• Do you want a bit more In private browsing?

    Posted on April 2, 2022 at 23:00 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Do you use private mode or incognito mode in Firefox, Edge or Chrome?

    Do you know you can set it up so that the browser launches automatically in this mode. In the case of Chrome you can right mouse click on the icon on the desktop and go into the properties line at the top and adjust the application setting by putting -incognito at the end of the application line. Click okay, approve the change and now when you launch Chrome it will be in private or incognito mode all the time

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

    Firefox does it a little differently.

    Three-lined menu
    Options
    Privacy & Security
    Scroll down to History
    In the Firefox will drop-down menu choose Use custom settings for history

    Choose the button to have Firefox always use Private mode.

    Mind you when you do it like this, the browser will not have the visual dark background, it will just always be in that mode.

    If you want to see what I’m talking about, watch this video here. I showcase how to get to these private modes in Edge, Chrome, Firefox on 10 as well as 11.

    Why do you want to use private mode? Often websites give you different prices (travel sites in particular) when they don’t see cookies left behind from other searching. Bottom line there are lots of normal reasons why being a bit more private in your browsing is a good thing.

    Tech Help, Windows 10, Windows 11
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