Eight Alternate Browsers for You
Every Windows user has a default browser – the one browser that opens links when you click on them. It can be any browser you have installed, but you can only choose one.
But did you know that you can install as many browsers on your computer as you want – with only your good sense to limit you? And there is nothing wrong with having two or three browsers, besides your default browser, installed. You might find by exploring and trying a different browser, you will discover a browser you like better than the one you’re using. Who knows?
For instance, we use MS Edge as our default browser, but we still use Google Chrome a lot. I also have Firefox and Brave installed. And I’ll be honest, I use Firefox a lot too. I think Firefox is a much-underrated browser. I rarely use Brave but there’s nothing wrong with it as long as you don’t think that by using “Brave: The Privacy Browser” you’re going to zap around the web in complete privacy – that is just not going to happen.
We’ve put together a short list of alternate browsers that are safe to download and install. And if you don’t like them, they’re easy to uninstall. For the purpose of this article, we’re going to assume you all know the big three – Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. But if you haven’t given Firefox a try consider downloading it from here and giving it a try. You might like it.
Here’s our list of alternate browsers that we’ve tested at one time or another along with a brief description from their respective publisher and the browser’s official home page and download link. All browsers listed are free of charge.
Eight Alternative Browsers You Can Try
Opera
Ditch the default. With its built-in ad-blocker, free VPN, integrated messengers, crypto wallet, and so much more, Opera offers a complete web experience you can’t get from system defaults such as Chrome, Safari, and Edge.
Vivaldi
Get an easy-to-use browser that doesn’t track you. Essentials is a minimal, uncluttered setup with privacy options that put you in control of your data. A lot of Vivaldi’s functionality is hidden to keep things streamlined. But it’s there if you need it.
Making the browser is our job. How you use it is none of our business. We don’t track or profile you. We don’t do data collection. We don’t sell your data to third parties.
Brave
The best privacy online. Browse privately. Search privately. And ditch Big Tech. By default, Brave blocks the trackers & creepy ads on every website you visit. And that thing where ads follow you across the Web? We block that, too.
Iridium
A browser securing your privacy. That’s it.
Waterfox
The best way to browse the web today. Waterfox gives you a sane way to browse the web. Built with you, the user, in mind. Waterfox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection safeguards your privacy while you surf.
Pale Moon
Pale Moon offers you a browsing experience in a browser completely built from its own, independently developed source that has been forked off from Firefox/Mozilla code a number of years ago, with carefully selected features and optimizations to improve the browser’s stability and user experience, while offering full customization and a growing collection of extensions and themes to make the browser truly your own.
Slim Browser
Fastest web browser for Windows that blocks all Ads
Colibri
Browse without tabs. Colibri browser is designed to be fast, efficient, and uncluttered… It helps you browse the Internet faster without the endless tabs.
Home page and download information.
Go Ahead, Explore!
Don’t feel you are stuck with Edge or Chrome, there’s a whole world of browsers out there and you might just find one you like better than Edge or Chrome. So go ahead, explore your wild side and download one or two browsers from our list of alternative browsers and give them a try. If you don’t like them, they’re easy to uninstall. And every one of the browsers on our list is free.
What is your opinion of DuckDuckGo?
DuckDuckGo is a “privacy” search engine. They make a “privacy” browser for Apple and Android, but no for Windows. I am not impressed with the search results with DuckDuckGo, but that’s just my opinion. And if you’re looking for privacy, you’re not going to find it on the Web.
Thank you so much for this list of browsers. I have been using Firefox (default) for several years now and it does work great for me. I also use Chrome but only for purchasing/installing games. I have no clue why I can no longer use Firefox for this activity but it is what it is and when the game is safely downloaded and installed I then switch back over to Firefox and continue.
I have said it before and will say it again, I have no clue what an oldtimer like me would do w/o you two!
Thanks for being there for us!
Gail