Alternatives to Norton Private Browser

A free Chromium-based browser from Norton with built-in tracker and phishing protection for Windows and Mac. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Norton Private Browser.

  • Avast Secure Browser

    A free browser from Avast with built-in ad blocking and anti-tracking protection.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroid

    Avast Secure Browser is a similar free, closed-source security-vendor browser with ad blocking and anti-tracking on by default, adding an Android version, tied to Avast products.

  • AVG Secure Browser

    A free privacy-focused web browser from AVG that blocks ads, trackers and online threats.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroid

    AVG Secure Browser blocks ads, trackers and online threats out of the box on Windows, Mac and Android, while promoting other AVG products instead of Norton's.

  • Brave

    A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Brave is open source under MPL-2.0, blocks ads and trackers by default with a per-site panel, runs on Linux and Android, and bundles a crypto wallet.

  • DuckDuckGo Browser

    Privacy browser with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSAndroid

    DuckDuckGo Browser is open source under Apache-2.0 with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing on by default, adding Android but with narrower extension support.

  • Microsoft Edge

    Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Microsoft Edge keeps a Chromium base and adds vertical tabs, sleeping tabs and a PDF reader on Windows, macOS and Linux, while promoting Bing and Microsoft accounts.

  • Epic Privacy Browser

    Chromium browser that blocks trackers and routes traffic through an encrypted proxy.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroid

    Epic Privacy Browser is also closed-source Chromium, adding an always-on private mode, a uBlock-based ad blocker and a built-in proxy, with an Android build.

  • Ulaa

    Privacy-focused Chromium browser from Zoho with separate browsing modes.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroid

    Ulaa is Zoho's closed-source Chromium browser with tracker blocking on by default and separate work, personal and kids modes, available on Linux and Android as well.

  • Google Chrome

    Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

    Google Chrome drops the preset tracker protection but gives the largest extension library, four-weekly updates and a Linux build, with close ties to Google advertising.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.