Anonymous browsing mode allows you to hide the sites we visit in the browser history and protect our privacy
Surfing incognito is one of the first steps to take to safeguard our privacy on the Net. Although it should be remembered that this method doesn’t guarantee us total online protection: the sites we visit don’t appear in the program’s history, but the companies know very well which pages we have seen.
To surf incognito we can set a new tab or decide to use this mode permanently. To open a new tab in incognito on Chrome just two clicks. Open the Google browser, select the menu (the three vertical dots in the upper right corner) and click on “New incognito window”. To always open the browser in incognito mode we’ll have to right-click on the Chrome icon on the desktop and from there select the Properties item from the pop-up menu. In the Link section under the heading Destination add the text -incognito and click Ok. This way every time we access Chrome from that link we will go incognito.
Firefox
In Firefox it is easier than Chrome to use incognito as default. Just open the browser, go to Options and then click on Privacy. At this point we go to History and there we select the Never save history option on Firefox. Now restart the browser and the setting will take effect permanently.
Safari
Safari is also very easy to set up incognito browsing. We open the browser on Mac and iOS devices and go to Preferences (to get there we can also use the hotkey by clicking Command + Comma on Mac). From the preferences in the General section select the item Open Safari with a window in private mode. At this point we restart the browser and that’s it.
Opera
In Opera the process is slightly more complex. And it is quite similar to Chrome. First we create a browser shortcut on the desktop. Then we right-click on the Opera icon and select Properties from the pop-up menu. Here too, as on Chrome, we select the Link item and then in the Destination field add -private to the end of the present text. Click OK and you’re done.
Edge
On Microsoft’s Edge there is unfortunately no permanent incognito mode. So every time we want to browse in this mode we will have to open a temporary incognito window.