May 11, 2023 · We don’t track you through cookies or any other storage methods. We offer a variety of search settings that use anonymous cookies for storage, and also offer the option to configure search settings via anonymous URL parameters if you prefer.

Our built-in search engine is like Google but never tracks your searches. And our browsing protections, such as ad tracker blocking and cookie blocking, help stop other companies from collecting your data.

DuckDuckGo is an independent Google alternative that also lets you search and browse the web, but we don’t track your searches or browsing history, and our browsers and extensions help you block other companies from trying to track you as well, all by default.

Our built-in search engine is like Google but never tracks your searches. And our browsing protections, such as ad tracker blocking and cookie blocking, help stop other companies from collecting your data.

Many browsers and browser extensions talk about how they protect your privacy, but these claims don’t always match the out-of-the-box privacy protections you actually get. We made this chart to help you compare the protection you’re getting now and how protected you can be.

Our built-in search engine is like Google but never tracks your searches. And our browsing protections, such as ad tracker blocking and cookie blocking, help stop other companies from collecting your data.

DuckDuckGo is an independent Google alternative that also lets you search and browse the web, but we don’t track your searches or browsing history, and our browsers and extensions help you block other companies from trying to track you as well, all by default.

DuckDuckGo never tracks you. And when you leave our search engine and use our apps or extensions to browse other sites, we aim to protect your privacy as much as possible.

Does DuckDuckGo Search track you? DuckDuckGo never tracks you, per our privacy policy . In addition to our default version , we also offer two non-JavaScript versions ( HTML & lite ), a Tor onion service , several privacy settings (including POST & RefControl), and we allow you to use URL parameters instead of cookies for our anonymous Cloud ...

At DuckDuckGo, we don’t track you, ever. That’s our Privacy Policy in a nutshell. For example, we do not create unique cookies and architect our product so that we do not even have the ability to create a search or browsing history for any individual — it’s privacy by design.