Brave is a good privacy-centric browser with many interesting features. However, it still has something weird like Brave Rewards, Brave Ads, Leo, … In this blog, I will show you how to mitigate Brave.

Table of Contents

Homepage

Background Image

  • Show Sponsored Image: Off

Top Sites

  • Top Sites: Off

Cards

  • Cards: Off

Settings

Get started

  • On startup: Open the New Tab page

Appearance

Toolbar

  • Show Brave News button: Off
  • Show Brave Wallet button: Off
  • Show autocomplete suggestions in address bar: On (you can turn off it if you want)
    • Top sites
    • Browsing history
    • Bookmarks
    • Leo AI Assistant

Shields

  • Tracker & ads blocking: Aggressive

Privacy and security

Privacy and security

  • Allow privacy-preserving product analytics (P1A): Off
  • Automatically send daily usage ping to Brave: Off
  • Automatically send diagnostic reports: Off

Brave Rewards

  • Show Brave Rewards icon in address bar: Off

Web3

Wallet

  • Default Ethereum wallet: Extensions (no fallback)
  • Default Solana wallet: Extensions (no fallback)

IPFS

  • Method to resolve IPFS resources: Disabled

Web3 Domains

  • Resolve Unstoppable Domains domain 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

Search engine

  • Normal Window: DuckDuckGo
  • Private Window: DuckDuckGo
  • Improve search suggestions: Off

Extensions

  • WebTorrent: Off
  • Widevine: On

Autofill and passwords

Password manager

  • Offer to save passwords: Off
  • Sign in automatically: Off

Payment methods

  • Save and fill payment methods: Off
  • Allow sites to check if you have payment methods saved: Off

Addresses and more

  • Save and fill addresses: Off

Other

  • Allow auto-fill in private windows: Off

Languages

Spell check

  • Check for spelling errors when you type text on web pages: Off

System

  • Continue running background apps when Brave is closed: Off

Brave VPN

  • Use WireGuard protocol in Brave VPN: Off

Flags

  • Launch Brave Ads as an in-process service (brave://flags/#brave-ads-should-launch-brave-ads-as-an-in-process-service): Disabled
  • Should always run Brave Ads service (brave://flags/#brave-ads-should-always-run-brave-ads-service): Disabled
  • Allow Brave Ads to fallback from native to custom push notifications (brave://flags/#brave-ads-allowed-to-fallback-to-custom-push-notification-ads): Disabled
  • Brave News prompts on New Tab Page (brave://flags/#brave-news-peek): Disabled
  • Enable Brave Wallet (brave://flags/#native-brave-wallet): Disabled
  • Enable NFT pinning (brave://flags/#enable-nft-pinning): Disabled
  • Enable Brave Rewards VBAT notices (brave://flags/#brave-rewards-vbat-notice): Disabled
  • Enable Gemini for Brave Rewards (brave://flags/#brave-rewards-gemini): Disabled
  • Brave AI Chat (brave://flags/#brave-ai-chat): Disabled
  • Enable experimental Brave VPN (brave://flags/#brave-vpn): Disabled
  • Enable DoH for Brave VPN (brave://flags/#brave-vpn-dns): Disabled
  • SafeBrowsing (brave://flags/#brave-safe-browsing): Disabled
  • Enable Brave Super Referral (brave://flags/#brave-super-referral): Disabled

Extensions

This is optional, you can install it if you want.

Some tips

  • Don’t use Brave Rewards, Brave News, Brave Wallet, Brave Sync, Leo, …
  • Don’t use any sponsored things