DuckDuckGo is private and offers much better data protection than other. However, you'll get more with Google search results, such as recent tweets, People Also Ask and videos, than you'll get with DuckDuckGo. Yes, DuckDuckGo does truly work and is capable of ensuring anonymous browsing. As with Google, you can narrow your search to images, videos, news, maps and shopping.ĭuckDuckGo's results pages look fairly similar to Google's, with knowledge panels, news carousels and related searches. Type your query into the search bar and get your results.

How to use DuckDuckGoĭuckDuckGo isn't all that different from any other search engine. If you prefer to use DuckDuckGo as your default search engine within Safari, Firefox, or Brave, follow the steps (opens in new tab) on DuckDuckGo's help pages. Adding DuckDuckGo on mobileĭuckDuckGo has browsing apps for both iOS (opens in new tab) and Android (opens in new tab).

You can also get the Privacy Essentials add-on (opens in new tab). Open the dropdown menu next to Search Engine Used in the Address Bar and select DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo is even safer and more secure than a lot of search. The search engine works exactly like it claims to be. So, the shortest answer to your question is Yes, DuckDuckGo is completely safe to use. Scroll all the way down the page and, under the Services heading, click Address Bar and Search. Since the internet is full of a lot of fake promises, trusting any service claiming to be so good could be hard. (Image credit: Microsoft/Screenshot by Tom's Guide) The setting to make DuckDuckGo the default search engine in Microsoft Edge.

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