Which action best supports reducing your digital footprint?

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Reducing your digital footprint means limiting the data you share, how it’s collected, and how long it’s stored. Adjusting privacy settings trims what apps and websites can access about you and what permissions you grant. Minimizing data sharing reduces the amount of information exposed to services and third parties. Using privacy-respecting tools helps block or limit trackers and profiling, so you’re less openly profiled online. Clearing cookies removes stored identifiers that sites use to recognize you across visits, cutting down on ongoing tracking. The other options would either reveal more information publicly, leave protections behind, or fail to reduce tracking and exposure.