Browse with less tracking
Reduce routine browser tracking without confusing it with anonymity.
Do this first
Open your browser privacy settings and review tracking protection.
Best fit
Recommended tools
Choose the option matching the conditions below.
Firefox
For everyday browsing with configurable tracking protection.
Official documentation
Use only when it matches the task and conditions described above.
Step by step
Set it up safely
- 1
Open your browser privacy settings and review tracking protection.
Step 1 · Not started
- Verify step 1: You located the active tracking protection setting.
- 2
Use Firefox tracking protection or Brave Shields; test your normal sites before adding exceptions.
Step 2 · Not started
- Verify step 2: Essential sites work with protection enabled or documented exceptions.
- 3
Remove extensions you do not need and deny unnecessary location, camera and notification permissions.
Step 3 · Not started
- Verify step 3: Unused extensions and permissions were removed.
- 4
Check the browser protection report on one site; if a feature breaks, grant the narrowest site-specific exception.
Step 4 · Not started
- Verify step 4: The protection report shows the observed blocking activity.
How you know it works
- The protection report shows the observed blocking activity.
Watch out
- A private window mainly changes what your browser keeps locally.
- Logging in identifies you to that service; blocking trackers does not hide your IP address.
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Reviewed 2026-09-05 · Content revision 2
Steps were revised. Previously saved plans remain on this device; check the current instructions before marking a new step complete.