Explore our other extensions and apps for Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and other browsers. If you are a Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge user, we have a similar extension for you: Go Incognito.

Have any feedback or suggestion? Leave a comment below, or email us at Chrome Alternative? If you like this Incognito This Tab extension, please rate it 5-stars on Mozilla’s Add-on gallery here. Make a right-click anywhere on a web page, and select the option “Incognito This Tab” as shown in the screenshot below: Moreover, you can also use the context menu (right-click menu) option to use this extension. If this command is not working for you, or you want to change it, follow this tutorial. This extension also offers a keyboard command: Alt + I, which is much faster than using the toolbar button. If you need additional assistance, please contact Support. You can also use the shortcut SHIFT+ + P (on macOS) or CTRL + SHIFT + P (on Windows/Linux). This can be done by following the steps described in this article. To open a Private Browser window in Firefox: Click on the Firefox menu in the upper-right-hand corner of the browser and select New Private Window. But you can change the default behavior, and set the extension to not close the current tab or not remove it from the history. Without this permission, this extension wouldn’t work at all.īy default, this extension performs two tasks: closes the current tab after opening it in the incognito mode, and removes it from your browsing history.

Follow these steps to grant this necessary permission to the Incognito This Tab extension. Important: To use this extension, you need to grant it the “Run in Private Windows” permission. Click on this icon to open the current web page in an incognito window. Once you have installed it successfully, you would notice its icon on the toolbar, as shown in the following screenshot. + P for a keyboard shortcut would directly open a Private Browsing window. Install it from the Mozilla add-ons gallery. She browses on Firefox, but when she does, she goes on Private Browsing. If you want to open Firefox always in private mode, there is no such option really. Disable Private Browsing both removes the menu item for Private Browsing and disables the keyboard shortcut to launch Private Browsing. Alternatively, go to settings > New private window to browse in private with Firefox. It enables users to quickly open the current tab URL in the incognito mode (called Private Browsing mode in Firefox), and removes it from the browsing history. To launch Firefox in private browsing mode use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+P. Incognito This Tab is a helpful extension for the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Firefox private mode shortcut