How to Disable Incognito Mode in Chrome on Windows 11 (2022)

Have you ever thought to Disable Incognito Mode in Chrome so no one can hide search history and other data from your Windows 11 PC? If yes, then here I am going to tell you how you can easily disable or hide the Incognito Window option from Chrome in Windows 11.

What is Incognito Window?

Whenever we visit any website on our browser, it leaves all the traces of our activity such as search history, websites we visit, cookies, and site data.

Incognito Window lets you visit any website without creating any search history and you can access webpages as anonymous. No one can see which websites have you visited, watched, downloaded, and other activities.

Google Chrome has also Incognito Mode and you can use it by clicking on three vertical dots at the top-right of your screen. Tap on the New Incognito Windows and you can visit any website without creating any search history.

Chrome won’t save the following information:

  • Your browsing history
  • Cookies and other site data
  • Information that you entered in the website’s forms.

Your activity might still be visible to:

  • The administrator of Websites you visit
  • Your employer or school
  • Your internet service provider

But many people don’t want Incognito Mode in their Chrome browser as they want to know what other people (who are using this device) which websites are visiting and their activity.

If you also want to disable Incognito Mode in Chrome on Windows 11, then follow the below steps.

How to Disable Incognito Mode in Chrome on Windows 11?

By doing the following steps will disable Incognito Mode and you can’t see the “New incognito window” option in your chrome browser. The best thing is that you don’t have to download any third-party application, you can Disable Incognito Mode in Chrome. So let’s do it!

1. Open Registry Editor.

First of all, you will have to start Registry Editor on your Windows 11 PC. To open it, press the “Win+R” keys to open Run. Type regedit without any quotes and press the “OK” button.

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Now go to the following Branch. (Copy the below path and paste it into the box as shown in the picture below.)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” > “SOFTWARE” > “Policies

2. Create a Chrome sub-folder under Google.

You will have to create a folder and its name will be “Google” under “Policies“. To create a folder, right-click on “Policies” then click on “New” > “Key“. Then create another folder “Chrome” under “Google“. See the below image to understand properly.

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3. Set the DWORD 32-bit value to the Chrome folder.

4. Now right-click on “Chrome” and select “New” > “DWORD 32-bit value“. Give the value a name of “IncognitoModeAvailability“.

5. Double-click on “IncognitoModeAvailability” and a pop-up box will appear then set the value data to “1“ and click on “OK“.

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Make sure that all the Chrome tabs and even Chrome is fully closed before saving the value. After clicking on the OK button, give a fresh restart to your Windows 11 PC or Laptop.

After restarting your PC, Open the Chrome browser and you will see that the Incognito Mode is disappeared. If you want to enable the Incognito Mode then delete all the paths and folders that you have created or you can set the value to 0.

IncognitoModeAvailability policy has three possible settings:

  • 0 = Incognito mode available
  • 1 = Incognito mode disabled
  • 2 = Incognito mode forced

You can set any value from the above list and it will be applied to your chrome browser.

FAQs

Can I disable incognito mode on the PC?

Yes, you can disable incognito mode on your PC by opening Registry Editor. There you will have to create a subfolder and set a value to turn off incognito mode. You can read the full details on this page.

Why is my incognito mode disabled?

Incognito Mode is enabled by default in all browsers. If you are unable to open it then maybe you have mistakenly disabled it in Registry Editor. You can reset the settings of your chrome browser to see the Incognito mode option.

Last Words

Disabling Incognito Mode from Chrome Browser on Windows 11 is very easy and we have mentioned all the working steps above. You can simply turn off the Incognito Window option by reading this article.

I hope that this article helped you and you have successfully removed the “New Incognito Window” option from your chrome browser on windows 11.

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