It clears all your browsing data in one go. If you have used the DuckDuckGo app on your phone, you will probably be aware of what the Fire button does. Toggle the switch at the top of the panel to disable the protection for the website. It displays some information about the site, lists the trackers that were found and blocked. It uses Global Privacy Control (GPC) to prevent websites from sharing your personal data with trackers.Ĭlick on the shield icon to the left edge of the address bar, to view the Tracker Protection for the current website. Tracker BlockingĭuckDuckGo has a built-in tracker blocker which protects your privacy by blocking the web requests before they are loaded. The app is still in early beta, so hopefully this is one area where it can improve.

The browser does not block YouTube ads, so video ads are played and banners and pop-up banners that are shown during the stream, are not hidden automatically.

It fails to prevent ads in other search engines, take a look at this example search on Google.

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