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Chrome and Firefox users quite enjoy the default web browsing feature because it helps block recording web browsing history, cookies every time they surf the web.
Browsing in incognito mode on Google Chrome often creates a virtual space where all user data will not be recorded. Users can also open chrome incognito mode using shortcuts or following Chrome's instructions. However, setting incognito mode as the default browsing mode is a little-known trick that few people know and perform to enhance web browsing performance.
Setting Default Incognito Mode on Chrome
Step 1: Right-click on the Google Chrome shortcut icon on the screen and select Properties.
Alternatively, you can directly open Properties from the Chrome icon on the Taskbar as shown below.
If the Chrome icon is not on the screen, you can go to Start Menu > type Google Chrome > right-click and select Open File Location to open the storage location > Right-click and select Send to Desktop to bring it to the main screen.
Step 2: Navigate to the Properties and click on the Shortcut tab.
Re-enter the path address in the Target field.
'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe' -incognito
Step 3: Press Apply and then Ok to apply changes.
By default, Chrome will prompt you to confirm whether you want to set the highest administrative privilege for this change. Press Continue to confirm.
Thus, you can now set Chrome's incognito mode as a default each time you open Chrome.
Setting up incognito mode auto-launch
Setting up auto-launch incognito mode allows other applications linked to Chrome to automatically open the browser in incognito mode.
Step 1: Press the Start button or press the Windows + R key combination > type regedit.exe to access the Registry Editor.
Step 2: In the Registry Editor window, select the My Computer icon, then press the Ctrl+F key combination, then paste the command line: ChromeHTML, check the Keys button, and press Find Next to search.
After successfully searching.
Step 3: In the ChromeHTML folder, continue to navigate to the folder tree: ChromeHTML/shell/open/command.
To change the value within Default, simply right-click and choose Modify.
Step 4: In the Edit String window, paste the command line 'incognito' as shown below.
Press OK to confirm.
Both Chrome and Firefox, as well as Coc Coc, offer a convenient private browsing feature. Each time you open an incognito tab in Chrome, you can separate work and leisure content, while keeping your computer organized. Additionally, the steps to go incognito in Coc Coc and Firefox are quite similar to Chrome. You can easily follow the guide to go incognito on Chrome to enable this mode.
Similarly, users can effortlessly configure default private browsing mode on Firefox for easy access to Firefox private tabs.
