🎉īonus for Chrome defaults write com.google. From 'File,' the option for a 'new private window' should no longer be available. This will open a new window and ask you for the confirmation. Type ‘disable private browsing mode’ in the search box. sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ DisablePrivateBrowsing -bool TRUE Click on ‘Menu’ button or three parallel lines at the top right corner. From terminal, I ran this command: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUEĪfter policies were enabled, I just needed to run the specific command to set the 'DisablePrivateBrowsing' policy. I should note, I'm running Firefox 80.0.1.įirst, I enabled policies.

These Mac specific instructions got me going in the right direction. Incognito Mode can be disabled in Google. It appeared it may be possible by editing the Firefox plist file. Incognito Mode in Chrome is similar to Private Browsing in Firefox and InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer. I finally stumbled across this Github repo about setting application policies which had a policy for 'DisablePrivateBrowsing'. Not feeling super hopeful, I did try searching plugins and add-ons, but found nothing that would work. I found a variety of answers from 'it's not possible' to 'use a plug-in.' Of course my first course of action was scouring Google.

Recently I needed to disable 'private browsing' on one of my computers.

Turn off incognito mode firefox