Privacy Settings Templates
Ready-to-use privacy configuration templates for major platforms and services to maximize your data protection.
Platform Privacy Templates
Use these step-by-step templates to lock down your privacy settings across popular platforms and services.
Facebook Privacy Template
Profile & Tagging
Settings → Privacy → Profile & Tagging: Set "Who can see your future posts" to Friends, "Who can see posts you're tagged in" to Friends
Search & Contact
Settings → Privacy: Set "Who can look you up using email/phone" to Friends, Disable "Do you want search engines to link to your profile"
Timeline & Tagging
Settings → Timeline: Enable "Review posts friends tag you in", Enable "Review tags people add to your posts"
Apps & Websites
Settings → Apps and Websites: Remove all third-party apps you don't actively use, Turn off "Apps, websites and games"
Location Services
Settings → Location: Turn off location history, Review and delete past location data
Ad Preferences
Settings → Ad Preferences: Opt out of ads based on activity from partners, Hide ad topics you don't want to see
Face Recognition
Settings → Face Recognition: Turn off face recognition feature
Instagram Privacy Template
Account Privacy
Settings → Privacy → Account Privacy: Make account private, Only allow followers to see your content
Activity Status
Settings → Privacy → Activity Status: Turn off "Show Activity Status"
Story Controls
Settings → Privacy → Story: Hide story from specific people, Turn off "Allow sharing"
Comments & Tags
Settings → Privacy → Tags: Set "Allow tags from" to People You Follow, Enable manual tag approval
Data Download
Settings → Security → Download Data: Request your data to see what Instagram has collected
Google Account Privacy Template
Web & App Activity
myactivity.google.com → Activity Controls: Pause Web & App Activity, Delete past activity
Location History
Google Account → Data & Privacy → Location History: Turn off, Delete past location history
YouTube History
Google Account → Data & Privacy → YouTube History: Pause watch and search history
Ad Personalization
Google Account → Data & Privacy → Ad Settings: Turn off ad personalization
Third-Party Access
Google Account → Security → Third-party apps: Review and remove apps with access to your Google account
Security Checkup
myaccount.google.com/security-checkup: Complete security checkup, Review recent activity
Apple ID Privacy Template
App Privacy Report
Settings → Privacy → App Privacy Report: Enable and review which apps access your data
Location Services
Settings → Privacy → Location Services: Review each app, Set most to "While Using" or "Never"
Tracking
Settings → Privacy → Tracking: Turn off "Allow Apps to Request to Track"
Analytics
Settings → Privacy → Analytics & Improvements: Turn off all analytics sharing
Apple Advertising
Settings → Privacy → Apple Advertising: Turn off personalized ads
LinkedIn Privacy Template
Profile Visibility
Settings → Visibility → Profile viewing options: Set to "Private mode"
Activity Broadcasts
Settings → Visibility → Share profile updates: Turn off
Data Privacy
Settings → Data Privacy → How LinkedIn uses your data: Turn off data for personalization and research
Advertising Preferences
Settings → Data Privacy → Advertising data: Opt out of ads based on your activity
Twitter/X Privacy Template
Account Protection
Settings → Privacy and Safety → Audience: Protect your posts (private account)
Photo Tagging
Settings → Privacy → Photo Tagging: Don't allow anyone to tag you
Discoverability
Settings → Privacy → Discoverability: Uncheck email and phone discoverability
Data Sharing
Settings → Privacy → Data sharing: Turn off all data sharing with business partners
Location Information
Settings → Privacy → Location: Turn off precise location, Remove all location history
Windows 10/11 Privacy Template
General Privacy
Settings → Privacy → General: Turn off all advertising ID, tracking, and suggestions
Diagnostics & Feedback
Settings → Privacy → Diagnostics: Set to "Required diagnostic data" (minimum), Turn off feedback frequency
Activity History
Settings → Privacy → Activity history: Uncheck "Store my activity history on this device"
App Permissions
Settings → Privacy → App permissions: Review each category, Deny unnecessary permissions
Browser Privacy Template (Chrome/Edge/Firefox)
Search Engine
Settings → Search: Change to DuckDuckGo or Startpage for privacy
Do Not Track
Settings → Privacy: Enable "Send Do Not Track requests"
Cookies
Settings → Privacy → Cookies: Block third-party cookies, Clear on exit
Safe Browsing
Settings → Privacy and Security: Enable enhanced safe browsing
Autofill
Settings → Autofill: Disable autofill for passwords (use password manager instead)
Amazon Privacy Template
Alexa Privacy
Alexa app → Settings → Alexa Privacy: Delete voice recordings, Turn off use of recordings for development
Personalized Ads
Amazon account → Privacy Settings: Turn off personalized advertising
Browsing History
Account → Browsing History: Turn off browsing history, Delete past history
Privacy Maintenance Schedule
Monthly
Review new app permissions, Check for platform setting changes
Quarterly
Full privacy audit of all platforms, Remove unused third-party app access
Semi-Annual
Update recovery information, Review data download to see what's collected
Annual
Complete privacy reset, Delete old accounts, Fresh privacy configuration