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How to disable incognito mode in your browser

How to disable incognito mode in your browser

Google Chrome on Windows

Disable

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v IncognitoModeAvailability /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

Re-enable

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v IncognitoModeAvailability /f

Google Chrome on Linux

Disable

sudo mkdir -p /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed
sudo nano /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/policy.json

{
    "IncognitoModeAvailability": 1
}

Re-enable

sudo rm /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/policy.json

Firefox on Windows

Disable

reg add HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox /v DisablePrivateBrowsing /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001

Re-enable

reg delete HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox /v DisablePrivateBrowsing /f

Firefox on Linux

Disable

sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/firefox/distribution
sudo nano /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/policies.json

{
    "policies": {
        "DisablePrivateBrowsing": true
    }
}

Re-enable

sudo rm /usr/lib/firefox/distribution/policies.json
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