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The process of setting DuckDuckGo as the default search engine on various browsers and devices
Making the default search engine in on iOS is a single-settings change inside the iPhone or iPad Settings app: open Settings → Safari → Search Engine and pick DuckDuckGo from the list . Most mainstrea...
Disabling DuckDuckGo autocomplete and search suggestions can be done from DuckDuckGo’s settings on desktop and mobile, and by clearing or removing browser-stored suggestions that originate in the brow...
Yes — in most practical cases DuckDuckGo search suggestions that appear because of browser extensions or local autofill can be cleared separately from the browser’s main history, but the path depends ...
allows users to encode search settings directly into the search URL so those preferences are respected without relying on persistent first‑party ; using these URL parameters (for example, adding &kl=u...
and autocomplete in the iOS app is done inside the app’s settings—specifically by turning off the autocomplete/AI suggestion toggles—and may require restarting the app and repeating the change on each...
DNS is the internet’s address book and DNS queries can and do reveal which domain names a device resolves; using the DuckDuckGo search engine or browser does not magically hide those queries unless th...
as a search engine does not track or store personal search history in the way mainstream search engines do, and therefore there is nothing for users to “clear” on DuckDuckGo itself; what people common...
Setting "" requires two separate moves: make DuckDuckGo the default search engine inside each browser, and (if desired) make a DuckDuckGo-capable browser the system default; there is no single OS swit...