What is my Do Not Track setting?
See whether Do Not Track is enabled in your browser and what it actually does. Detected live in your browser, nothing uploaded.
Whether your browser is sending the Do Not Track signal is shown above. Do Not Track (DNT) is an optional header your browser can attach to requests, expressing a preference that sites should not track you across the web. When enabled, it sends a value that essentially means "please do not track me".
Here is the uncomfortable truth: DNT is almost entirely honour-based, and almost no site honours it. There was never a law requiring sites to obey it, most ignored it, and as a result several browsers have removed the setting altogether. So even when this page shows DNT as on, it likely changes very little.
The more effective successor is Global Privacy Control (GPC), a similar signal that some privacy laws (notably in California) treat as a legally binding opt-out of data sale or sharing. Where DNT was a polite request, GPC has actual teeth in certain jurisdictions.
What you should know
Why sites collect it
Sites can read the DNT signal to decide whether to honour a tracking opt-out, and a well-behaved analytics setup might respect it. In practice, the signal is mostly logged and ignored, which is the core problem with DNT.
Privacy implications
Enabling DNT rarely stops tracking, and ironically the setting itself adds a tiny bit of fingerprinting entropy because relatively few people enable it. It is not harmful, but it is not real protection either. Effective privacy comes from blocking rather than asking politely.
How to change or hide it
Where your browser still offers DNT, you can toggle it in privacy settings, but do not rely on it. For real effect, use tracker-blocking (content blockers, a privacy browser) and, where available, enable Global Privacy Control, which some laws require sites to honour.
Frequently asked questions
Does Do Not Track actually stop tracking?
Rarely. It is an honour-based request that almost no site obeys, and there is no law forcing compliance. Tracker-blocking is far more effective.
What is the difference between DNT and GPC?
DNT is a voluntary request that is widely ignored. Global Privacy Control is a similar signal that some privacy laws treat as a binding opt-out, so it carries legal weight in places.