Editor's Review
Chrome and other browsers treat your data as their product. DuckDuckGo treats it as yours. I switched a few weeks ago, and the difference is immediate—every search stays private, and the tracker blocking is aggressive enough that pages load noticeably faster without the usual ad clutter.
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What\'s new: Bug fixes and other improvements
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DuckDuckGo Official Introduction
At DuckDuckGo, we believe the best way to protect your personal information
from hackers, scammers, and privacy-invasive companies is to stop it from being
collected at all. That's why millions of people choose DuckDuckGo over Chrome
and other browsers to search and browse online. Our built-in search engine is
like Google but never tracks your searches. Our browser blocks invasive web ads
(including most video ads) and cookie pop-ups, reducing distractions, and
helping to stop other companies from collecting your data. While our optional
integrated AI features, Search Assist and Duck.ai, are private and never use
your data to train AI. Oh, and our browser is free. We make money from
privacy-respecting search ads, not by exploiting your data. Take back control of
your personal information with the browser designed for data protection, not
data collection.
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
Protect Your Searches by Default: DuckDuckGo Search comes built-in, so you can easily search online without being tracked.
Shield Your Browsing History: Our 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection blocks most trackers before they load, greatly exceeding what most popular browsers offer by default.
Chat Privately With AI: Duck.ai lets you have private conversations with 3rd-party AI models, anonymized by us and never used to train AI.
Secure Your Email (Optional): Use Email Protection to block most email trackers and hide your existing email address with @duck.com addresses.
Block Ads: Our browser blocks most video ads, and stops invasive trackers from loading on sites, effectively eliminating targeted web ads. .
Automatically Enforce Encryption: Shield your data from network and Wi-Fi snoopers by forcing many sites to use an HTTPS connection.
Protect Your Personal Information in Other Apps: Block most hidden trackers in other apps around the clock (even while you’re sleeping) 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.
Sync and Back Up Securely (Optional): Sync encrypted bookmarks and passwords across your devices.
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.
DUCKDUCKGO SUBSCRIPTION
Subscribers get:
- Our VPN: Secure your connection on up to 5 devices.
- Advanced AI Models in Duck.ai: Chat privately with AI models built for complex tasks.
- 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.
DuckDuckGo Tips
Set it as your default browser first, don’t just use it for searches. You get way more value out of the tracker blocking and privacy grading when every link opens through this app instead of Chrome. It takes 10 seconds in settings, and it’s absolutely worth it.
Get in the habit of using the Fire button. That little flame icon at the bottom wipes all your tabs, browsing history, and stored data in one tap. It’s way faster than digging through settings to clear your cache, and it’s perfect for when you want to close out the app and leave zero trace on your phone.
Use Duck.ai for summaries, not deep work. It shines at condensing long articles or answering simple factual questions. Don’t waste time trying to get it to write full essays or debug complex code — it’s not built for that, and you’ll just be let down.
Turn on App Lock if you browse sensitive content. Add a PIN or biometric lock to the app itself. That way even if someone grabs your phone, they can’t snoop through your open tabs or search history.
Set your preferred region for better results. Private search doesn’t have to mean irrelevant results. Jump into settings and pick your region to get more local answers without giving away your actual location data.
It’s not all perfect, obviously. The search results are still hit or miss compared to Google, especially for hyper-local queries or super niche topics. If you’re used to Google curating results based on your past searches, the shift will feel jarring at first — results are flat, unpersonalized, and sometimes you’ll have to scroll further to find what you want. The browser is also pretty bare-bones; no extension support, no tab groups, no fancy cross-device sync beyond basic bookmarks. If you’re a power user who lives in browser extensions, this will feel limiting pretty fast.
