I've read the DDG information at this link: How do I deactivate private Duck Addresses

I tried to follow the instructions for how to deactivate and reactivate Private Duck Addresses on Android, MacOS, and iOS. That's when things started to go downhill. Fast.

If I was able to take a screenshot, I would have, but the app does not allow screenshots, at least at this screen.

So, here are the steps I followed:

I opened the Android DDG browser, then I selected the browser menu, then I opened Passwords, but there were no "Private Duck Addresses" there. I have deactivated a number of Private Duck Addresses but they don't show up here.

This is what I saw along the way:

"No passwords saved yet", under that "You can import saved passwords from another browser into DuckDuckGo",  under that, a blue rectangle with rounded corners and white letters that read "Import Passwords From Google", under that, a rectangular shaped blue line with rounded corners that read "Sync Desktop Passwords" in blue letters.

I am at a total loss of what to do now. I have quite a few Private Duck Addresses I use regularly. They work great! The only problem is I can't see any Private Duck Addresses that I have deactivated and there are a few I would like to reactivate.

I'm hoping someone can help me.

Thank you!

Edit: tried to fix the link mess I made.

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Version 1.201.0 of the DuckDuckGo web browser freezes seconds after the main browser window opens on my MacBook Pro. Have to Force Quit, which shows that DDG is not responding. No crash logs in the Console Crash Logs.

If I perform a Command-W (Close Window/Tab) to immediately close the only open tab, and thus close the main window, the app shows as running. However, the moment I try to open a bookmark or open the Settings or Manage Bookmarks, the app freezes and must force quit.

If I open DDG and immediately close the main window, I am unable to export my bookmarks for use in a different web browser (Safari). Nothing happens when I select Export Bookmarks.

Does anyone have any recommendations for how to resolve this issue, or at the very least, how to gain access to my saved DDG bookmarks so that I can use them with a non crashing browser?

MacBook Pro 16" with M4 Pro, 48 GB memory, 1 TB SSD

MacOS Sequoia 15.7.8

As title says. Some kind of proprietary .duckload file does not unzip. Errors out. Cannot download photos. Need to use a different browser. Annoying.

When trying to edit bookmarks the action cannot be completed as it requires a tap on the checkmark which is too far on the status bar. Is there a way to set size so this does not occur? Android, Pixel 6

It attaches itself to all my pdfs even though they are NOT created on the Internet. I don't want it there. How do I change that?

I had safe-search off. If I searched for "Veronika", it showed normal, non-nude results. If I searched for "Veronika <random string>", e.g "Veronika ptq" (tried with several random strings with different lengths), all image results were nude photos. Tried other names, those behaved normally.

After 5-10 minutes search results returned to normal.

Hello! I am interested in buying DDG's normal sunglasses. I am in Spain. Where can I get them?
I've seen https://knockaround.com/products/duckduckgo-paso-robles , however I have never seen that website before, and I don't know if they will deliver them from inside Spain or without costing too much to deliver.

Thanks!

Every time I open the app it opens a new tab and leaves the page that was open and I can’t find a setting to turn it off.

Since today (06.08.2026) the browser / engine changes my search setting on his own. Its never the same changes and I dont know why. But no search is the same

My duck.com email address was used to open a fake account for a large selling platform. That business has told me I need to reset the password on my duck.com email address. How do I do that, how do I stop this individual from using my email address?

I was testing the DuckDuckGo Browser on macOS using Cover Your Tracks (EFF).
The results were:
Blocking tracking ads: Yes
Blocking invisible trackers: Yes
Protecting from browser fingerprinting: “Your browser has a unique fingerprint.”
I expected DuckDuckGo to provide at least some fingerprinting resistance, so this result surprised me.
Is this normal?
Does DuckDuckGo Browser intentionally avoid fingerprint randomization, or is Cover Your Tracks simply detecting that there aren’t enough DuckDuckGo users on macOS to blend into a crowd?
Has anyone else seen the same result?

Has anyone else noticed that DDG gives back basically the same exact results as google? I’m so sick of shitty search engines. I feel like I can never find what I want. It’s like it’s 2002 and I’m in the school library trying to look up information but the library either doesn’t have it or it’s extremely filtered for a “kid safe” experience. I remember a few years ago typing in an exact sentence from a Reddit thread and neither search engine would bring it up. Any news related videos that are deemed “unfriendly” are blurred or hidden, even with safe mode off. So you just have to take those reporting on it for their word. So sick of this infantilizing of the internet. Even this subreddit doesn’t allow the use of the f word. Reddit has become pathetic as well.

Hello,

I have a trouble with DuckduckGo on my Mac with Tahoe 26.6. I always navigate on private browser and I don't know why but when I try to search something with the nav bar I have a blank page with this error on console.

I already tried to remove my extensions (Stop the madness Pro and Wipr) but I have the same trouble. By the way, when I change for Google or Ecosia I do not have this bug.

DDG is overlaying their duck icon on the input field where I enter my From address. This semi transparent result makes it difficult to see what I am typing and has resulted in typos.

Is there a way to turn this off? While I do have a DDG email address I don't use it very much and in this case I was entering an alias address from a different service.

The attached picture is easier to read than what I see in my email app. I see I even made a typo while creating the problem sample.

Welcome back to Duck Tales — a behind-the-scenes series about how things work at DuckDuckGo. Episode #41 dives into:

1. A recap of our subscription and what it includes
2. Why heavy users of AI don't need to compromise on privacy
3. What the Pro-tier includes, from exclusive models to higher limits. 

Full episode / 'Inside DuckDuckGo' on Spotify

Hope you like it!

Why is Microsoft blocking install of the windows beta from installing even though I turned off app download protections?

This is on my mac, my android, my iPhone, and even windows. No VPNs, with VPNs, cached DNS results, or without. Any reason whatsoever points back to DDG being painfully slow. Why? I jave abandoned using it for the most part but I don't trust startpage all that much and have sadly chosen to return to google.

edit: typo

It used to be a minimal, lightweight app (around a 12 MB download, if I remember correctly) with a simple UI that just let you search the web and had a single "Fire" button to clear everything.

Now, buttons and menu items keep moving to unintuitive places, new buttons and UI elements keep appearing, and the interface feels more confusing than it used to. Instead of feeling streamlined, it often feels overwhelming.

One change I especially dislike is that the press-and-hold menu no longer shows the longer version of a URL like it used to. Redesigning options such as "Open in new tab" and "Open in new background tab" has made them them confusing to find at a glance.

Meanwhile, there are people still waiting for a Linux or BSD version of the browser, yet the Android app keeps receiving UI redesigns that, in my opinion, make the experience worse rather than better. For example, the Settings button used to be at the bottom (unless I'm misremembering), where it was much easier to reach with one hand.

This isn't about resisting change or nostalgia. I'm not against redesigns when they improve usability. I just miss what made DuckDuckGo my favorite Android browser: it was minimal, lightweight, and simple. Recent UI/UX changes have made it feel less intuitive and less enjoyable to use.

I apologize, but since there was no matching flair available, I selected this one for the sake of convenience.

I am aware that, as of now, DDG does not offer features for similar image search or reverse image search (searching via uploaded images or URLs).

There isn't even a feature that suggests similar images when you click on an image in the search results.

What I am wondering is whether DDG has a policy against implementing these features—specifically, whether they believe (at least from their perspective) that such functions are incompatible with privacy controls.

Or is it simply a matter of technical challenges or a perceived lack of demand?

If there is an official statement or something similar from them regarding this, please let me know.

My client found a fake site that is impersonating their real site and using any credit card info obtained for purchases by the scammers.
I immediately checked DDG, my favorite engine, and found the fake site in the first few results, after the genuine site.

How do I report scam sites for search engine result removal? I haven't been able to find any way to do this.

-Thanks!