The note: this material will be useful only for novice travelers on the vastness of the World Wide Web, i.e. people who have had access to the Internet for quite some time will not find this article not so useful to them.
First, let’s define what is Incognito mode. Incognito mode is a special mode in the browser, the activation of which makes the latter not save information from the visited sites. This information includes your browsing history, cache, cookies, and form data. Contrary to popular belief, Incognito mode does not provide a covert Internet surfing experience: your network connection provider and even the administrator of the website you are visiting can monitor your activities.
If you need to be secretive on the Internet, then you can use the services of VPN services, proxy servers, or the Tor browser at all, although there are some nuances here. However, Incognito mode is definitely not suitable for covert web surfing. In what situation is it most reasonable to use this mode? It is logical to use it if you do not want to leave traces of your movement on the Internet in the browser on the PC on which it is installed.
For example, you went to visit a friend and decided to browse the Internet through his computer. Instead of “littering” in his browser, you activate Incognito mode and calmly surf the Internet – you will not leave any traces. Well, or, for example, Incognito mode is quite popular among users who urgently need to visit … web resources for adults, but you don’t want to follow them in your browser, since they are not alone. In general, Incognito mode is applied only locally and in no other way.
How do I enable incognito mode?
Ok, figured out with you what this mode is. Quite a functional thing that each of us will definitely need. So how do you activate Incognito mode in a particular browser? Well, usually, you can open a window in Incognito mode using the CTRL + SHIFT + N combination.
It should work on all the most common browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera. Others may use slightly different key combinations, for example, Internet Explorer will open a window in Incognito mode by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + P. Among other things, in most browsers you can open a window in Incognito mode through an item in the browser menu.
As you understand, it is extremely easy to open Incognito mode in any browser. However, what if we tell you that you can force your browser to automatically enter Incognito mode upon opening it? That’s right, some users use their browsers all the time in this mode. Everyone has their own reasons – this is not so important. Let’s take a look at how to make browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera open in Incognito mode automatically.
How to open Incognito mode in Google Chrome automatically?
- create a shortcut to the executable file of the Google Chrome browser on the Desktop;
- right-click on the shortcut and go to “Properties”;
- go to the “Shortcut” tab;
- find the “Object” field and add the value “-incognito” (without quotes) to the end of the line separated by a space;
- now launch the browser through this shortcut;
How do I open Incognito mode in Opera automatically?
- create a shortcut to the executable file of the Opera browser on the Desktop;
- right-click on the shortcut and go to “Properties”;
- go to the “Shortcut” tab;
- find the “Object” field and add the value “-newprivatetab” (without quotes) to the end of the line separated by spaces;
- now launch the browser through this shortcut;
How to open Incognito Mode in Mozilla Firefox automatically?
In the case of Mozilla Firefox, you do not need to create an additional shortcut: you can set the browser to automatically open a window in Incognito mode through its settings. To do this, do the following:
- click on the icon with three stripes in the upper right corner;
- go to “Settings”;
- open “Privacy”;
- hereinafter – “Privacy and Security”;
- set the parameter “will not remember history” in the history settings;
- save the set parameters;
Now your Mozilla Firefox will not remember the history, as well as the attached content from web resources. As you can see, in the case of this browser, you don’t even need to deal with the hassle with labels and additional values in it.
How do I turn off Incognito Mode?
Everything is extremely simple here: we close the private window – and the trick is in the bag. If you configured the browser to automatically open the corresponding window, then you need to delete the modified shortcut (or delete the value in the properties) and create a new shortcut. In the case of Mozilla Firefox, set the desired parameter in the settings.
In custody
Incognito mode is an incredibly useful mode in the browser that will “help” the browser not to remember information from the visited web resources. As you can understand from the above information, opening Incognito Mode is incredibly easy and fast. If you want to configure your browser to automatically open private windows, then you literally need to take a few steps.