DuckDuckGo is a search engine that emphasizes user privacy and anonymity. Unlike many other search engines, it does not track or collect any personal information about its users, and it does not personalize search results based on user data. Instead, it delivers the same search results to all users, making it more difficult for advertisers and other third parties to track and target individual users.
You can configure various settings for DuckDuckGo for the web. Here is how:
Go to the DuckDuckGo homepage and click on the menu icon from the top right. Choose All Settings.
This opens the settings page.
By default, the search results returned by DuckDuckGo are for all regions.
If you want to tweak them for a particular geographic region, you can change them from the Region drop-down menu.
Safe Search by default is set to Moderate. You can change it to Strict or disable it from the Safe Search section.
Also, ads are displayed in DuckDuckGo. But you can choose to turn them off from the Advertisements option if needed.
There are other settings too like toggling on/off infinite scrolling, autocomplete suggestions and instant answers, page numbers, horizontal lines, and more which can be changed from this settings page.
If needed, you can also choose to opt out of privacy newsletters sign-up forms, download links for the browser add-ons, and homepage privacy tips.
To save the changes, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Save and Exit button.
All done. Happy searching.