# SafeCircle Search (/en/docs/platform/search/overview)



**SafeCircle Search** is a private search engine for web, image and news results. It has no ads, no tracking and no search history, and it can lock safe search for a family.

<Callout type="warn" title="Early alpha">
  SafeCircle Search is a new, separate site at **search.safecircle.tech**, first released as version 0.1.0 ("First Light"). It isn't built into the dashboard or the Android apps yet, and some family features aren't connected to them. See [Safe search and family lock](/en/docs/platform/search/safe-search).
</Callout>

## What it is [#what-it-is]

* **Web, Images and News** tabs, with results from Brave Search.
* **Private by design** — no cookies for visitors who aren't logged in, no logged searches and no third-party requests from your browser. See [Privacy](/en/docs/platform/search/privacy).
* **Safe search** — **Off**, **Moderate** or **Strict**, plus a family lock that forces **Strict**.
* **Your preferences** — region, language, theme and whether to open results in a new tab.
* **Site rules** — block, lower or raise specific websites in your results (with a SafeCircle login).
* **English and Spanish.**

## How to use it [#how-to-use-it]

Open **search.safecircle.tech** in any browser and type in the search box. Use the **Web**, **Images** and **News** tabs to change the type of result.

Click the settings icon to change safe search, region, language, theme and other options. Without an account, your choices are saved in your browser only.

To make it your browser's default, add it as a search engine. The site publishes the information browsers need to do this, so most browsers offer it from the address bar or the search settings.

## Log in (optional) [#log-in-optional]

Click **Log in** to sign in with your SafeCircle account at `app.safecircle.tech`. Logged-in visitors get:

* Settings that sync across your devices
* **Site rules**, up to 500 per account
* Higher search limits

<Callout type="info">
  Searching without logging in always works, but if you search very quickly it asks you to wait a minute or log in.
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## Where it fits in SafeCircle [#where-it-fits-in-safecircle]

* **It isn't part of monitoring.** SafeCircle doesn't log searches, so searches made here don't appear in the dashboard or in alerts. The [child app](/en/docs/platform/android/how-it-works) only reads the five [supported apps](/en/docs/platform/android/supported-apps).
* **It isn't in the dashboard menu.** There's no link to it from the dashboard or the apps yet. Use the address above.

<Cards>
  <Card title="Privacy" href="/en/docs/platform/search/privacy" description="What SafeCircle Search does and doesn't collect." />

  <Card title="Safe search and family lock" href="/en/docs/platform/search/safe-search" description="Safe search levels, region, site rules and the family lock." />
</Cards>