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Always Start Edge in Incognito: 3 Ways to Force it

Changing the Edge shortcut is the fastest way to do this

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Updated onNovember 5, 2024

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Do you want to always run Edge in Incognito mode on your PC? This is pretty simple to achieve and to learn how to do that, follow these steps.

How do I always start Edge in Private mode?

1. Adjust the shortcut

After you’ve created the Microsoft Edge Incognito shortcut, you need always use it to start the Edge in Incognito mode.

2. Edit the registry

Now whenever you try to start Edge, it will always open in Incognito mode.

3. Change Edge privacy settings

Keep in mind that this isn’t an InPrivate mode, but since it will delete everything in your session as soon as you close your browser, it will work almost the same as private browsing mode.

How do I enable incognito extensions in Microsoft Edge?

This can be done right from the extensions page in Edge, and we covered this in our guide on how toallow Edge extensions in InPrivate mode. If yourIncognito mode is greyed out, we share how to reactivate it.

As you can see, it’s pretty easy to always run Edge in Incognito mode, and all that you have to do is make a small change to its shortcut.

Elsewhere, if you’d like todisable incognito mode on your Edge browser, especially in a work or school setting, we have a dedicated guide for that.

For users who want to learn more about Edge, we have a great guide on how toopen Edge Incognito with the command lineor an article on how to use theEdge Incognito shortcut, so feel free to check them out.

More about the topics:Edge,Private browsing

Milan Stanojevic

Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.

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Windows Toubleshooting Expert

Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.