The Fire Button: What It Actually Clears
The Fire Button is one of DuckDuckGo's most talked-about features — a one-tap way to wipe your current browsing session. Here's a general breakdown of what that typically means in practice.
Closes open tabs
Generally closes every tab open at the time, ending your current browsing session.
Clears cookies for that session
Typically removes cookies collected during the session, which can log you out of sites and reset site preferences.
Clears local browsing data
Generally clears session-related browsing data stored locally on the device for that browsing period.
Doesn't undo things you did online
Clearing local data doesn't retroactively remove information you submitted to a website, or actions taken while browsing — it resets the local session, not what happened server-side.
Exact behavior (what's cleared, whether it's configurable) can vary by platform and version. Check DuckDuckGo's own documentation for the current, precise behavior on your device.