Brave Release 1.62.153 (Jan 25, 2024)
On-Startup (Get Started > On-Startup)
Change “Continue where you left off” to “Open the New Tab page”
Appearance
Disable:
- Show Brave News button
- Show Brave Wallet button
- Show Sidebar button
- Show VPN button
**Disable: **
- Show autocomplete suggestions in address bar Top Sites Browsing History Bookmarks
Privacy & Security
Private Windows with Tor Connectivity in Brave are just regular private windows that use Tor as a proxy. Brave does NOT implement most of the privacy protections from Tor Browser.
Disable:
- Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P3A)
- Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave
- Private window with Tor
Clear Browsing Data
On exit: All
Site and Shields Settings
Location > Don’t allow sites to see your location Camera > Don’t allow sites to use your camera Microphone > Don’t allow sites to use your microphone Notifications > Don’t allow sites to send notifications
Additional permissions: Automatic downloads > Don’t allow sites to automatically download multiple files USB devices > Don’t allow sites to connect to USB devices File editing > Don’t allow sites to edit files or folders on your device Clipboard > Don’t allow sites to see text or images on your clipboard
Cookies and Site Data: Block third-party cookies - enabled Enable: Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows
Sites that can always use cookies Add sites here that you always use (E.g. email, Twitter) - Don’t go crazy, it’s best to keep this to a minimum!
By default the following URLs are allowed: https://[*.]firebaseapp.com https://accounts.google.com
Note: You can’t delete them unless you disable the use of third-party cookies for legacy Google Sign-In and Facebook logins and embedded posts.
Go to: brave://settings/socialBlocking Disable:
- Allow use of third-party cookies for legacy Google Sign-In
- Allow Facebook logins and embedded posts
- Allow Twitter embedded tweets
Shields
Allow use of third-party cookies for legacy Google Sign-In Allow Facebook logins and embedded posts Allow Twitter embedded tweets
Autofill and passwords
Disable:
- Allow auto-fill in private windows
Payment methods Disable:
- Save and fill payment methods
- Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved
System
Use WireGuard protocol in Brave VPN - enabled
Note: brave://about/ will show all possible settings
Recommended Add-Ons
I don’t like to add too many add-ons, since the more you add will increase the potential of one of them being vulnerable to attack or making your browser more unique (it’s fingerprint). Panopticlick is a useful tool to see how unique your browser fingerprint is.
Here are the 3 essential add-ons, that I would install without question: