How to remove favicons from search results of duckduckgo ?

How to remove favicons from search results of duckduckgo? 

If you are little bit concerned about your online privacy then you must had heard about the duckduckgo search engine. DuckDuckGo claims to be the best search engine in regards of searcher's privacy and security.It claims that it doesn't store any private information of a searcher like cookies, ip addresses, passwords and other logs.Even browsers like chrome, mozilla and Yahoo allow  their users to use duckduckgo search engine as an extension. Nowadays, you can easily change your default search engine settings in popular browsers like chrome.

 Getting back to the history of duckduckgo. DuckDuckGo is an initiative by Gabriel Weinberg. At the beginning, he was the only investor in duckduckgo. In 2011, Union Square Ventures and some other investors started investing in it. In 2021, duckduckgo set a new record of 104,910,079 daily searches. On an average, 97,653,174 queries are searched per day in 2021.

DuckDuckGo earns money through ads and affiliate links. But, they guarantee that they don't track you. Actually, there is no need to track to show relevant ads to you. You see ads based on the keywords you search. 

People often think that google track their users to show relevant search results. But this is a myth. There is no need to track any user to show relevant search results. Duckduckgo show relevant search results on the basis of the keyword searched.

What are favicons? 

Favicons are very small images which appear before the url of your website in search results to represent your website. It helps the user to easily recognize your website. They are basically square in shape and act as a logo for your website. Favicons can be seen in tabs, browsing history, bookmarks and search results. Favicons are also useful if you share your website in any social media sites. They make your website or brand trustworthy. 

Earlier, duckduckgo doesn't show favicons in search results. In 2018, it introduced favicons in the search results of their android browser. Many duckduckgo users criticized this feature. Finally, Weinberg (founder of duckduckgo) removed this feature. But nowadays we have an option to remove or add favicons in our search results. Let's explore this thing. 

Steps to remove favicons from search results of duckduckgo:

Step 1: Search any keyword on duckduckgo browser but don't click on any of the search results.

Step 2: Search for the settings option on the navigation bar at the top. Click on the settings option. 

Step 3: A small pop up will appear. Scroll down and search for the "All settings" option. Click on it. 

Step 4: Another page will appear. You can directly come to this page by clicking on this link. 

Step 5: Click on the "Appearance" button. Through this option you can change the appearance of your search results in duckduckgo browser. You can edit the font size and background color of your search results. 

Step 6: Scroll down and find "Site Icons" option. Turn it off if it is on. You will find a "Save and Exit" option below this option. 

Step 7: Click on that option to move back to your search results. 

After following these steps, you will find that favicons have been removed from your search results. 

Unique features of duckduckgo:

1.DuckDuckGo can shorten and expand urls. If you want to know the hidden url behind the shortened url, open the url in duckduckgo search engine. If you want to short any url, type "shorten url" in the search bar. 

2.You can remove the favicons of websites which appear after searching any keyword. This can reduce your data consumption. 

3. You can save your data by using duckduckgo html and duckduckgo lite. These are the versions of duckduckgo search engine which consumes less data while browsing. If you face bad network connection in your area, use these versions of duckduckgo. 

4.If you want duckduckgo to create a timer or stopwatch. To use a stopwatch in duckduckgo, type "stopwatch". A digital stopwatch will appear for your use. 

5. DuckDuckGo can help you to to guess strong passwords for you. Simple search for "Password 8" to create a random 8 character password for you. If you face any difficulty in memorizing the password just search for "Random Passphrase". You will get a random password with four words which is easy to remember and unpredictable. 

6.You can easily use a calendar by searching "Calendar" keyword. You can also use the digital calculator. Just type "calculator" in the search results. 

Conclusion

By following the above steps, you can remove favicons from search results of duckduckgo browser. Sometimes favicons may appear as posters of advertisements. For some users, favicons can also be helpful while browsing the internet. With favicons, it becomes easier to search any particular website.