New Tab DuckDuckGo Redirect

New tab redirects to DuckDuckGo's search engine.

Total ratings

4.80 (Rating count: 17)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Effectively redirects new tab to DuckDuckGo, providing more privacy
  • Provides a solution for those unhappy with the default Google or Bing search settings
  • Simple to install and configure, enhancing user experience
  • Fast loading time compared to default Edge new tab
  • User-friendly and praised for its straightforward functionality
Cons
  • Microsoft Edge automatically disables the extension, requiring users to manually re-enable it
  • The extension requests permissions that raise privacy concerns amongst users
  • Initial installation issues and warnings noted by some users
  • Some users experience slow loading times
  • Lack of clear communication from developers regarding permission settings
Most mentioned
  • Microsoft Edge disabling the extension automatically
  • Users prefer DuckDuckGo for its privacy features
  • Satisfaction with the functionality of redirecting new tab
  • Concerns regarding permissions and privacy with the extension
  • Praise for the simplicity and effectiveness of the add-on
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 4.60
All time rating average: 4.80
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Date Author Rating Comment
2025-01-26 Jennifer Was using the now-terrible Google Search for a New Tab. Whoever there decided to take away our ability to choose how many results per page could be 100 or 50, down to 10, should be FIRED. No one likes that. Google Search has become totally unuseable. So glad that I found this! Now I have my New Page set to DDG. And my start pages set to Yahoo Mail & DDG. No more Google! And I'm with the other Reviewers.....Edge immediately shut this Extension OFF on me, but I have it set to provide messages, I immediately turned it back ON. Actually no more Google & no more Bing. This is happily working flawlessly. Thank you!
2025-01-01 Elder Me gustaría saber por qué Microsoft Edge desactiva automáticamente esta extensión. Su funcionamiento es adecuado y cumple con mis expectativas, pero resulta muy molesto tener que activarla continuamente. Considero que este problema debería corregirse para mejorar la experiencia del usuario. Si la situación persiste, me veré obligado a desinstalarla, aunque lamento que esto sea causado por un comportamiento que parece estar fuera del control de los desarrolladores de la extensión. Espero que Microsoft pueda abordar este inconveniente de manera oportuna.
2023-06-24 Wayne I also had the issue of MS Edge turning off the extension but the first time I attempted to download it threw a warning and failed. The second attempt was successful. It also still fails to be enabled upon installation. After enabling, I adjusted the extension setting to "Allow this extension to read and change all your data on websites you visit" to On Click from All Websites, it appears to do exactly what I wanted. This extension should not need to read nor change my data. Please explain the necessity for this setting with this extension. Giving the extension the ability to read/change data goes against what I understand to be the purpose of using DuckDuckGo. I apologize if this is just the default for all Edge extensions. If that is the case, you might want to explain this behavior in the description of New Tab DuckDuckGo Redirect to assuage user's fears and the steps to adjust the setting to be more secure. I'd give 5 stars were that the case.
2023-06-20 Marie I've used the DuckDuckGo search engine for years instead of Google or Bing because it doesn't censor your search results like the other two. Nice try turning it off on installing the extension, but I turned it back on. I don't mind using Bing for most searches, but when I'm searching a touchy subject I will still use DuckDuckGo.
2023-05-15 Vicki Brilliant
2022-09-13 Mike Very interesting that once I installed the DuckDuckGo tab redirect extension, Microsoft Edge automatically turned it off! So, I had to go find out how to turn on the extension that I had just loaded. Microsoft, do you really think that I'm going to install an extension and don't want to use it? Microsoft, you really stink.
2022-07-17 José On my computer the new tab takes 1-2sec to load and if I type fast when loading the page I lose some characters I typed
2022-06-18 Brian thank you thank you thank you. nothing like being forced to use a page you don't want to so they can collect more information on us. ugh!
2022-03-03 Gray, Yes!! THANK you . . . That was driving me NUTS!!
2021-12-28 Andrew I have never used Edge because I could not tolerate that MS **** on the new tab page. This was an easy fix that got me out to my preferred blank page. Nice
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