Start Google Chrome in Incognito Mode
Posted on : 08-12-2009 | By : Cool Geex | In : Apple, Mac Leopard, Script Editor, Windows
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I’m Using Mozilla FireFox as my default web browser But I like using Chrome for Private Browsing.
Google Chrome doesn’t provide an option to load Incognito by default so I created one.
Windows
If you’re using windows
- Place a Google Chrome shortcut on the desktop.
- Rename the shortcut to Incognito.
- Right click on the shortcut and select ‘Properties’.
- On the ‘Target’ field add an –incognito to the end of program path. (Note: Make sure there is a space between the last apostrophe and the dash)
- Your incognito browser is now ready for launch.
Mac
If you’re using Mac
1.Set google.com as your home page
2.Open Apple Script Editor and copy paste that script:
tell application "Google Chrome" activate end tell tell application "System Events" tell process "Google Chrome" tell menu bar 1 tell menu bar item "File" tell menu "File" click menu item "New Incognito Window" end tell end tell tell menu bar item "Window" tell menu "Window" click menu item "Google" end tell end tell tell menu bar item "File" tell menu "File" click menu item "Close Window" end tell end tell end tell end tell end tell
3. Compile and Save, You’re done.
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I can’t believe that Google wouldn’t make this an option and we have to go through this. Thanks for the code!
That was meant to be:
do shell script “/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome –incognito &> /dev/null &”
Or:
do shell script “/Applications/Chromium.app/Contents/MacOS/Chromium –incognito &> /dev/null &”
for Chromium
And
do shell script “/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome –incognito”
For Google.
A tad simpler
This worked great with both Chrome and Chromium on the Mac, thanks!
Unfortunately, in Chromium you it looks like Extensions don’t function when using incognito mode, not sure if that is intended but it makes this useless.
As an alternative, do you have a script to clear browsing history on exit?
in Windows Vista Just add -incognito in the end, I checked it out and it works.
Windows Vista: in Properties there are no apostrophes around the target. Placing “-incognito” at the end isn’t working. Suggestions? I made sure to leave a space at the end of “.exe”.
Hi Vacharya,
No, it does not make any difference where you save the file.
I created a new post that explains how to make an application from the script.
Check it out how to create an application that start google chrome in incognito mode/
Good Luck
Hi Vacharya, Thanks for Visiting Our Site.
The method described for MAC users doesn’t Hack Google Chrome Browser.
If you look at the code, it’s basically start Google Chrome, opens Incognito Window for you and close the Regular Chrome window.
You should create a shortcut for the script or Save the script as Application.
Let Me know if you need additional assistant.
Hello,
I was trying to follow the instructions for MAC. Everything works fine for that particular time. But when I start the chrome next time, it doesn’t open in incognito mode. Do you see any problem?
Another question is, the last step compile and save, where we need to save that file? does that make any difference?
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