How to always open your browser in incognito/private browsing mode

How to always open your browser in incognito/private browsing mode ?

Private browsing is a feature in popular web browsers. When you switch your browser to private browsing or incognito mode, your browser won't save your history, searches, cookies, and other data during browsing sessions.

However do note that, it doesn't mean that your ISP will not be able to track you and even some other websites can also track you. So it's not something that can make you 100% untraceable.

When you open your browser, you need manually switch to incognito (Chrome) or private browsing (IE) mode.

But if you want to always open your browser in incognito/private browsing mode, here is the trick to do that.

Chrome:

Right click on the chrome shortcut icon on your desktop or task bar, which you use to open your chrome browser and go to Properties.

Now add a space and -incognito at the end of the value available in Target box.

after update, it will look something like below. Do not change chrome.exe path and add -incognito after double quotes.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -incognito

Click OK and you are done.

Now every-time you will use this shortcut to open Chrome browser, it will open in Incognito mode.

Note that if you use other shortcut, you will need to do this change again.

Internet Explorer:

In IE browser as well it can be done in the same way with slight change. 

Just right click on the shortcut you use to launch browser, Go to Properties and;

for Internet Explorer add space and -private at the end of Target value outside double quotes.

Mozilla Firefox:

Open browser and type about:preferences#privacy in URL bar. 

Or, Go to Menu --> Options --> Privacy & Security tab

Scroll to History section, and select Never remember history option from drop-down.

Restart browser.

If you liked this post, share it on social media.

Subscribe to us for future posts.

Also don't miss How to insert a blank row after each data row in MS Excel ?

If you have something worth sharing, feel free to share with us here or write a quick comment below. 😊