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Chrome Incognito Tabs Disappear: How to Prevent it
This usually happens if you’re low on memory
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Updated onNovember 4, 2024
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Often Chrome incognito tabs disappear on Android, and this can be a problem since you’ll lose your entire session. However, there might few ways to circumvent this issue.
Why do my incognito tabs randomly disappear?
This happens if your device is low on memory or your phone is optimizing performance by freeing up your memory.
How do I stop Chrome from closing incognito tabs?
1. Ensure Google Chrome is in focus before you lock your phone
After doing that, your incognito tabs should still be there once you unlock your phone. Keep in mind that this isn’t the most reliable solution, but it’s worth trying out.
2. Lock your Incognito tabs
This is also another workaround that might help you if Chrome Incognito tabs disappear on your device.
Do Incognito tabs close by themselves?
No, they will remain open as long as the Chrome process is running in the memory. But if your memory is cleared or you close the browser, the Incognito tabs will disappear.
So if you’re low on memory, sometimes Incognito tabs will close automatically on Android as your device tries to optimize its performance.
How do I make Chrome always open Incognito?
You can make Chrome open in Incognito by default simply by making a few changes to its shortcut. We have an entire guide onChrome Incognito shortcut, so check it out to see how to do this.
How to recover incognito tabs in Chrome?
This isn’t possible natively, but it can be achieved with extensions. We wrote about this in our guide on how toexport Incognito tabs in Chrome, so feel free to visit it.
This is a peculiar issue, but if Chrome Incognito tabs tend to disappear, it’s most likely that your device is doing memory optimization in the background and it’s ending certain processes while doing that.
Speaking of Chrome, a few users reported thatChrome Incognito keeps popping up, and we have a special guide that addresses this, so don’t miss it.
For users who want to learn more, don’t miss our latest guide on how tostart Chrome Incognito from the command line.
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Milan Stanojevic
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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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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
