How to turn off Incognito Mode

Most desktop and mobile browsers have an Incognito or private mode for anonymous web browsing. It's an effective way to enjoy logged-out sessions and private searches without leaving your browsing history. To prevent your children from abusing the Incognito window, turn it off on your home PC, Mac, iPhone, and Android phone.

Most desktop and mobile browsers have an Incognito or private mode for anonymous web browsing. It's an effective way to enjoy logged-out sessions and private searches without leaving your browsing history. To prevent your children from abusing the Incognito window, turn it off on your home PC, Mac, iPhone, and Android phone.

How to disable Incognito Mode in Chrome on Windows

You can turn off Chrome's Incognito Mode on Windows via the Command Prompt. Close all Google Chrome services on Windows and go through the tutorial below.

1. Press the Windows key and search for Command Prompt.
2. Select Run as administrator.
3. Type the command below and press Enter:
4. Reboot your PC and launch Google Chrome without a private browsing function.

   How to turn off Incognito Mode in Chrome browser for Mac

   Like Windows, we will use Terminal on Mac to turn off Incognito Mode in Chrome for Mac.

1. Press Command + Space, search for Terminal, and press Return.
2. Enter the following command and press Return:
3. Reboot your Mac and launch Google Chrome without Incognito Mode. You can use the command below to turn on the same in Chrome.

   Disable InPrivate mode in Microsoft Edge on Windows

   Do you prefer the built-in Microsoft Edge browser over Firefox and Chrome on Windows? Since it is an integral part of Windows, you'll tweak Registry Editor to turn off InPrivate Browsing. Follow the steps below to make changes.

1. Press the Windows key and search for REGEDIT. Press Enter. If the system asks permission to allow the program to make changes to the computer, click Yes.
2. Head to the following path.
3. Right-click Microsoft and expand New. Select Key.
4. Name it MicrosoftEdge.
5. Right-click MicrosoftEdge (the one you created) and head to New > Key to create another key called Main.
6. Right-click Main key and expand New. Select DWORD (32-bit) Value.
7. Name it InPrivateModeAvailablity. Double-click it and set it to 1. Click OK.
8. Close Registry Editor and reboot your PC.
9. Launch Microsoft Edge, and the InPrivate option shouldn't appear now.