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It’s not quite like the TOR browser, but it’s a lot more private than a regular Chrome window, that’s for sure. Once you launch an incognito window, it’ll explain what’s different: There’s the option along the bottom: “ Browse as Guest“.īy contrast, incognito mode is a lot easier to launch: it’s right on the File menu: See the “ Manage other people” line? That’s what you want (not obvious at all, is it?) Click or tap on it to bring up this window: Considering returning the thing and going back to the Windows platform. I can’t retrieve my pictures saved on my old chromebook. You’ll want to go to the main Google Chrome settings area, where you’ll see something very similar to this: bought a new chrome and cannot for the life of me, after doing an extended google search, find a way to get out of guest mode. That’s a bit tricky to do, which is a bit surprising.

Now, let’s say you want to go back to guest mode, or want to set it up that way for a friend or colleague borrowing your computer. You can guess how to proceed from here, right? Yup, click or tap on “ Exit Guest” and you’re back to normal Chrome. To exit guest mode, simply click or tap on the tiny clipboard icon on the top right. In fact, you can have guest windows open simultaneous to your regular logged-in windows (you can do that with incognito mode too, actually, having a mix of all three if you’d like). This will make a bit more sense as we proceed with this article, I promise.Īs you know all too well, when you’re in Guest Mode in Google Chrome, every new tab or browser window looks like this:Īs the window explains, pages you visit, cookies you receive, and just about any other interaction will be deleted when the guest windows are all closed in the browser or you quit. Incognito mode, by contrast, is designed to give you considerably more anonymity and privacy, protecting your privacy much more, though at the cost of having some sites break because you then aren’t handing back cookies or other session ID information. Like adding a new account ID to Chrome, except when the browser quits, all of it is wiped clean. In other words, while you’re in guest mode, you are able to be tracked, sites can hand you cookies for identification purposes, preferences, etc. The idea of guest mode is that it works like a brand new identity in the Web browser, but when you quit all the associated cookies and history are deleted. Google has added two different ways you can cover your identity or make your Chrome Web browser safe to use without tracking: Guest and Incognito.

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