Browsing privately without letting your browser store cookies, data, cache, including any passwords and other sensitive information, is not a ‘want’ anymore. However, it’s a critical ‘need’ in today’s time. And to meet one such need, internet browsers have incognito mode. Users worldwide use incognito mode to prevent internet browsers from accessing their personal information. And although many people use it, they often don’t get how to disable incognito mode?
Below we will jot down some points that will help you turn off the incognito mode on your browser.
How To Disable Incognito Mode On Chrome?
Google Chrome accounts for the most number of users on the web. So here’s how to turn off incognito mode on Chrome:
- Open Google Chrome.
- On the homepage, click the three-dot menu in the top right of the screen.
- This will open Chrome settings.
- From the dropdown menu, click New Incognito Window.
- You can also press Ctrl + Shift + N to toggle the incognito mode on your computer.
- To disable the incognito mode on Chrome, press Ctrl + W or tap the cross sign on the top right corner of the screen.
Disabling the Chrome incognito mode will dump all the browsing history from Chrome servers as it was stored in the servers temporarily. Cookies and other site data are anyway not saved by the browser while browsing in incognito.
How To Turn-off Incognito Mode On Firefox?
Disabling incognito mode on Firefox is easy and can be accomplished in 3 quick steps.
- Open Mozilla Firefox.
- From the homepage, tap the hamburger icon on the top right of the screen to open Firefox settings.
- From the dropdown menu, select the New Private Window.
- You can also toggle the private window on Firefox by pressing the keys Ctrl + Shift + P on your keyboard.
- This will open the new private window, aka the incognito mode on Firefox. To disable it, tap the cross icon in the top right corner of the screen or press Ctrl + W on your keyboard.
How To Turn-off Incognito Mode In Microsoft Edge?
Ever since Microsoft made Edge a chromium browser, the downloads have skyrocketed. The hype is real, and so is the browser! If you happen to use Edge for your incognito experience, here’s how you can disable it.
- Open Microsoft Edge on your computer.
- Click the three-dot horizontal menu in the top right corner of the browser screen.
Look for the New InPrivate Window selection in the dropdown menu or press Ctrl + Shift + N to toggle the incognito mode on Edge. - This will open a private window on Microsoft Edge.
- To disable the InPrivate Window on Edge, hover your mouse to the cross icon at the top right of the screen or press Ctrl + W on your keyboard.
The information saved in Microsoft Edge while browsing through the InPrivate mode is temporary. Therefore, it will automatically erase once you close it.
How To Disable Incognito In Chrome Permanently?
Do you know that there is a trick to permanently remove the New Incognito Window option from the Chrome menu? Removing the New Incognito Window option from Chrome can come in handy, especially if you run a company and don’t want your employees to hide anything from you. Follow these steps to disable incognito in Chrome permanently.
- In Windows operating system, you can disable the incognito mode for Chrome by editing the registry.
- Press the Window key and search for the Registry Editor.
- Copy and paste this sequence as it is in the search bar above – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\
- Right-click Policies > New > Key and name it Google.
- Repeat the same process inside the Google subkey.
- Right-click Google > New > Key and this time name Chrome.
- on the left side of the menu, in the blank space, right-click > New > select DWORD (32-bit) value and name it IncognitoModeAvailability
- Double-tap this subkey (IncognitoModeAvailability) and inside value data, insert 1 and hit OK.
- Close the registry editor and launch Chrome. Then, close and relaunch it in case it was already running.
You will notice that the New Incognito Window option is not available in the Chrome menu. And that’s how you disable the incognito mode in Chrome permanently. While the nature of this step is permanent, you can always right-click Google and delete the keys from the registry. This action will make the “New Incognito Window” option reappear inside the Chrome menu.
Conclusion
Unlike the cogito mode, surfing on incognito mode is helpful because it does not store your personal information, browsing history, passwords, cookies, or other site data.
Ever since the launch, the incognito mode has been a prime example of the safety and secure access of the internet. However, many people don’t know how to disable the incognito mode from the browser once enabled. We hope this quick guide helped in that regard.