Incognito - what is it and how to enable incognito mode in Yandex browser and Google Chrome

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. What does the word incognito mean? What it is? Do you know? Most likely you know, but I’ll still explain for the sake of order. This word is derived from the Italian word incognito, which means - not to be recognized (to remain unknown). Synonyms for this word in some way can be the words: anonymously, secretly, under a different name (guise).

For example, famous people can be incognito in public places, using makeup, a pseudonym and other tricks. This mode sometimes turns out to be very convenient for them, because it allows them to exist without attracting attention to themselves.

But incognito mode Not only famous people need it to escape the attention of the crowd. Anonymity also seems very attractive to the most ordinary Internet users, because they do not need to be afraid of the consequences of their actions. When you communicate on forums and even on social networks, you often use not your real name, but instead of a real photo, in order to feel calmer online, without being afraid of expressing your views or thoughts of “getting hit.”

Browser developers, understanding the need of users to hide traces of some of your online activities(previously you had to do this), they added a mode called “Incognito” (that’s what it’s called in the Yandex and Google Chrome browsers). When it is activated, all your traces of visiting certain sites, downloading files, etc. will be automatically deleted from your browser history. Let's see how it all works and what it can be useful for?

What is Incognito mode for and how does it work?

I think that explaining why to you or anyone else Incognito mode may be needed no need. This is especially true when you share a computer with someone else. Of course, you can use different accounts, but few people bother with the hassle of setting them up and constantly logging in/out of the system.

And so, in the “invisible” mode (it is available in almost all modern browsers, but it can be called differently - “incognito” it is called only in Chrome and Yandex browser, and, for example, in Opera it is “private mode”, but not the bottom line) you don’t have to worry, for example, that your “neighbor” on the computer will also have access to it. Yes, and it will not be possible to track the history of your wanderings on the Internet through a browser (the cache, cookies, entered passwords, form data, etc. things are erased).

How does Incognito mode work? Quite simple. You open a new window of your browser (Chrome or Yandex) in this mode (it can be easily distinguished from the usual one by the icon of a man in sunglasses that appears - in Chrome on the left, and in the Yandex browser on the right of the tab bar).

At the same time, other windows of the same browser can remain working as usual. All pages that you open in an anonymous window will not be recorded in your browsing history, and after closing these windows track the sites you visited, and those files that were downloaded will not be possible. And you don’t need to clean anything special - just close the private window and that’s it. Babble!

Attention! A browser running in an Incognito session will indeed leave no traces of your “surfing,” but this does not mean that it will not be possible to identify you if desired. It's just protection from your boss or relatives, but not from any kind of “authorities” and hackers. The fact is that data about your visits remains on the sites you visited (in the logs), as well as with the Internet provider through which you access the Internet. Keep this in mind, just in case.

How to enable Incognito mode in Yandex Browser and Chrome

Again quite simple. Let me make a reservation right away that private mode is provided not only in computer versions of browsers, but also in their mobile incarnations. So, if you want to activate “invisibility” on a computer or laptop, then:

If you have, then you can also enable Incognito mode there if you wish. On Android or iOS, to do this, you will need to click on the “Menu” button (with three dots in the case of Android and three stripes in the case of iOS) and select the already traditional menu item “New incognito tab”.

The mobile version of the Yandex browser does not yet provide a private mode. Alas and ah.

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