DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection

Actively protects your data in your current browser.

DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection

Protect your online privacy with DuckDuckGo's powerful browser extension. Designed specifically to help you take control of your personal information, it prevents search tracking and blocks data-collecting trackers, ensuring that your browsing remains private. With DuckDuckGo, you can enjoy a secure search experience without the fear of hackers, scammers, or privacy-invasive companies collecting your data.

Key Features:

Default Privacy: Automatically sets DuckDuckGo as your default search engine and homepage, allowing you to search without being tracked.
Advanced Tracker Protection: Blocks most third-party trackers before they load.
Email Protection: Optional feature to hide your email address and block email trackers.
Encryption Enforcement: Automatically forces HTTPS connections to enhance your security.
Cookie Blocking: Prevents tracking cookies from following you across sites.

Join millions who trust DuckDuckGo for their everyday searching, browsing, and emailing needs!

Download

By:: Duck Duck Go Inc
Users:: 1,372,727+ 65.00K
Rating:: 4.40

(195)
Version:: 2025.4.7 (Last updated: 2025-04-08)
Creation date:: 2022-01-25
Risk:: Very high risk impact Very low risk likelihood
Permissions:: activeTab
alarms
contextMenus
declarativeNetRequest
declarativeNetRequestFeedback
scripting
storage
tabs
webRequest
webNavigation
See more
Host permissions:: *://*/*
Size:: 5.72M
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Edge Add-on Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 85

Other rankings

#485 in Search tools ▼ 1

#2 in Enhance security and privacy

#5 in tracker keyword 64

#11 in protect keyword 50 ▲ 2

#16 in search keyword 54

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Other platforms

DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection (v2025.4.7)

4,000,000+ 4.25

(2,074)

DuckDuckGo Browser, Search, AI (v5.228.2)

69,374,579+ 4.72

(2,269,789)

DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection (v2025.4.7)

1,345,813+ 4.35

(2,290)

User reviews

Pros

Provides comprehensive privacy features that enhance the browsing experience.
Responsive customer support when issues arise, particularly after updates.
Has a user-friendly and simple setup process compared to other extensions.

Cons

Does not work as intended on Edge, often reverting to default search engine Bing.
Extension often greyed out or unresponsive with no ability to change settings.
Frequent malfunctions and errors reported, requiring reinstallation.

Most mentioned

Extension fails to change default search settings from Bing to DuckDuckGo.
Issues with Edge disabling or blocking the extension functionalities.
Extension worked well in other browsers but not in Edge.

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

User reviews

Honestly just got for the autofill feature, but holy cow does this change my browser for the better!

by Noah, 2025-01-28

Güzel.

by Muhammed, 2025-01-12

Muito bom! Cumpre o que promete.

by Leonardo, 2024-12-03

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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