more.
 
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

Search Privately by Default: DuckDuckGo Private Search comes built-in, so you can easily search online without being tracked. 

Block Most Trackers Before They Load: Our 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection exceeds what most popular browsers offer by default. 

Enable Built-in Email Protection: Block most email trackers and hide your existing email address with @duck.com addresses.  

Automatically Enforce Encryption: Shield your data from network and Wi-Fi snoopers by forcing many sites to use an HTTPS connection. 

Protect Your Privacy in Other Apps: Block most hidden app trackers in other apps day or night, and prevent 3rd-party companies from invading your privacy with App Tracking Protection. This feature uses a VPN connection, but is not a VPN. It works locally on your device and does not collect personal data. 

Escape Fingerprinting: Make it harder for companies to create a unique identifier for you by blocking attempts to combine info about your browser and device. 

We feature many protections not available on most browsers, even in private browsing mode, including protection from link tracking, AMP tracking, and more.
 
EVERYDAY PRIVACY CONTROLS

Clear your tabs and browsing data in a flash with the Fire Button.

Banish cookie pop-ups and automatically set your preferences to minimize cookies and maximize privacy.

Signal Your Privacy Preference with Global Privacy Control (GPC) built into our app. GPC intends to help you express your opt-out rights automatically by telling websites not to sell or share your personal info. Whether it can be used to enforce your legal rights depends on the laws in your jurisdiction.

PRIVACY PRO  
Subscribe to Privacy Pro for:  
  
Our VPN: Secure your connection on up to 5 devices.    
 
Personal Information Removal: Find and remove personal info from sites that store and sell it (access on desktop).  
 
Identity Theft Restoration: If your identity is stolen, we’ll help restore it.  
  
Privacy Pro Pricing & Terms  

Payment will be charged automatically to your Google Account until you cancel, which you can do in app settings. You have the option to provide an email address to activate your subscription on other devices, and we will only use that email address to verify your subscription. For terms of service and privacy policy, visit https://duckduckgo.com/pro/privacy-terms

You don't need to wait to take back your privacy. Join the millions of people using DuckDuckGo and protect many of your everyday online activities with one app. It's privacy, simplified.  

Read more about our free Tracking Protections at https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/web-tracking-protections
 
Privacy Policy: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy/ 
Terms of Service: https://duckduckgo.com/terms
Updated on
Jul 3, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity, and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
1.98M reviews
Jeff Luke
July 4, 2024
Mostly good. Seems faster than Firefox. Like the appearance. Works for most sites. One issue was that when I removed syncing from my phone, the Windows version would crash after ten seconds. Had to move quickly to remove syncing. Then it stopped crashing. Another issue, can't move bookmarks or create folders for some reason. Wish I was able to share pages from phone to PC as I can in FF. Also wish there was a Home button to get back to favorites.
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Agent Bellic
July 4, 2024
This app works very well on my Android phone. It's fast. I like the way it saves previous tabs so I can instantly switch among them again as needed. I'm not so concerned about privacy, but I appreciate that it is built into the app. I'm not sure, but it seems to reduce the number of advertisements and other graphics that are annoying on other browser apps.
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Jimbo
June 29, 2024
Used this app for about 7 years now. The ONLY thing I don't like about the redesign is the tips loading at the top of the screen now instead of the way they used to. Blocks half the page from top down when they appear and are quiet distracting now. It'd also be nice to have the hide tips option back. It takes three page loads for them to stop displaying . The old way tips displayed was better imo. Thanks for the browser though. Always have loved it.
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What's new

What's new:
We fixed a bug that prevented users from successfully using Sign-in with Google on some sites.
Various other bug fixes and improvements.

For Privacy Pro subscribers:
You can now specify a custom DNS server in VPN Settings.
Visit https://duckduckgo.com/pro for more information. Privacy Pro is currently available to U.S. residents only.