Incognito mode is the security of your data and your computer on the Internet. How to enable it? Detailed instructions on how to use this tool in all browsers.

Hi all!
Today we will talk about incognito mode in browsers.
Incognito what is this anyway? In one word, it is your safety.
Security of your data on the Internet.
Why do you need to enable incognito mode?
Did you know that no matter what website you go to on the Internet, it all merges?
What exactly?
Yes all! Your location, name, age, interests. Logins and passwords, by the way, too.
Do you think why exactly those advertisements appear in browsers, what are you interested in?)

Did you know that Google works for the FBI and leaks all the information about every Internet user?
In Russia there is no exact information on this matter, but I think Yandex is doing the same thing).

What are the advantages of accessing the Internet this way?
All your views are hidden from prying eyes.
Logins and passwords are not saved.
No need to clear cache and cookies.

Let's get started, let's start with Yandex.

Incognito mode in Yandex browser

How to enable incognito mode in Yandex browser?
This is done quite simply by simultaneously pressing three keys on the keyboard
“Ctrl” + “Shift” + “N” If you have a Windows operating system.
If you have a Mac OS operating system, then the key combination “⌘” + “Shift” + “N”
If you did everything correctly, you should see a tab like this.

All. You can use it without fawn

Incognito mode in Google Chrome is enabled in 2 ways.
A combination of 3 keys or through the browser settings - whichever is more convenient for you).
1st method
Using a key combination.
Press “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “N” at the same time
2nd method.
Through Google settings.
Come in and choose. "New window in incognito mode."
Like the picture below.

If you did everything correctly, you should get a picture like this.

Let's move on to less popular browsers in Russia and neighboring countries.
Let's start with hacker
from the Opera browser.

Incognito mode in Opera

How to enable incognito mode in Opera?
Opera incognito mode is also activated in 2 ways.
1st method is the same “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “N”
2nd method. Go to Opera settings. select an incognito window.

Incognito mode in Mozilla

how to open incognito in mozilla?
There are also 2 ways.
1st combination with simultaneous pressing of 3 keys.
By the way, here other buttons will be used, unlike in other browsers.
Press “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “P” simultaneously
2nd method.
Opera settings, then select “private window.”

how to exit incognito mode on any browser

In order to exit incognito, just close the window with the incognito tab.
The instructions are universal), suitable for all browsers.
You can watch a video from YouTube on how this is all done.

That's all for now!

Recently, the topic of the safety of personal data and privacy on the Internet has been discussed very often. Many users do not want anyone other than them to have access to their online surfing history. In this case, the special incognito function available in the Yandex browser will help. This tool is an excellent solution that will provide local anonymity.

What is incognito mode in Yandex browser

In the process of searching for information on the Internet, the main actions are saved in the browser history: files downloaded, sites visited, queries and personal data. This is necessary so as not to remember the site address, login and password for subsequent visits.

Based on information about visited pages and search queries, large PS (Google, Yandex, Mail) study your interests to display contextual advertising. For this reason, users are increasingly interested in what incognito mode is and how it is implemented in Yandex Browser.

Using the privacy tool, you can visit websites and search for information in search engines anonymously. Records of your actions will not go into history.

After running this tool, all extensions are automatically disabled. If necessary, add-ons can be activated manually (for example, AdBlock to block advertising banners).

Open tabs are not synchronized with your Yandex account. Information about watched videos and listened to audio recordings is not saved in the cache.

You also won't be able to activate the Turbo feature, which speeds up page loading. At the same time, you can create bookmarks of sites: they will be saved in the “Bookmarks” section.

However, using this tool does not make you invisible. Search engines will receive reports on your activity, and users of social networks and forums will see you online after logging in to the site.

How to enable incognito mode in Yandex browser

Enabling the privacy function in Yandex is extremely simple:

1. Open the application options menu.
2. Select "Incognito Mode" with the mask icon

For Android phones and tablets

To enable incognito mode in the Yandex browser on Android, take the following three steps:

• Launch Yandex.Browser on your mobile device
• Open the menu by clicking on the three dots icon at the bottom of the interface.

• In the toolbar that opens, select “New incognito tab”

How to enable stealth mode on iPhone?

It is worth dwelling on this point in more detail. Those who tried to enable incognito mode on iPhone are probably at a loss, because there is simply no such function in the Yandex Browser menu. I wondered - why? I decided to clarify this issue with Yandex support service. They replied that there is no incognito mode in Yandex Browser for iPhone, but such a function may appear in the future.

*screenshot of correspondence with Yandex

Well, let's wait for Yandex.Browser updates.

How to open a private link

The functionality of the application allows you to open a separate link in an anonymous tab. To do this, hover your mouse over the desired link and click the right mouse button. In the context menu, click “New window in incognito mode.”

After this, a new window will open. A change in window mode will be indicated by an icon in the form of dark glasses.

Hotkeys

In addition to the standard method, incognito mode in Yandex Browser can be enabled using hotkeys. To do this, just use the key combination Ctrl+Shift+N. This combination will allow you to open a private window without going to the browser menu.

How to disable private mode

Since incognito mode in Yandex Browser is implemented in a new window, to deactivate it you just need to close the window in the usual way. To do this, click on the cross in the upper right corner.

After this, all temporary data and files will be deleted: saved passwords, cookies, download history.

How secure is incognito mode?

Using this feature does not guarantee complete security of personal data. Your Internet service provider and search engines may track your activities, and third-party sites may receive information about your IP address.

However, the tool is simple and easy to use. In my opinion, it is most suitable for the situation if you are working on someone else’s computer and do not want to leave traces of your “surfing” and personal data.

Incognito mode is a private operating mode of the browser; when working in the browser, data about visited sites, search queries, and other information about the user’s activities is not saved. The browser, when visiting certain resources on the Internet, collects a certain amount of information about the user’s actions.

Basically, this is necessary in order to quickly open the desired site, automatically enter previously entered data in the site login form, etc.

In some cases, the user needs to use the browser privately, without saving browsing and search history, and without leaving other traces of his activities. This may be necessary, for example, if you need to hide something from relatives or work colleagues if they have access to your computer.

To do this, you need to enable incognito mode in your browser. All major browsers support a private mode, which is called differently in browsers: “incognito mode”, “private browsing”, “InPrivate mode”.

After enabling incognito mode, the following data is not saved in the browser:

• history of visited web pages;
• search query history;
• data entered into login forms on web pages;
• cookies (cookies);
• download list;
• the browser does not remember passwords;
• After exiting private mode, the cache and offline data are deleted.

Bookmarks created in private browsing mode will be saved in the regular browser. Files downloaded in incognito mode are not deleted from the computer. Keep in mind that incognito mode does not provide anonymity.

Incognito mode works in a separate window that opens parallel to the regular browser window. While working in private mode, the user can simultaneously use a regular browser and a browser opened in incognito mode. History and other private data will not be saved only in the browser opened in private mode.

To enter incognito mode, use hotkeys. For more information about hotkey combinations, see the browser-specific sections of this article, as well as the summary table at the end of the article.

How to enter incognito mode in Google Chrome

Incognito mode in Chrome leaves no traces on your computer (cookies, search and browsing history, etc.) after closing incognito tabs. Bookmarks added to the browser and downloaded files will be saved on your computer.

The Internet provider and system administrator in the organization will be able to see your actions. Websites you visit will also know about your visit.

Incognito mode in Google Chrome is launched in several ways:

1. Go to “Settings and control Google Chrome” and click on “New window in incognito mode”.
2. Press the “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “N” keys on your keyboard.
3. Right-click on the Google Chrome browser icon on the taskbar and select “New window in incognito mode.”
4. Right-click on the link and select “Open link in a window in incognito mode” from the context menu.

In order to disable incognito mode, just close the Chrome browser window running in private mode.

How to enable incognito mode in Yandex Browser

Incognito mode in Yandex Browser will allow you not to save your requests and visits, cookies, etc.

There are several ways to open incognito mode in Yandex Browser:

1. Enter “Yandex Browser Settings”, click on “Incognito Mode”.
2. Press the keyboard keys “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “N” at the same time.
3. Right-click on the browser icon on the taskbar and select “New window in Incognito mode.”
4. After right-clicking on the link, select “Open link in Incognito mode.”

Close the Yandex Browser window running in private mode in order to exit incognito mode.

How to enable private browsing in Mozilla Firefox

The incognito mode in Mozilla is called “Private Browsing”. You can enter incognito mode in Firefox in the following ways:

1. Press the “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “P” keys on your keyboard.
2. Click on the “Open Menu” button and then on “Private Window”.
3. After clicking on the Mozilla Firefox browser icon on the taskbar, select “New private window”.
4. Right-click on the link, select "Open link in a new private window."

In Mozilla Firefox, Tracking Protection is enabled in Private Browsing mode to prevent some sites from using trackers that collect information about user behavior.

Close tabs running in incognito mode to exit private mode in the Mozilla Firefox browser.

In the Mozilla Firefox settings, in the “Privacy” tab, in the “History” item, you can select a different browser operating mode, for example, “Firefox will not remember history.”

How to switch to incognito mode in Opera

Opera's incognito mode is called "Private Browsing". There are several options to enter private browsing in the Opera browser:

1. Click on the “Menu” button, select “Create a private window”.
2. Press "Ctrl" + "Shift" + "N" on your keyboard.
3. Right-click on the Opera browser icon in the taskbar, and then select “Create a private window.”
4. Right-click on the link and click “Open in private window.”

After closing the browser window in incognito mode, all data will be deleted. To ensure greater privacy, use a VPN, which is built into the Opera browser.

Private browsing in Microsoft Edge

In the Microsoft Edge browser, incognito mode is called "InPrivate Browsing." There are several ways to enable private mode in the Microsoft Edge browser:

1. Go to “Settings and more”, click on “New InPrivate window”.
2. On the Taskbar, right-click on the Edge browser icon and select the “New InPrivate Window” context menu item.
3. To enable private browsing mode, press the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “P”.

After this, a window will open in the Microsoft Edge browser in incognito mode.

After closing all InPrivate tabs, temporary data used in private mode will be deleted in the Microsoft Edge browser.

How to enable incognito mode in Internet Explorer

The incognito mode in the Internet Explorer browser is called “private browsing” - InPrivate. You can enter incognito mode in Internet Explorer in the following ways:

1. Enter private browsing by simultaneously pressing the keyboard keys “Ctrl” + “Shift” + “P”.
2. Right-click on the Internet Explorer browser icon on the Taskbar and select “Start InPrivate Browsing.”
3. Go to the Tools menu, select Security, and then click on InPrivate Browsing.

After this, the Internet Explorer browser window will open with a message stating that “InPrivate browsing is enabled.” By default, InPrivate Browsing mode disables toolbars and extensions in the browser (this setting can be changed).

InPrivate mode will be disabled in the browser after closing this window.

Hotkeys to enter incognito mode: table

The table contains hotkeys used in the most popular browsers running on Windows, Linux, and Chrome OS operating systems.

Conclusions of the article

In order not to save data about work in the browser, the user can use incognito mode, launched in a separate window. In private mode, browsing history, search history, cookies, and other data are not saved.

You've probably used incognito mode, for example, to log into several email accounts at the same time or view photos of cats at work. Now that your online activities are being vigilantly monitored by search and advertising bots, incognito mode seems like a very tempting option. But it doesn't really provide privacy.

How is incognito mode different from regular mode?

In incognito mode:

• Browsing history is not recorded;
• Search queries are not saved;
• Files are not saved;
• New passwords are not recorded;
• Temporary files and cached website content are not saved;
• Data is not recorded in forms on websites.

As you can see, the list is long. But incognito mode only protects a small part of your data. Google honestly warns about this in their browsers. Chrome users receive a notification when they launch Incognito Mode.

When you open a tab in incognito mode, you will see a corresponding warning. What we're trying to get across is that your activity, even in private mode, is still visible on the sites you visit, and may be visible to your employer, your school, and of course, your Internet Service Provider.

Darin Fisher, Vice President of Chrome Engineering

Firefox also displays a disclaimer.

Private browsing mode does not make you anonymous on the Internet. Your ISP, employer, or the websites themselves may track which pages you visit. Also, private browsing mode does not protect you from keyloggers or spyware that may be installed on your computer.

Mozilla Support

What provides true privacy

By and large, all these search engine tricks aimed at targeting advertising do not particularly interfere with users. However, in some cases, getting rid of such annoying attention can be useful.

For example, you intend to purchase a gift for your wife and are looking for suitable options in online stores in incognito mode. After some time, the wife launches the browser in normal mode and sees a bunch of advertisements with offers to buy smartphones and jewelry. This is annoying and can ruin the surprise.

There are several ways to avoid this.

VPN

A virtual private network hides your IP address and replaces it with the remote IP address. This will make it more difficult for advertising platforms to associate your IP address with your browser.

Tor

This is an anonymous network that passes your traffic through several random hosts before connecting you to the final server. You can surf through Tor at least occasionally, because the speed is not very impressive. But the privacy measures in this browser are excellent.

Ghostery

There are several that make it difficult for advertising platforms to identify browsers. One of the best is Ghostery. It blocks most tracking trackers on pages without affecting surfing speed in any way.

Each of us has at least once been faced with the need to hide from someone the actions performed in the browser. Most users solve this problem in the following way - go into history and delete data about all visited portals. And, unfortunately, few people know that in modern browsers there is an easier way to “cover your tracks”; in Google Chrome this method is called incognito mode. In this material about how to enable incognito mode in Google Chrome.

What is incognito mode?

Google Chrome incognito mode is a convenient option that gives the user the opportunity to work in a separate special window. Pages opened in this window are not saved in history.

At the beginning of the article, we said that incognito mode is an easier way to “cover your tracks” than manually clearing history, but more precisely, as you probably already understood, incognito mode is not an easier way to cover your tracks, but a way avoid having to sweep them up. Data about the pages visited is not saved in the history, which means there is no need to clear it.

Moreover, files that are downloaded to a PC in incognito mode will not appear in downloads, that is, the need to clean downloads also disappears.

However! Google warns that actions performed in incognito mode are visible:

— Internet provider;

- to the employer, if the PC is working and connected to a common network;

— visited Internet resources.

In addition, do not forget - although the downloaded files will not appear in downloads, on the PC they will, of course, be saved in the standard downloads folder. If you need to hide them, keep them in a safe place and delete them from your standard downloads folder!

The same story with bookmarks - if in incognito mode you decide to bookmark a page, the bookmark will be saved and will be displayed in standard operating mode.

In general, as you understand, incognito mode greatly facilitates “secret” actions in the browser, however, when working in it, it is still important not to let down your guard.

How to enable incognito mode in Google Chrome on PC?

Activating Google Chrome incognito mode on a PC is very simple; to do this, you will need to follow the steps in the following instructions:

1. Open your browser.

2. Go to the “Settings” menu.

3. Click the line “New window in incognito mode”.

When you select the item “New window in incognito mode”, a new window will immediately open in front of you, in the left corner you will notice a spy figure, in addition, the browser will notify you that you have switched to incognito mode and will tell you who and how your actions when working in this mode, and who does not.

4. Done! You can start working!

Advice! To quickly switch to incognito mode, press the hot combination “Ctrl + Shift + N”.

How to enable incognito mode in Google Chrome on a mobile device?

The mobile version of Google Chrome supports incognito mode. To activate it, follow these instructions:

1. Open your browser normally.

2. Tap on the icon in the form of three vertical dots in the right corner of the browser.

3. Tap the line “New incognito tab”.

4. Done - you have entered incognito mode!

Important! The procedure for activating Google Chrome incognito mode for users of mobile devices on iOS and Android is exactly the same.

How to disable incognito mode in Google Chrome?

There are no special commands to exit incognito mode, and the answer to the question of how to disable incognito mode in Google Chrome is very simple. To do this, both on a PC and on a mobile device, you simply need to either close all tabs opened in this mode one by one, or click on the “cross” in the main window.

If you want the incognito mode not to work on your PC, well, for example, you are afraid that your child will climb all sorts of dubious sites and hide it from you, we have to disappoint you - disable the incognito mode so that it is not available for activation - impossible.

However, if your PC runs on Windows 10, you can set up a family account, and incognito mode is not available in it. (We will write about this soon)

Results

So, you are familiar with the concept of Google Chrome incognito mode. Now you know how to enable incognito mode in Google Chrome on PC and mobile device and how to disable it. We hope our instructions were useful and simple!