Settings

What runs on its own

• Show Pip on every pagePip is the friendly guide who floats in the corner. Turn this off and he stays out of your way.Stores one small setting.
• Pip speaks up on his ownPip offers a tip of the day, reactions to what you do, next steps after you read a guide, and news about stickers. Turn this off and he stays quiet unless you tap him.Stores nothing extra.
• Live connection graphOn the home page, measures your response time every few seconds, and stops after 30 checks. Turn this off and no checks are sent.Stores nothing.
• Automatic diary readingsAdds a quick reading to your network diary when you open the home page, at most once every 10 minutes. Checks you run yourself are still saved.Stores each reading, on this device only.
• Remember my recent IP addressesLets the home page tell you when your IP address has changed.Stores your last few addresses and when you saw them, on this device only.
• Monthly security checkup reminderPip reminds you about once a month to re-run the security checkup.Uses the date of your last checkup.
• Save pages for offline useKeeps a copy of pages you open, up to about 40, so they can open without a connection. When you're online, pages always come from our server.Stores page copies in your browser's cache. Turning this off clears them.

Settings are saved in this browser, so they don't follow you to another device or browser.

What's saved on this device

This is everything this site has stored in your browser. None of it is sent to us. Clearing something can't be undone, so each button asks you to click twice.

Clear everything Reset settings to defaults

Ads and cookies

Ads on this site come from Google AdSense, which has its own cookies and settings, so these switches can't turn them off. You can manage personalised ads in Google's ad settings, or block cookies in your browser. The privacy policy explains everything we store and why.