If you're using Google Chrome on an iPhone or iPad
- Open the Chrome app and tap the icon with three horizontal dots. You'll find this in the bottom right-hand corner on an iPhone and the top right-hand corner on an iPad.
- Select 'New incognito tab' from the menu that opens. You'll then be taken to a dark-grey screen that says 'You've gone Incognito'.
To exit and delete an Incognito tab, or switch to a non-Incognito tab:
- Tap the square icon that has a number in it. This will take you to a screen showing all of your open Incognito tabs.
- To delete any of these Incognito tabs, tap the 'x' on them.
- To switch to a non-Incognito tab, tap the square icon with a number that's next to the Incognito icon (a pair of glasses with a hat on top). This will take you to a screen showing all of your open non-Incognito tabs. To go to any of these tabs, tap on them.
If you're using Safari on an iPhone or iPad
- Open the Safari app and tap the icon with two overlapping squares. You'll find this in the bottom right-hand corner on an iPhone and the top right-hand corner on an iPad.
- Tap the text that says how many tabs are open (e.g. '12 Tabs'). Select 'Private' from the menu that opens.
- If you already have Private tabs open, this will take you to a screen showing all of your open tabs. You can then either tap on one of these open tabs or tap the '+' icon to open a new Private tab. If you don't have any Private tabs open, you will instead be taken to a screen that says 'Private Browsing Mode'. Tap 'Done' and a new Private tab will open.
Make sure you're using a Private tab by checking the colour of the URL search bar: it should be dark-grey rather than white.
To exit and delete a Private tab, or switch to a non-Private tab:
- Tap the icon with two overlapping squares. This will take you to a screen showing all of your open Private tabs.
- To delete any of these Private tabs, tap the 'x' on them.
- To switch to a non-Private tab, tap 'Private' and a menu will open. Tap the text that says how many tabs are open .
- You will then be shown all of the tabs that you have open in non-private mode. To switch to any of these tabs, tap on them.
If you're using Google Chrome on an Android phone or device
- Open the Chrome app. If the URL search bar is at the top of your screen, tap the icon with three vertical dots and then select 'New incognito tab'. If the search bar is at the bottom, swipe up on it and then select 'New incognito tab'.
- A new tab will open that says 'You've gone Incognito'.
To exit and delete an Incognito tab, or switch to a non-Incognito tab
- Tap the square icon that has a number in it. This will take you to a screen showing all of your open Incognito tabs.
- To delete any of these Incognito tabs, tap the 'x' on them.
- To switch to a non-Incognito tab, tap the square icon with a number that's next to the Incognito icon (a pair of glasses with a hat on top). This will take you to a screen showing all of your open non-Incognito tabs. To go to any of these tabs, tap on them.
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