Microsoft Edge Tracking Prevention
In Microsoft Edge, select Settings and more > Settings > Privacy, search, and services. Make sure Tracking prevention is set to On. Select the level of tracking prevention that’s right for you.
The components are as follows: Classification – The way Microsoft Edge determines whether a URL belongs to a tracker. Enforcement – The actions taken to protect Microsoft Edge users from URLs classified as trackers. Mitigations – The mechanisms provided to ensure user-specified favorite sites still work, while offering strong default protection.
The new Microsoft Edge is designed to detect and block known trackers. We let you decide what trackers to block. You can choose from three levels of tracking prevention: Basic, Balanced, and Strict. Balanced is selected as the default.
You may be asking “Does Microsoft Edge allow tracking protection?”
By default, Edge blocks anything Microsoft deems potentially harmful, but it allows other types of tracking. You can customize your tracking protection over three sensitivity levels: “Basic,” “Balanced,” or “Strict.”.
You could be wondering “How does Microsoft Edge detect and block trackers?”
Microsoft Edge is designed to detect and block trackers. Microsoft puts you in control to decide what trackers to block . You can choose from three levels of tracking prevention – Basic, Balanced, and Strict. Balanced is selected as the default.
How can I prevent trackers from tracking me?
Select the level of tracking prevention that’s right for you. While preventing trackers increases your privacy, you might want to create exceptions for certain trusted websites. This will allow all trackers on those sites, including potentially harmful ones. In Microsoft Edge, select Settings and more > Settings > Privacy, search, and services.
What are the most blocked trackers on Windows 10?
(On my main Windows 10 PC, running the Edge Dev builds with Tracking Prevention set to Strict, Google is at the top of the list of Blocked Trackers, with 23% of the total, more than Adobe, Facebook, Twitter, and com. Score combined. Interestingly, Microsoft is on that list as well, in the 11 spot, with about 1.7% of the blocked items.).