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How to Set Incognito Default on Google Chrome

By

Dinsan

Updated

In this article, I will show you a workaround to always open Google Chrome in incognito mode.

Incognito mode helps browse the internet privately. You can open an Incognito window from the Chrome menu or with the keyboard shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + N.

What if you want a way to always open incognito mode, making it your default browsing mode?

Here is how to create a desktop shortcut on your computer to always open Chrome in private mode.

  1. Right-click the Chrome icon on your desktop and choose Properties.Chrome Properties
  2. Find the Target field.
    Target Field for Chrome
  3. In the Target field, after chrome.exe” add -incognito as shown in the following screenshot.
    Incognito Shortcut
  4. Click Apply, and then OK.
    Apply and OK
  5. Open Google Chrome using the updated shortcut. You should now see Chrome opening in Incognito mode by default.

I hope you found this tutorial useful. Do you want to see additional steps or details for this process? Let me know in the comments section.

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Dinsan

Dinsan Francis is the founder of Chrome Story, which he started in 2009 — the same year Google launched Chrome. He has covered the Chrome browser and Chromebook ecosystem for over 15 years and has used Chromebooks as his primary computing device since 2010. He’s always on the bleeding edge, running the Canary build of both Chrome and ChromeOS as daily drivers.

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