How To Use Incognito Mode Browsing In Google Chrome To Protect Your Data

by Phillip Rhoades on October 8, 2010

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This is a follow up to How To Use Private Mode Browsing In Firefox To Protect Your Data and can be used with How To Invite All Of Your Friends On Facebook To A Facebook Page, Event, Or Group if the Google Chrome extension is failing due to a conflict with another extension, since while in “Incognito Mode” you can easily choose which extensions to activate.

Everyone occasionally finds themselves using a friend’s computer or a public computer. No matter how much you trust your friends you may find that you are concerned with the possibility of leaving behind automatically saved passwords, cookies, and other cached data.

Google Chrome has a built in solution to this problem. This solution is called “Incognito Mode” and can be activated with a simple keyboard shortcut.

Simply press ctrl, shift, and “N” all at the same time. When you press ctrl, shift and “N” at the same time, an “Incognito Mode” browser window will be opened. The video below goes into detail:

You can find this and other “How To” videos on HowToPhil.com

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Karen Runtz February 10, 2012 at 10:06 am

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