You can browse the web more privately in Incognito mode.
Open Incognito mode
Important: When you use an Incognito tab, you can browse more privately. You can switch between Incognito tabs and regular Chrome tabs.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
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- To open a new Incognito tab, tap More
New Incognito Tab
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New Incognito Tab - To check if you’re on an Incognito tab, tap Switch tabs
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- To find if you have any open Incognito tabs, swipe right. At the top, an Incognito tab shows the Incognito icon
.Switch between Incognito and regular tabs
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On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
- Tap Switch tabs
- To switch between Incognito tabs
Open links in Incognito mode
When you open a link from another app or a text message, you can choose to open the link in an Incognito tab in Chrome.
Open all links in Incognito mode- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
- Tap More
Settings
- Turn Ask to open links from other apps in Incognito on or off.
Settings - On your iPhone or iPad, tap a link you want to open in Chrome
- Tap Open in Chrome Incognito.
Lock Incognito tabs
For additional privacy from other people who use your device, you can lock your Incognito tabs. By default, Incognito tabs will be hidden when you leave Chrome for a while. In Chrome settings, you can choose what happens to Incognito tabs when you leave Chrome.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
- Tap More
- Select Hide Incognito tabs.
- Select an option:
- Lock immediately with device authentication: Tabs are locked, and you’ll need device authentication like Face ID, TouchID, or passcode to access them. This depends on your device’s settings.
- Hide after a few minutes: After a few minutes, tabs blur until you tap to continue.
- Don’t hide: Tabs are not blurred or locked.
Close Incognito mode
If you open another tab in Incognito mode, your private browsing session continues in the new tab. To exit, close all Incognito tabs.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open Chrome
- Tap Switch tabs
- At the top, tap the Incognito icon
- On the left, select Edit