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DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection goes a long way to keep third parties from keeping tabs on you. For example, in the past week, the app has blocked 21,335 tracking attempts on my phone (some of which happened in apps I haven’t used in weeks). Clearly, there’s a lot going on in the background that DuckDuckGo is stopping.
However, I have noticed some apps don’t function correctly with DuckDuckGo blocking them. To me that says one of two things: There are too many apps that require tracking to function or DuckDuckGo can be a bit overzealous in its blocking. Either way, if I find a must-use app isn’t behaving as expected, there’s only one solution — disable App Tracking in DuckDuckGo for that app in question.
Do understand, I only take this action on apps that I know aren’t working properly because they are being blocked by DuckDuckGo’s App Tracking Protection. How do I know? The easiest method is to disable App Tracking Protection for an app and try to use it. If it then behaves properly, you know App Tracking Protection was the problem. If the app continues behaving improperly, chances are good that it’s not DuckDuckGo.
Either way, you’re going to want to know how to disable App Tracking Protection on a per-app basis. Let me show you how.
How to disable App Tracking Protection for a single app
What you’ll need: To achieve this, you’ll need the DuckDuckGo app installed on an Android device and App Tracking Protection enabled. That’s it. Let’s fix your app’s problem.
The first thing to do is open the DuckDuckGo app from either the Android App Drawer or the home screen.
You will be prompted to report an issue for the app, which you can either go ahead and report or tap Not Now to dismiss the prompt.
