Web Browsers: Open a Private Browser Window

Summary

Private browsing windows, or Incognito mode, are privacy features that most browsers provide to allow users to use the web without the browser storing browsing history and caching data from visited websites.

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Step-by-step

Microsoft Windows

Google Chrome:

  1. Launch Google Chrome.
  2. Click on the menu drop-down in the upper right corner (three stacked horizontal dots).
  3. Select "New Incognito window".
  4. A new private window will open that says "You've gone Incognito".

Microsoft Edge:

  1. Launch Microsoft Edge.
  2. Click on the menu drop-down in the upper right corner (three horizontal dots).
  3. Select "New InPrivate window".
  4. A new private window will open.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Launch Firefox.
  2. Click on the menu drop-down at the upper right corner (three horizontal lines).
  3. Select "New private window".
  4. A new purple private window will open.

Opera:

  1. Launch Opera.
  2. Click on the Opera logo on the upper left.
  3. Select "New private window".
  4. A new private window will open.

 

MacOS

Google Chrome:

  1. Launch Google Chrome.
  2. Click on the menu drop-down in the upper right corner (three stacked horizontal dots).
  3. Select "New Incognito window".
  4. A new private window will open that says "You've gone Incognito".

Safari:

  1. Launch Safari.
  2. In the top Menu bar, select "File", and then select "New Private Window".
  3. A new private window will open.

Mozilla Firefox:

  1. Launch Firefox.
  2. In the top Menu bar, select "File", and then select "New Private Window".
  3. A new private window will open.

Opera:

  1. Launch Opera.
  2. In the top Menu bar, select "File", and then select "New Private Window".
  3. A new private window will open.

 

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Article ID: 144
Created
Fri 5/10/24 12:56 PM
Modified
Wed 10/30/24 2:55 PM
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