

Learn more about how private browsing works. Your activity isn’t hidden from websites you visit, your employer or school, or your internet service provider.Files you download and bookmarks you create will be kept.

Chrome won't save your browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms.Windows or Chrome OS: At the top right, click Close.On your computer, go to your Incognito window.If you see a number next to the Incognito icon at the top right, you have more than one Incognito window open. To exit Incognito mode, close all Incognito windows. If you have an Incognito window open and you open another one, your private browsing session will continue in the new window. Incognito mode runs in a separate window from your normal Chrome windows. Close Incognito mode to stop private browsing You can also choose to block third-party cookies when you open a new incognito window. You'll only browse in private when you're using an Incognito window. Cached Web Content and Offline Web Content and User Data: Temporary Internet files ( cached files) and files that websites save for offline use will not be saved.You can switch between Incognito windows and regular Chrome windows.Cookies set in private windows are held temporarily in memory, separate from regular window cookies, and discarded at the end of your private session (after the last private window is closed).

See the How do I turn on the Do Not Track feature? article to learn more about tracking. Cookies can also be used by third parties to track you across websites.

Tip: Private Browsing windows have a purple mask at the top.
