DuckDuckGo, Duck.ai, & VPN

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4.7
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About this app

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
Updated on
Mar 16, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, App activity, and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.7
2.22M reviews
Eric Pudalov
March 30, 2025
I love DuckDuckGo! I'm referring to both the search engine and the browser in this case. Privacy has become a huge concern of mine lately, and I think that we need more search engines that don't track us based on our activities. I do realize that DDG has also jumped on the AI bandwagon, but theirs seems less intrusive than some of the others, at the very least, i.e., according to their privacy policy, it doesn't collect personal data from you either.
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Denise Hopp
March 16, 2026
DuckDuckGo (Or "Doogle" as we nicknamed it in order to say it easier when we say "Just Doogle it!"☺️) is a super search engine! It searches everything we need seamlessly, it protects us more, and it's good knowing retain more of our privacy which is so important to most Americans. Both my husband and I have used it for about 5 years now and love it! Plus I love the fun Duck icon, the fire or water to clear searches, etc!🦆 It's also very user friendly and easy peasy to install.
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L.J. Dolan
March 19, 2026
Overall, I love the app. But, this latest update ruined my homepage removing my favorites from the search widget. Now, I gave to click press two times instead of just once immediately for my two favorites. Boo. I'm hoping this update will fix the bug that didn't allow me to pull up webpages. I just got a blank page. So, I figured I had to update. But, now I lost my 2 favorite options on your widget. That previous widget that I could shape like a Square with a search bar was my favorite feature
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What’s new

What's new:
This update includes various bug fixes and improvements.