Privacy Grade: Whenever you enter a website, the DuckDuckGo app will generate a privacy Grade rating from “A” to “F,” with A being the safest. Besides, All DuckDuckGo searches are anonymous and it never stores your search history. The app will block trackers so they can't spy on users. Untracked search: With the DuckDuckGo app, users are able to visit their favorite websites privately. However, you'll get more with Google search results, such as recent tweets, People Also Ask and videos, than you'll get with DuckDuckGo.DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focus search engine app that allows users to surf the internet safely. As with Google, you can narrow your search to images, videos, news, maps and shopping.ĭuckDuckGo's results pages look fairly similar to Google's, with knowledge panels, news carousels and related searches. Type your query into the search bar and get your results. How to use DuckDuckGoĭuckDuckGo isn't all that different from any other search engine. If you prefer to use DuckDuckGo as your default search engine within Safari, Firefox, or Brave, follow the steps (opens in new tab) on DuckDuckGo's help pages. Adding DuckDuckGo on mobileĭuckDuckGo has browsing apps for both iOS (opens in new tab) and Android (opens in new tab). You can also get the Privacy Essentials add-on (opens in new tab). Open the dropdown menu next to Search Engine Used in the Address Bar and select DuckDuckGo.

Scroll all the way down the page and, under the Services heading, click Address Bar and Search.

(Image credit: Microsoft/Screenshot by Tom's Guide) The setting to make DuckDuckGo the default search engine in Microsoft Edge.

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