Use Tracking Protection in Internet Explorer

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Use Tracking Protection

Tracking Protection helps you protect your privacy by preventing websites you go to from automatically sending details about your visit to other content providers. When you have a Tracking Protection List enabled, Internet Explorer will send a Do Not Track request to the sites you visit. Tracking Protection Lists are like “Do not call” lists. When you turn on a Tracking Protection List, Internet Explorer blocks third–party content from any site that's listed, and limits the info that third–party sites can collect about you.

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To turn on Tracking Protection

  1. Open Internet Explorer for the desktop.

  2. Tap or click theTools Tools button, point to Safety, and then tap or click Tracking Protection.

  3. Tap or click Your Personalized List, and then tap or click Enable.

To remove a Tracking Protection List

  1. Open Internet Explorer for the desktop.

  2. Tap or click theTools Tools button, point to Safety, and then tap or click Tracking Protection.

  3. Tap or click a list, and then tap or click Remove or Disable.

To delete Tracking Protection data from your PC

  1. Tap or click theTools Tools button, point to Safety, and then tap or click Delete browsing history.

  2. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, select the ActiveX Filtering and Tracking Protection data check box, and then tap or click Delete.

To learn more about Tracking Protection, read the Internet Explorer privacy statement

Use Do Not Track

When Do Not Track is turned on, Internet Explorer will send a Do Not Track request to the sites you visit and to the third parties whose content is hosted on those sites to let the sites know that you would prefer not to be tracked.

To turn the Do Not Track header on or off

  1. Open Internet Explorer for the desktop.

  2. Tap or click the Tools Tools button, and then tap or click Internet Options.

  3. On the Advanced tab, under Settings, do one of the following:

    • Turn Do Not Track on by selecting the Always send Do Not Track header check box.

    • Turn Do Not Track off by clearing the Always send Do Not Track header check box.

Use Tracking Protection

Tracking Protection helps you protect your privacy as you browse by preventing websites you go to from automatically sending details about your visit to other content providers. When you have a Tracking Protection List enabled, Internet Explorer will send a Do Not Track request to the sites you visit. Tracking Protection Lists are like “Do not call” lists. When you turn on a Tracking Protection List, Internet Explorer blocks third–party content from any site that's listed, and limits the info that third–party sites can collect about you.

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To turn on Tracking Protection

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. Click theTools Tools button, point to Safety, and then click Tracking Protection.

  3. Click Your Personalized List, and then click Enable.

To remove a Tracking Protection List

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. Click theTools Tools button, point to Safety, and then click Tracking Protection.

  3. Click a list, and then click Remove or Disable.

To delete Tracking Protection data from your PC

  1. Click theTools Tools button, point to Safety, and then click Delete browsing history.

  2. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, select the ActiveX Filtering and Tracking Protection data check box, and then click Delete.

To learn more about Tracking Protection, read the Internet Explorer privacy statement

Use Do Not Track

When Do Not Track is turned on, Internet Explorer will send a Do Not Track request to the sites you visit and to the third parties whose content is hosted on those sites to let the sites know that you would prefer not to be tracked.

To turn the Do Not Track header on or off

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. Click the Tools Tools button, and then click Internet Options.

  3. On the Advanced tab, under Settings, do one of the following:

    • Turn Do Not Track on by selecting the Always send Do Not Track header check box.

    • Turn Do Not Track off by clearing the Always send Do Not Track header check box.

Tracking Protection helps you stay in control of your privacy as you browse the web.

Some of the content, images, ads, and analytics that you see on the websites you visit are provided by outside or third-party websites. While this content can provide value to both you and your favorite websites, these third-party websites have the ability to potentially track your behavior across multiple sites. Tracking Protection provides you an added level of control and choice about the information that third-party websites can potentially use to track your browsing activity.

With Tracking Protection Lists, you can choose which third-party sites can receive your information and track you online. By adding a list, you can block content from websites that might have an impact on your privacy. When you add a Tracking Protection List, Internet Explorer will prevent your information from being sent by limiting data requests to websites in the list. For each list that you add, the setting applies across all pages and websites you visit, not just the pages you get the lists from. And each time you begin a new browsing session, the blocking stays on until you decide to turn it off.

Get Tracking Protection Lists

Tracking Protection is a feature in newer versions of Internet Explorer that helps protect your privacy.

To learn about upgrading to the latest version of Internet Explorer for your operating system, go to Download & Shop