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DuckDuckGo Search & Tracker Protection

Protects your data. Private search with optional AI, private browsing, and ad blocking.

Users3MCurrent public install base
Rating4.2Store average score
Reviews2,116Public review volume
Manifest versionV3Extension platform version
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Version2026.1.12
ManifestV3
Size5.18MiB
Languages33Deutsch / English / English (United Kingdom) +30
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At DuckDuckGo, we believe the best way to protect your personal information from hackers, scammers, and privacy-invasive companies is to stop it from being collected at all. That's why millions of people choose DuckDuckGo over other browser extensions to protect their searching and browsing. 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. Oh, and our browser extension is free — we make money from privacy-respecting search ads, not by exploiting your data. Take back control of your personal information with the browser extension designed for data protection.

FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS

Protect Your Searches by Default: Install the extension and we’ll set your default search engine and homepage to DuckDuckGo Search, so you can easily search online without being tracked.

Shield Your Browsing History: Our 3rd-Party Tracker Loading Protection blocks most trackers before they load, greatly exceeding what the browser offers by default.

Secure Your Email (Optional): Use Email Protection to block most email trackers and hide your existing email address with @duck.com addresses.

Automatically Enforce Encryption: Shield your data from network and Wi-Fi snoopers by forcing many sites to use an HTTPS connection.

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Store average score4.2Chrome Web Store aggregate rating, including ratings without synced review text
Synced text average3.9Average computed only from synced review bodies below
Reviews with text1,098Synced review bodies
Total ratings / reviews2,116Chrome Web Store public rating/review count

Store average score: 4.2. The bars below are calculated from synced review text only, so they may be empty for extensions that have public ratings but no synced comments yet.

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Oliver C2022年10月29日
3

I love the idea of a privacy grade and improvement suggestions, but I really hate that it takes over Chrome and makes all searches happen on its own search engine rather than Google. This search engine never has the results I'm looking for and it doesn't have those content previews like Google has (for example, you search for something and Google shows a little pane on the side giving brief information about it; DuckDuckGo doesn't have this). Wish there were an option to disable this "search engine takeover"...

Language en
26 helpful · 16 not helpful
sdccg areyh2022年10月21日
5

识别得相当不错

Language zh
Tom2022年10月15日
3

So, whenever I search for a browser download, any browser, the first result is always Opera. Which makes me wonder what other programs are being boosted by DDG. Don't like that, removing the extension and the ddg search option in my browser.

Language en
7 helpful · 14 not helpful
Gaston2022年10月14日
5

It's an amazing extension, together with brave I can now feel safe just like 10 years back in time. No more tracking and personalized ADs, internet free is an internet safe!

Language en
4 helpful · 1 not helpful
pl9 sopo2022年9月28日
3

Buen bloqueador de trackers respeta la privacidad. Pero bloquea la selección de buscadores del navegador.

Language es
6 helpful · 0 not helpful
Just Ask2022年9月13日
1

you have sold us out, DuckDuckGo. Every "free" projects starts as "do no evil" and eventually turns into a commercial enterprise selling user data for profit. Exactly what happened here too.

Language en
45 helpful · 35 not helpful
Rahul Basu2022年9月4日
5

When DuckDuckGo app for Windows? (I really liked the way app trackers are being disabled on Android. Would love to see a similar feature for windows as well)

Language en
23 helpful · 3 not helpful
Earl M2022年9月3日
2

Questionable and sketchy. Please think critically about this extension and DDG's underlying service. It fundamentally just does not make sense. While the overall goals and concept are praiseworthy, the implementation is suspicious to say the least: - Why go to the trouble of implementing a browser extension and/or require a phone app? Sneakemail has offered a disposable privacy-oriented e-mail service for 22 years, with a web interface. A smart privacy oriented product should have *minimal* invasiveness. - Why does the browser extension require permissions to view your browsing history? How is this related to the advertised service? This is the OPPOSITE of being a pro-privacy company. - DDG's Scandal: Let's not forget about DDG's secret deal with Microsoft: DDG's browser advertises pro-privacy and anti-tracking services, but they secretly whitelisted tracking from Microsoft. (Exposed May 2022.) - Running an e-mail service like this is expensive in technology and human labour. Yet they are offering it for free? How does that work? DDG is not a charity. So how are they funding themselves? So what's the REAL reason for them requiring a browser extension, which can read your entire browsing history? How does this help them increase privacy?

Language en
102 helpful · 18 not helpful
Ryan David2022年9月1日
1

I will uninstall this extension mainly because it forces me to use DDG as a default search engine. That's annoying AF. Google is waaaaaay more accurate!

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29 helpful · 37 not helpful
Glen Havard2022年9月1日
5

Thanks DDG

Language en
12 helpful · 9 not helpful