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 Chrome and other browsers to search and browse online. Our built-in search engine is like Google but never tracks your searches. Our browsing protections, such as ad tracker blocking and cookie blocking, help stop other companies from collecting your data. While our optional integrated AI features, Search Assist and Duck.ai, are private and never use your data to train AI. Oh, and our browser 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 designed for data protection, not data collection.
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
Protect Your Searches by Default: DuckDuckGo Search comes built-in, 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 most popular browsers offer by default.
Chat Privately With AI: Duck.ai lets you have private conversations with 3rd-party AI models, anonymized by us and never used to train AI.
Secure Your Email (Optional): Use Email Protection to block most email trackers and hide your existing email address with @duck.com addresses.
Watch YouTube Videos Without Targeted Ads: Duck Player protects you from targeted ads and cookies with a distraction-free interface that incorporates YouTube’s strictest privacy settings for embedded video.
Automatically Enforce Encryption: Shield your data from network and Wi-Fi snoopers by forcing many sites to use an HTTPS connection.
Protect Your Personal Information in Other Apps: Block most hidden trackers in other apps around the clock (even while you’re sleeping) and prevent 3rd-party companies from invading your privacy with App Tracking Protection. This feature uses a VPN connection but is not a VPN. It works locally on your device and does not collect personal data.
Escape Fingerprinting: Make it harder for companies to create a unique identifier for you by blocking attempts to combine info about your browser and device.
Sync and Back Up Securely (Optional): Sync encrypted bookmarks and passwords across your devices.
Clear your tabs and browsing data in a flash with the Fire Button.
Banish cookie pop-ups and automatically set your preferences to minimize cookies and maximize privacy.
DUCKDUCKGO SUBSCRIPTION Subscribers get:
- Our VPN: Secure your connection on up to 5 devices.
- Advanced AI Models in Duck.ai: Chat privately with AI models built for complex tasks.
- Personal Information Removal: Find and remove personal info from sites that store and sell it (access on desktop).
- Identity Theft Restoration: If your identity is stolen, we’ll help restore it.
DuckDuckGo Subscription Pricing & Terms Payment will be charged automatically to your Google Account until you cancel, which you can do in app settings. You have the option to provide an email address to activate your subscription on other devices, and we will only use that email address to verify your subscription. For terms of service and privacy policy, visit https://duckduckgo.com/pro/privacy-terms
Read more about our free Tracking Protections at https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/web-tracking-protections
Privacy Policy: https://duckduckgo.com/privacy/
Terms of Service: https://duckduckgo.com/terms
Note about 3rd-Party Tracker Protection and Search Ads: while there are some limitations following search ad clicks, viewing ads on DuckDuckGo search is anonymous. Learn more here https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/web-tracking-protections
Frequently asked questions
If you're an Android user and don't download the app from the official Google Play Store, you may find the installation process more complicated than usual.
But we are delighted to inform you that you don't need to worry. To ensure you could install this app smoothly, we have written and uploaded a detailed tutorial. It would guide you on installing an app after downloading it from our website step by step, with the help of pictures.
If you need further help, please do not hesitate to contact us via email [email protected].
We fully understand your concern about safety. We agree that one person wouldn't be too careful in the cyber world. Meanwhile, we are happy to tell you that one of our priorities is to provide our users with safe app files that they can use without any worries.
We guarantee that all the app files we provided originate from official and reliable sources. We promise that they do not contain any malware that will harm your hardware or the safety of your privacy.
We are glad to let you know that the vast majority of apps on our website are available for free download. Only a small selection of apps require payment, and their prices are set solely by the respective developers—we simply provide an official and secure download platform.
Rest assured, whether an app is free or paid, every download link on our site is verified and completely safe. You can download with confidence, and no account registration is needed—just click the download button and you're all set!
Recently we received a lot of emails from our users, which said they couldn't log in for different reasons, such as "forgot the user name or password" or "had a new phone." We are willing to help you out. Please read the notes below to see what we can do.
To answer this question, please first let us know which account you're referring to.
If you're referring to your account of some app, like your Facebook account or your Youtube account. Unfortunately, we would not be able to help in this case. We would suggest you turn to the customer service of this application.
If you're referring to your Appurse account, we should apologize for your confusion since there is no Appurse account. We never require registration for our service, and you will not find any procedure related to creating an account or registering on our website.
This question is essentially quite similar to the prior one. It's a pity that we are unable to help you to cancel the subscription to a third-party application directly, while we would suggest you to contact its customer service for further information.
Sorry that we are unable to help you to get a refund from a third-party application directly. If you wish to get a refund from a third-party app, we would suggest you to contact its customer service. We would be happy to provide you the way to contact them.
If you want a refund from us, we should apologize for your confusion. Our service is 100% free, and any payment information is not required.
If you run into any site that asks you to provide your payment information, be careful. Remember never reveal your payment information to any unauthorized third parties, no matter how attempting their offer may seem.
Sorry that we cannot answer this question directly, for this only aims to answer some general questions. You may find how to use a certain app by checking our review page.
