Your e Using Brave Wrong

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Most people use Brave Browser just for ad blocking.

That’s barely scratching the surface.

Here are some powerful features most users never touch

1. Clean your homepage

Brave shows sponsored cards, promos, and clutter by default.

You can disable everything and make it minimal:

• no ads 
• no widgets 
• custom wallpaper 

Feels like a completely different browser.

2. Block WAY more than ads

Go to Shields → Content filters

Enable:

• cookie popups 
• newsletter popups 
• tracking links 
• distractions 

It works like uBlock… without installing anything.

3. Copy links without tracking

Right click → “Copy clean link”

Removes tracking parameters automatically.

No more:

Simple, but powerful.

4. Speed Reader (underrated)

Turns messy articles into:

• clean text 
• no ads 
• no distractions 

Perfect for blogs, news, guides.

Feels like reading a Kindle.

5. Memory Saver = huge performance boost

If you use 20+ tabs:

Brave suspends inactive tabs automatically.

Result:

• less RAM usage 
• faster switching 
• better battery life

6. Force Dark Mode everywhere

Type:

brave://flags/#enable-force-dark

Enable it → restart

Now every website has dark mode.

No extensions needed.

7. Vertical Tabs + Sidebar

Move tabs to the side.

Combine with sidebar for:

• bookmarks 
• reading list 
• quick tools 

Way better for multitasking.

8. Built-in AI (optional)

Brave has its own AI called Leo.

You can:

• summarize pages 
• ask questions 
• generate text 

Or disable it completely if you hate AI.

9. Privacy that actually goes deeper

Brave doesn’t just block ads.

It also:

• randomizes fingerprints 
• strips tracking from URLs 
• blocks bounce tracking 
• isolates site data 

Most browsers don’t go this far.

10. Bonus features most people miss

• built-in VPN 
• private windows with Tor 
• offline video playlist 
• encrypted sync 

All built-in. No extensions.

Brave isn’t just a browser.

It’s a full privacy + performance toolkit.

And most people use maybe 10% of it.

Which feature did you not know about?