DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

Simple and seamless privacy protection for your browser.

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DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 6,178,848 weekly active users The latest version is 2023.11.17, and it was published 16 days ago.

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

How to install DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials from a CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
3. Download and install the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

1. Download DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode
5. Drag and drop the downloaded DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials CRX file into the Extensions page
6. When prompted, click Add extension to install DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials.

How to install DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials from a ZIP file

1. Download and unpack the DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
3. Enable Developer mode.
4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
5. Select the directory of with the unpacked DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials ZIP file from step 1. DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials is now installed on your browser.

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