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Brave Desktop Settings ​

Open the three-dot menu in the top right corner and open Settings.

Appearance ​

Toolbar ​

  • Show autocomplete suggestions in address bar
    • Top sites: Off
    • Leo AI assistant: Off
  • Always show full URLs: On

Shields ​

  • Trackers & ads blocking: Aggressive
  • Block fingerprinting: On
  • Block cookies: Block third-party cookies

Privacy and security ​

  • Security
    • Safe Browsing
      • Turn on: Standard protection
    • Use secure DNS
    • Manage V8 security
      • Turn on: Don't allow sites to use the V8 optimiser
  • Site and shields settings
    • Automatically remove permissions from unused sies: On
    • Additional permissions
      • Ethereum: Block sites from accessing the Ethereum provider API
      • Solana: Block sites from accessing the Solana provider API
  • Use Google services for push messaging: Off
  • Auto-redirect AMP pages: On
  • Auto-redirect tracking URLs: On
  • Prevent sites from finterprinting me based on my language preferences: On
  • Send a Do Not Track request with your browsing traffic: Off

Tor windows ​

  • Private window with Tor: Off (Use the Tor browser for anonymous browsing)

Data collection ​

  • Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P3A): Off
  • Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave: Off
  • Automatically send diagnostic reports: Off

Web3 ​

Wallet ​

  • Enable NFT discovery: Off
  • Enable Brave Wallet in private windows: Off
  • Automatically pin NFTs: Off
  • Reset and clear wallet data

IPFS ​

  • Method to resolve IPFS resources: Disabled
  • IPFS Companion: Off

Web3 domains ​

  • Resolve Unstoppable Domains domains names: Disabled
  • Resolve Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain names: Disabled
  • Resolve Solana Name Service (SNS) domain names: Disabled

Leo ​

  • Show Leo icon in the sidebar: Off
  • Show Leo in the context menu on websites: Off
  • Clear Leo data

Search engine ​

Extensions ​

  • Allow Google login for extensions: Off
  • Hangouts: Off
  • Media Router: Off
  • WebTorrent: Off

Autofill and passwords ​

  • Password Manager -> Hamburger menu (☰) in the top left -> Settings
  • Payment methods
    • Save and fill payment methods: Off
    • Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: Off
    • Remove any existing payment methods from Brave
  • Addresses and more
    • Save and fill addresses: Off
    • Remove any existing addresses from Brave
  • Allow auto-fill in private windows: Off

Downloads ​

  • Ask where to save each file before downloading: On

System ​

  • Continue running background apps when Brave is closed: Off

Extentions ​

See Recommendations -> Internet Browsing -> Browser Extensions.