diff --git a/.env b/.env
index bfd410d0..c2b49cd1 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 API_URL=https://api.muetab.com/v2
 SPONSORS_URL=https://sponsors.muetab.com
 GITHUB_URL=https://api.github.com
-DDG_IMAGE_PROXY=https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=
 OPENSTREETMAP_URL=https://www.openstreetmap.org
 
 # Mue URLs
diff --git a/src/config/.env b/src/config/.env
deleted file mode 100644
index 678b118c..00000000
--- a/src/config/.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# API URLs
-API_URL=https://api.muetab.com/v2
-SPONSORS_URL=https://sponsors.muetab.com
-GITHUB_URL=https://api.github.com
-DDG_IMAGE_PROXY=https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=
-OPENSTREETMAP_URL=https://www.openstreetmap.org
-
-# Mue URLs
-WEBSITE_URL=https://muetab.com
-PRIVACY_URL=https://muetab.com/privacy
-BLOG_POST=https://blog.muetab.com/posts/version-7-0
-TRANSLATIONS_URL=https://docs.muetab.com/translations/
-WEBLATE_URL=https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/mue/mue-tab/
-REPORT_ITEM=https://github.com/mue/marketplace/issues/new?assignees=&labels=item+report&template=item-report.md&title=%5BItem+Report%5D+
-BUG_REPORT=https://github.com/mue/mue/issues/new?assignees=&labels=issue+report&template=bug-report.md&title=%5BBug%5D+
-DONATE_LINK=https://muetab.com/donate
-SENTRY_DSN=https://430352fd4b174d688ebd82fc85c22c58@o1217438.ingest.sentry.io/6359480
-KNOWLEDGEBASE=https://support.muetab.com
-
-# Mue Info
-ORG_NAME=mue
-REPO_NAME=mue
-EMAIL=hello@muetab.com
-TWITTER_HANDLE=getmue
-DISCORD_SERVER=zv8C9F8
-OPENCOLLECTIVE_USERNAME=mue
-
-VERSION=7.0.1
diff --git a/src/config/constants.js b/src/config/constants.js
index b7d266d7..8472f6e9 100644
--- a/src/config/constants.js
+++ b/src/config/constants.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 export const API_URL = 'https://api.muetab.com/v2';
 export const SPONSORS_URL = 'https://sponsors.muetab.com';
 export const GITHUB_URL = 'https://api.github.com';
-export const DDG_IMAGE_PROXY = 'https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=';
 export const OPENSTREETMAP_URL = 'https://www.openstreetmap.org';
 
 // Mue URLs
@@ -27,4 +26,4 @@ export const TWITTER_HANDLE = 'getmue';
 export const DISCORD_SERVER = 'zv8C9F8';
 export const OPENCOLLECTIVE_USERNAME = 'mue';
 
-export const VERSION = '7.0.1';
+export const VERSION = '7.1.0';
diff --git a/src/features/background/Background.jsx b/src/features/background/Background.jsx
index 0bfc965d..bb00cc78 100644
--- a/src/features/background/Background.jsx
+++ b/src/features/background/Background.jsx
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ export default class Background extends PureComponent {
 
     if (this.state.url !== '') {
       let url = this.state.url;
-      if (
-        localStorage.getItem('ddgProxy') === 'true' &&
-        this.state.photoInfo.offline !== true &&
-        !this.state.url.startsWith('data:')
-      ) {
-        url = variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + this.state.url;
-      }
-
       const photoInformation = document.querySelector('.photoInformation');
 
       // just set the background
diff --git a/src/features/background/components/Favourite.jsx b/src/features/background/components/Favourite.jsx
index 002a9320..162bcd59 100644
--- a/src/features/background/components/Favourite.jsx
+++ b/src/features/background/components/Favourite.jsx
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ class Favourite extends PureComponent {
           let url = document
             .getElementById('backgroundImage')
             .style.backgroundImage.replace('url("', '')
-            .replace('")', '')
-            .replace(variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY, '');
+            .replace('")', '');
 
           if (!url) {
             return;
diff --git a/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx b/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx
index 4a856170..ea4fa2d1 100644
--- a/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx
+++ b/src/features/background/components/PhotoInformation.jsx
@@ -96,18 +96,13 @@ function PhotoInformation({ info, url, api }) {
     );
   }
 
-  const ddgProxy = localStorage.getItem('ddgProxy') === 'true';
-
   // get resolution
   const img = new Image();
   img.onload = (event) => {
     setWidth(event.target.width);
     setHeight(event.target.height);
   };
-  img.src =
-    ddgProxy && !info.offline && !url.startsWith('data:')
-      ? variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + url
-      : url;
+  img.src = url;
 
   // info is still there because we want the favourite button to work
   if (localStorage.getItem('photoInformation') === 'false') {
diff --git a/src/features/background/options/BackgroundOptions.jsx b/src/features/background/options/BackgroundOptions.jsx
index d2958399..4f582b97 100644
--- a/src/features/background/options/BackgroundOptions.jsx
+++ b/src/features/background/options/BackgroundOptions.jsx
@@ -414,14 +414,6 @@ class BackgroundOptions extends PureComponent {
               )}
             />
             <Action>
-              <Checkbox
-                name="ddgProxy"
-                text={variables.getMessage(
-                  'modals.main.settings.sections.background.ddg_image_proxy',
-                )}
-                element=".other"
-                disabled={!usingImage}
-              />
               <Checkbox
                 name="bgtransition"
                 text={variables.getMessage('modals.main.settings.sections.background.transition')}
diff --git a/src/features/marketplace/components/Collection/Collection.jsx b/src/features/marketplace/components/Collection/Collection.jsx
index 3399e1c1..0a225fa2 100644
--- a/src/features/marketplace/components/Collection/Collection.jsx
+++ b/src/features/marketplace/components/Collection/Collection.jsx
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ import { MdOutlineArrowForward, MdOutlineOpenInNew } from 'react-icons/md';
 import { Button } from 'components/Elements';
 import variables from 'config/variables';
 
-const Collection = ({ collection, toggle, collectionFunction }) => {
-  const { news, background_colour, img, display_name, description, name } = collection;
+const Collection = ({ collection, collectionFunction }) => {
+  const { news, background_colour, img, display_name, description } = collection;
 
   const getStyle = () => {
     if (news) {
       return { backgroundColor: background_colour };
     }
+
     return {
-      backgroundImage: `linear-gradient(to left, #000, transparent, #000), url('${variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + img}')`,
+      backgroundImage: `linear-gradient(to left, #000, transparent, #000), url('${img}')`,
     };
   };
 
@@ -38,16 +39,8 @@ const Collection = ({ collection, toggle, collectionFunction }) => {
           iconPlacement={'right'}
         />
       )}
-      {/*<Button
-                type="collection"
-                onClick={() => toggle('collection', name)}
-                icon={<MdOutlineArrowForward />}
-                label={variables.getMessage('modals.main.marketplace.explore_collection')}
-                iconPlacement="right"
-            />*/}
     </div>
   );
 };
 
-export default Collection;
-export { Collection };
+export { Collection as default, Collection };
diff --git a/src/features/marketplace/components/Elements/Carousel/Carousel.jsx b/src/features/marketplace/components/Elements/Carousel/Carousel.jsx
index a9962ffe..baae1a67 100644
--- a/src/features/marketplace/components/Elements/Carousel/Carousel.jsx
+++ b/src/features/marketplace/components/Elements/Carousel/Carousel.jsx
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import { MdOutlineArrowForwardIos, MdOutlineArrowBackIos } from 'react-icons/md'
 import useEmblaCarousel from 'embla-carousel-react';
 import Autoplay from 'embla-carousel-autoplay';
 
-import variables from 'config/variables';
-
 import './carousel.scss';
 
 function EmblaCarousel({ data }) {
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ function EmblaCarousel({ data }) {
             <div className="carousel_slide" key={index}>
               <div className="carousel_slide_inner">
                 <img
-                  src={variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + photo.url.default}
+                  src={photo.url.default}
                   alt="Marketplace example screenshot"
                 />
               </div>
diff --git a/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Item.jsx b/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Item.jsx
index feff209b..899d7e92 100644
--- a/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Item.jsx
+++ b/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Item.jsx
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { Button } from 'components/Elements';
 import { install, uninstall } from 'utils/marketplace';
 import { Carousel } from '../Elements/Carousel';
 import { ShareModal } from 'components/Elements';
-import { MdClose } from 'react-icons/md';
 
 class Item extends PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ class Item extends PureComponent {
     }
 
     // prevent console error
-    let iconsrc = variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + this.props.data.icon;
+    let iconsrc = this.props.data.icon;
     if (!this.props.data.icon) {
       iconsrc = null;
     }
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ class Item extends PureComponent {
             className="itemInfo"
             style={{
               backgroundImage: `url("${
-                variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + this.props.data.data.icon_url
+                this.props.data.data.icon_url
               }")`,
             }}
           >
@@ -272,7 +271,7 @@ class Item extends PureComponent {
                 className="icon"
                 alt="icon"
                 draggable={false}
-                src={variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + this.props.data.data.icon_url}
+                src={this.props.data.data.icon_url}
               />
               {this.props.button}
               <div className="iconButtons">
diff --git a/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Items.jsx b/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Items.jsx
index bccc6758..b85abe10 100644
--- a/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Items.jsx
+++ b/src/features/marketplace/components/Items/Items.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import React, { memo } from 'react';
 import { MdAutoFixHigh, MdOutlineArrowForward, MdOutlineOpenInNew } from 'react-icons/md';
 
 import { Button } from 'components/Elements';
-import MemoizedLightbox from '../Elements/Lightbox/Lightbox';
 
 function Items({
   type,
@@ -69,14 +68,14 @@ function Items({
                 className="item-back"
                 alt=""
                 draggable={false}
-                src={variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + item.icon_url}
+                src={item.icon_url}
                 aria-hidden="true"
               />
               <img
                 className="item-icon"
                 alt="icon"
                 draggable={false}
-                src={variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + item.icon_url}
+                src={item.icon_url}
               />
               <div className="card-details">
                 <span className="card-title">{item.display_name || item.name}</span>
diff --git a/src/features/marketplace/views/Browse.jsx b/src/features/marketplace/views/Browse.jsx
index 85df837c..79af578b 100644
--- a/src/features/marketplace/views/Browse.jsx
+++ b/src/features/marketplace/views/Browse.jsx
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class Marketplace extends PureComponent {
             <div
               className="collectionPage"
               style={{
-                backgroundImage: `linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, black), url('${variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + this.state.collectionImg}')`,
+                backgroundImage: `linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent, black), url('${this.state.collectionImg}')`,
               }}
             >
               <div className="nice-tag">
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ class Marketplace extends PureComponent {
                     item.news
                       ? { backgroundColor: item.background_colour }
                       : {
-                          backgroundImage: `linear-gradient(to left, #000, transparent, #000), url('${variables.constants.DDG_IMAGE_PROXY + item.img}')`,
+                          backgroundImage: `linear-gradient(to left, #000, transparent, #000), url('${item.img}')`,
                         }
                   }
                 >
diff --git a/src/features/search/Search.jsx b/src/features/search/Search.jsx
index 653a4ee5..e4f9465d 100644
--- a/src/features/search/Search.jsx
+++ b/src/features/search/Search.jsx
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import variables from 'config/variables';
 import { PureComponent, createRef } from 'react';
 import { MdSearch, MdMic, MdScreenSearchDesktop } from 'react-icons/md';
 import { BsGoogle } from 'react-icons/bs';
-import { SiDuckduckgo, SiMicrosoftbing, SiYahoo, SiBaidu } from 'react-icons/si';
-import { FaYandex } from 'react-icons/fa';
+import { SiDuckduckgo, SiMicrosoftbing, SiBaidu } from 'react-icons/si';
+import { FaYandex, FaYahoo } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import { Tooltip } from 'components/Elements';
 import { Autocomplete as AutocompleteInput } from './components/autocomplete';
 
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export default class Search extends PureComponent {
         return <SiMicrosoftbing />;
       case 'Yahoo':
       case 'Yahoo! JAPAN':
-        return <SiYahoo />;
+        return <FaYahoo />;
       case 'Яндекс':
         return <FaYandex />;
       case '百度':
diff --git a/src/features/welcome/components/Sections/PrivacyOptions.jsx b/src/features/welcome/components/Sections/PrivacyOptions.jsx
index d64b18c4..154eb493 100644
--- a/src/features/welcome/components/Sections/PrivacyOptions.jsx
+++ b/src/features/welcome/components/Sections/PrivacyOptions.jsx
@@ -18,20 +18,6 @@ function OfflineMode() {
   );
 }
 
-function DuckDuckGoProxy() {
-  return (
-    <>
-      <Checkbox
-        name="ddgProxy"
-        text={`${variables.getMessage('modals.main.settings.sections.background.ddg_image_proxy')} (${variables.getMessage('modals.main.settings.sections.background.title')})`}
-      />
-      <span className="subtitle">
-        {variables.getMessage('modals.welcome.sections.privacy.ddg_proxy_description')}
-      </span>
-    </>
-  );
-}
-
 function Links() {
   return (
     <>
@@ -69,7 +55,6 @@ function PrivacyOptions() {
         subtitle={variables.getMessage('modals.welcome.sections.privacy.description')}
       />
       <OfflineMode />
-      <DuckDuckGoProxy />
       <Links />
     </Content>
   );
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/bn.json b/src/i18n/locales/bn.json
index a2582fc4..84c3b433 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/bn.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/bn.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "পটভূমি",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "DuckDuckGo ইমেজ প্রক্সি ব্যবহার করুন",
             "transition": "ফেইড-ইন ট্রানজিশন",
             "photo_information": "ছবির তথ্য দেখান",
             "show_map": "উপলব্ধ থাকলে ছবির তথ্যে অবস্থান মানচিত্র দেখান",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Privacy Options",
           "description": "Enable settings to further protect your privacy with Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Enabling offline mode will disable all requests to any service. This will result in online backgrounds, online quotes, marketplace, weather, quick links, change log and some about tab information to be disabled.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "You can make image requests go through DuckDuckGo if you wish. By default, API requests go through our open source servers and image requests go through the original server. Turning this off for quick links will get the icons from Google instead of DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo proxy is always enabled for the Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Privacy Policy",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/de_DE.json b/src/i18n/locales/de_DE.json
index 4417fdc8..b936d40f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/de_DE.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/de_DE.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Hintergrund",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "DuckDuckGo Bilder Proxy verwenden",
             "transition": "Weicher übergang",
             "photo_information": "Foto-Informationen anzeigen",
             "show_map": "Standortkarte auf dem Foto anzeigen, falls verfügbar",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Datenschutz Optionen",
           "description": "Aktivieren Sie die Einstellungen, um Ihre Privatsphäre mit Mue weiter zu schützen.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Wenn Sie den Offline-Modus aktivieren, werden alle Anfragen an jeden Dienst deaktiviert. Dies hat zur Folge, dass Online-Hintergründe, Online-Zitate, Marktplatz, Wetter, Quicklinks, Änderungshinweise und einige Informationen über die Registerkarte deaktiviert werden.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "Sie können Bildanfragen über DuckDuckGo laufen lassen, wenn Sie dies wünschen. Standardmäßig laufen API-Anfragen über unsere Open-Source-Server und Bildanfragen über den ursprünglichen Server. Wenn Sie dies für Quicklinks deaktivieren, werden die Symbole von Google statt von DuckDuckGo abgerufen. Der DuckDuckGo-Proxy ist für den Marketplace immer aktiviert.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Datenschutzerklärung",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en_GB.json b/src/i18n/locales/en_GB.json
index 2b16e03f..dd18b6a8 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en_GB.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en_GB.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Background",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Use DuckDuckGo image proxy",
             "transition": "Fade-in transition",
             "photo_information": "Show photo information",
             "show_map": "Show location map on photo information if available",
@@ -641,7 +640,6 @@
           "title": "Privacy Options",
           "description": "Enable settings to further protect your privacy with Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Enabling offline mode will disable all requests to any service. This will result in online backgrounds, online quotes, marketplace, weather, quick links, change log and some about tab information to be disabled.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "You can make image requests go through DuckDuckGo if you wish. By default, API requests go through our open source servers and image requests go through the original server. Turning this off for quick links will get the icons from Google instead of DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo proxy is always enabled for the Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Privacy Policy",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en_US.json b/src/i18n/locales/en_US.json
index 398db862..fa1116fe 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en_US.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en_US.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Background",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Use DuckDuckGo image proxy",
             "transition": "Fade-in transition",
             "photo_information": "Show photo information",
             "show_map": "Show location map on photo information if available",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Privacy Options",
           "description": "Enable settings to further protect your privacy with Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Enabling offline mode will disable all requests to any service. This will result in online backgrounds, online quotes, marketplace, weather, quick links, change log and some about tab information to be disabled.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "You can make image requests go through DuckDuckGo if you wish. By default, API requests go through our open source servers and image requests go through the original server. Turning this off for quick links will get the icons from Google instead of DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo proxy is always enabled for the Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Privacy Policy",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/es.json b/src/i18n/locales/es.json
index 723ddaf0..1cc49e78 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/es.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/es.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Fondo",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Utilizar el proxy de imágenes de DuckDuckGo",
             "transition": "Transición fade-in",
             "photo_information": "Ver información de la foto",
             "show_map": "Mostrar el mapa de la ubicación en la información de la foto si está disponible",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Opciones de privacidad",
           "description": "Activa estos ajustes para proteger aún más tu privacidad con Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Al activar el modo offline se deshabilitarán todas las peticiones a cualquier servicio. Esto hará que se desactiven los fondos en línea, las citas en línea, la tienda, el tiempo, los enlaces rápidos, el registro de cambios y alguna información de la pestaña Acerca de.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "Puedes hacer que las solicitudes de imágenes pasen por DuckDuckGo si lo deseas. Por defecto, las solicitudes a la API van a tráves de nuestros servidores de código abierto y las solicitudes de imágenes van a través del servidor original. Si desactivas esta opción para los enlaces rápidos y los iconos de obtendrán de Google en lugar de DuckDuckGo. El proxy de DuckDuckGo está siempre activado para la tienda.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Enlaces",
             "privacy_policy": "Política de privacidad",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/es_419.json b/src/i18n/locales/es_419.json
index dfcb5e5b..d2fea57f 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/es_419.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/es_419.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Fondo",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Utilizar el proxy de imágenes de DuckDuckGo",
             "transition": "Transición fade-in",
             "photo_information": "Ver información de la foto",
             "show_map": "Mostrar el mapa de la ubicación en la información de la foto si está disponible",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Opciones de privacidad",
           "description": "Activa estos ajustes para proteger aún más tu privacidad con Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Al activar el modo sin conexión se deshabilitarán todas las peticiones a cualquier servicio. Esto hará que se desactiven los fondos en línea, las citaciones en línea, la tienda, el tiempo, los enlaces rápidos, el registro de cambios, y alguna información de la pestaña Acerca de.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "Puedes hacer que las solicitudes de imágenes pasen por DuckDuckGo si lo deseas. Por defecto, las solicitudes a la API van a tráves de nuestros servidores de código abierto, y las solicitudes de imágenes van a través del servidor original. Si desactivas esta opción para los enlaces rápidos y los iconos de obtendrán de Google en lugar de DuckDuckGo, el proxy de DuckDuckGo está siempre activado para la tienda.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Enlaces",
             "privacy_policy": "Política de privacidad",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/fr.json b/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
index 765e1cb7..53019a5d 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/fr.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Fond",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Utiliser le proxy d'image DuckDuckGo",
             "transition": "Transition en fondu",
             "photo_information": "Show photo information",
             "show_map": "Show location map on photo information if available",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Privacy Options",
           "description": "Enable settings to further protect your privacy with Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Enabling offline mode will disable all requests to any service. This will result in online backgrounds, online quotes, marketplace, weather, quick links, change log and some about tab information to be disabled.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "You can make image requests go through DuckDuckGo if you wish. By default, API requests go through our open source servers and image requests go through the original server. Turning this off for quick links will get the icons from Google instead of DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo proxy is always enabled for the Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Privacy Policy",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/id_ID.json b/src/i18n/locales/id_ID.json
index b2a4561f..6dfdbe4a 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/id_ID.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/id_ID.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Background",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Gunakan proksi gambar DuckDuckGo",
             "transition": "Transisi Fade-in",
             "photo_information": "Tampilkan informasi foto",
             "show_map": "Tampilkan informasi lokasi foto jika ada",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Opsi Privasi",
           "description": "Aktifkan pegaturan sehingga Mue dapat melindungi privasi Anda.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Mengaktifkan mode luring akan menghalangi request ke semua layanan, termasuk Background Online, Kutipan Daring, Marketplace, Cuaca, Pranala Cepat, Change Log, dan beberapa informasi tentang tab.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "Anda dapat membuat permintaan gambar melalui DuckDuckGo jika Anda mau. Secara bawaan, permintaan API dilakukan melalui peladen terbuka kami sedangkan permintaan gambar melalui peladen original. Menonaktifkan pengaturan ini untuk Pranala Cepat akan mendapatkan ikon dari Google, bukan DuckDuckGo. Proksi DuckDuckGo selalu diaktifkan untuk Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Pranala",
             "privacy_policy": "Kebijakan Privasi",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/nl.json b/src/i18n/locales/nl.json
index cc300dda..d9bca687 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/nl.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/nl.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Achtergrond",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Use DuckDuckGo image proxy",
             "transition": "Fade-in transition",
             "photo_information": "Show photo information",
             "show_map": "Show location map on photo information if available",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Privacy Options",
           "description": "Enable settings to further protect your privacy with Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Enabling offline mode will disable all requests to any service. This will result in online backgrounds, online quotes, marketplace, weather, quick links, change log and some about tab information to be disabled.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "You can make image requests go through DuckDuckGo if you wish. By default, API requests go through our open source servers and image requests go through the original server. Turning this off for quick links will get the icons from Google instead of DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo proxy is always enabled for the Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Privacy Policy",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/no.json b/src/i18n/locales/no.json
index 1461c263..2abbcd70 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/no.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/no.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Bakgrunn",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Use DuckDuckGo image proxy",
             "transition": "Fade-in transition",
             "photo_information": "Show photo information",
             "show_map": "Show location map on photo information if available",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Privacy Options",
           "description": "Enable settings to further protect your privacy with Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Enabling offline mode will disable all requests to any service. This will result in online backgrounds, online quotes, marketplace, weather, quick links, change log and some about tab information to be disabled.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "You can make image requests go through DuckDuckGo if you wish. By default, API requests go through our open source servers and image requests go through the original server. Turning this off for quick links will get the icons from Google instead of DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo proxy is always enabled for the Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Privacy Policy",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/pt.json b/src/i18n/locales/pt.json
index 56b5a7d5..15d2ee98 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/pt.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/pt.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Plano de fundo",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Use o proxy de imagem DuckDuckGo",
             "transition": "Transição gradual",
             "photo_information": "Mostrar informações da foto",
             "show_map": "Mostrar mapa de localização nas informações da foto, se disponível",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Opções de privacidade",
           "description": "Ative as configurações para proteger ainda mais a sua privacidade com o Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "A ativação do modo offline desativará todas as solicitações para qualquer serviço. Isso resultará na desativação de planos de fundo online, citações online, marketplace, previsão do tempo, ligações rápidas, log de alterações e algumas informações sobre as guias.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "Pode fazer solicitações de imagem através do DuckDuckGo, se desejar. Por padrão, as solicitações de API passam por nossos servidores de código aberto e as solicitações de imagem passam pelo servidor original. Desativar isso para links rápidos obterá os ícones do Google em vez do DuckDuckGo. O proxy DuckDuckGo está sempre ativado para o Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Ligações",
             "privacy_policy": "Política de Privacidade",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/pt_BR.json b/src/i18n/locales/pt_BR.json
index 8d989e4e..176eeb59 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/pt_BR.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/pt_BR.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Plano de fundo",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Use o proxy de imagem DuckDuckGo",
             "transition": "Transição gradual",
             "photo_information": "Mostrar informações da foto",
             "show_map": "Mostrar mapa de localização nas informações da foto, se disponível",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Opções de privacidade",
           "description": "Ative as configurações para proteger ainda mais sua privacidade com o Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "A ativação do modo offline desativará todas as solicitações para qualquer serviço. Isso resultará na desativação de planos de fundo online, citações online, marketplace, previsão do tempo, links rápidos, log de alterações e algumas informações sobre as guias.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "Você pode fazer solicitações de imagem através do DuckDuckGo, se desejar. Por padrão, as solicitações de API passam por nossos servidores de código aberto e as solicitações de imagem passam pelo servidor original. Desativar isso para links rápidos obterá os ícones do Google em vez do DuckDuckGo. O proxy DuckDuckGo está sempre ativado para o Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Política de Privacidade",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/ru.json b/src/i18n/locales/ru.json
index fc66b79b..1dd1033a 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/ru.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/ru.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Фон",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "Использование прокси-сервера изображений DuckDuckGo",
             "transition": "Затухающий переход",
             "photo_information": "Показать информацию о фотографии",
             "show_map": "Показывать карту местоположения на фотографии, если она доступна",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Privacy Options",
           "description": "Enable settings to further protect your privacy with Mue.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Enabling offline mode will disable all requests to any service. This will result in online backgrounds, online quotes, marketplace, weather, quick links, change log and some about tab information to be disabled.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "You can make image requests go through DuckDuckGo if you wish. By default, API requests go through our open source servers and image requests go through the original server. Turning this off for quick links will get the icons from Google instead of DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckGo proxy is always enabled for the Marketplace.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Links",
             "privacy_policy": "Privacy Policy",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/tr_TR.json b/src/i18n/locales/tr_TR.json
index 305ad374..d2d5f8a1 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/tr_TR.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/tr_TR.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "Arka Plan",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "DuckDuckGo görüntü proxy'sini kullan.",
             "transition": "Geçiş sırasında solma efekti uygula.",
             "photo_information": "Fotoğraf bilgilerini göster.",
             "show_map": "Varsa fotoğraf bilgilerinde konum bilgisini göster.",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "Gizlilik Seçenekleri",
           "description": "Mue ile gizliliğinizi daha da korumak için ayarları etkinleştirin.",
           "offline_mode_description": "Çevrimdışı modu etkinleştirmek, herhangi bir hizmete yönelik tüm istekleri devre dışı bırakır. Bu durum çevrimiçi arka planlar, çevrimiçi alıntılar, market, hava durumu, hızlı bağlantılar, değişiklik günlüğü ve bazı sekme bilgilerinin devre dışı bırakılmasıyla sonuçlanacaktır.",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "Dilerseniz resim isteklerini DuckDuckGo üzerinden gerçekleştirebilirsiniz. Varsayılan olarak, API istekleri açık kaynak sunucularımızdan ve görüntü istekleri orijinal sunucudan geçer. Hızlı bağlantılar için bunu kapatmak, simgeleri DuckDuckGo yerine Google'dan alır. DuckDuckGo proxy, Market için her zaman etkindir.",
           "links": {
             "title": "Bağlantılar",
             "privacy_policy": "Gizlilik Politikası",
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/zh_CN.json b/src/i18n/locales/zh_CN.json
index 48ff768a..61eb7e3d 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/zh_CN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/zh_CN.json
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           },
           "background": {
             "title": "背景",
-            "ddg_image_proxy": "使用 DuckDuckGo 图像代理",
             "transition": "过渡动画",
             "photo_information": "显示图片信息",
             "show_map": "在图片信息内显示位置信息 (如果可用)",
@@ -636,7 +635,6 @@
           "title": "隐私设置",
           "description": "进行一些设置来和 Mue 更好的保护您的隐私",
           "offline_mode_description": "启用离线模式将会关闭所有服务的网络访问。该选项会关闭所有在线背景图片、在线名言警句、插件市场、天气、快捷方式、更新历史和一些关于信息的网络访问。",
-          "ddg_proxy_description": "你可以选择通过 DuckDuckGo 代理获取图像来保护您的信息。默认情况下，Mue的服务API会请求我们的开源服务器，图像请求会使用源服务器。关闭快捷方式图标代理将会访问Google而非DuckDuckGo来获取快捷方式的图标。插件商店默认始终使用 DuckDuckGo 的代理",
           "links": {
             "title": "链接",
             "privacy_policy": "隐私政策",
diff --git a/src/utils/data/default_settings.json b/src/utils/data/default_settings.json
index e5369532..ada36628 100644
--- a/src/utils/data/default_settings.json
+++ b/src/utils/data/default_settings.json
@@ -223,10 +223,6 @@
     "name": "photoInformation",
     "value": true
   },
-  {
-    "name": "quicklinksddgProxy",
-    "value": true
-  },
   {
     "name": "backgroundFilterAmount",
     "value": 0