{"id":18760,"date":"2022-07-26T03:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T03:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=18760"},"modified":"2022-07-26T03:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T03:00:30","slug":"disable-incognito-mode-in-chrome-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-incognito-mode-in-chrome-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Way to Disable Incognito Mode in Chrome on Windows 11 \/ 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I stop my son from using Chrome&#8217;s Incognito mode? Incognito mode allows users to browse web privately without leaving a trace on the local disk of a computer. If you want to keep an eye on your child&#8217;s online activities and browsing history, you can turn off Incognito mode. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll walk you through the steps to disable Incognito mode in Chrome on Windows 11 \/ 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Disable Incognito Mode in Chrome on Windows 11 \/ 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and browse to: <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies<\/code>. Right-click the <strong>Policies<\/strong> key on the left pane, and choose <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Key<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-key-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"347\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-key-1.png 546w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-key-1-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rename the newly-created key to <strong>Google<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/google-key.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/google-key.png 528w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/google-key-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Right-click <strong>Google<\/strong> and select <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Key<\/strong>, then rename it to <strong>Chrome<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrome-key.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrome-key.png 528w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/chrome-key-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>While the <strong>Chrome<\/strong> key is selected, right-click the blank area on the right pane and choose <strong>New<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>DWORD (32-bit) Value<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-dword-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"293\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-dword-1.png 528w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-dword-1-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rename this DWORD as <strong>IncognitoModeAvailability<\/strong>, and then double-click it and change its value data to 1.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/incognito-mode-availability.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/incognito-mode-availability.png 528w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/incognito-mode-availability-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Close Registry Editor. When you relaunch Chrome, you will notice that the option &#8220;<strong>New Incognito window<\/strong>&#8221; is greyed out and unclickable. You&#8217;re also unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/start-google-chrome-in-incognito-mode\/\">start Chrome in Incognito mode by default<\/a>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-incognito-window-greyed-out.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"544\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-incognito-window-greyed-out.png 504w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/new-incognito-window-greyed-out-278x300.png 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whenever you need to enable Incognito mode again, just open Registry Editor and navigate to: <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Google\\Chrome<\/code>, right-click the <strong>IncognitoModeAvailability<\/strong> value on the right pane and choose <strong>Delete<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/enable-incognito-mode.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/enable-incognito-mode.png 528w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/enable-incognito-mode-300x135.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I stop my son from using Chrome&#8217;s Incognito mode? 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