How to Open Incognito Mode and New Tabs in Chrome Computer?

Google Chrome offers a feature called incognito mode which is nothing but a private browsing window. It’s quite a great feature that offers privacy protection without making any changes to browser settings.

The incognito mode does not save any kind of information such as browsing history, passwords, cookies, cache storage, etc., and delete every detail on exiting the browser sessions. Hence, it’s often recommended to use it when you’re browsing on someone else’s machine.

Yesterday, I was using my sister’s laptop since my laptop’s battery was drained out and I had an important document to work upon. As soon as I started working, I switched to incognito mode chrome to avoid leaving any information behind.

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Google Chrome also offers the ability to open new tabs and new windows within the same browser. The tabs are new browsing sessions within the same browser window. You can even open multiple new incognito tabs and new windows.

How to Open Incognito Window in Chrome Computer?

One can easily launch the incognito tab within the computer browser. There are no hardcore settings that we need to use. Just select the New incognito window command from the options list.

Here are the steps on how to open the incognito tab in Google Chrome for Computer:

1. Launch the Google Chrome browser on the computer.
2. Click on for more options and menu.
3. Select the New Incognito Window from the list.

This will open the new incognito tab in the Chrome browser on the computer desktop. As I mentioned, the browsing information within the Incognito tab is not stored anywhere in the browser.

You can also launch the incognito mode using the chrome keyboard shortcuts:

• Ctrl + Shift + N — Windows OS PC
• Cmd + Shift + N — MacOS machine

You can also open multiple tabs within the same incognito window for ease of usage by hitting on the next to the browser’s tab bar.

How to Open New Tab in Chrome Computer?

The new tab within the browser helps do multi-tasking where we can launch multiple sessions without discontinuing the existing one. These new tabs sessions work independently of each other.

Here are the steps to open a new tab in Google Chrome for Computer:

1. Launch the Google Chrome computer.
2. Click on  for more options and menu.
3. Select the New Tab from the list.

This will open a new tab within the Chrome browser window on a computer desktop. You can switch to the previous tab by selecting the desired tab from the tabs bar.

You can also use the keyboard shortcut to launch new tabs in chrome:

• Ctrl + T — Windows OS PC
• Cmd + T — MacOS machine

Alternatively, you can also open a new tab by hitting on the  sign in the tabs bar. This will create a new tab and you can continue new tab browsing.

How to Open New Window in Chrome Computer?

While the New Tab feature helps in creating and multitasking within the same window, the New Window helps in launching the separate browsing window which can again have individual new tabs.

Here are the steps to open a new window in Google Chrome for Computer:

1. Launch Google Chrome on the desktop.
2. Click on  for more options and menu.
3. Select the New Window from the list.

This will open a new separate window in Chrome for the computer. You can place two windows next to each other and easily switch between them.

You can also launch a new browsing window using keyboard shortcuts in chrome:

• Ctrl + N — Windows OS PC
• Cmd + N — MacOS machine

Alternatively, you can also separate a tab and create a new window. Just select the tab and drag with the mouse cursor outside of the tabs bar. This will create a new window out of the existing tab.

You can also merge the window into the tab by dragging the window again back to the tabs bar.

Bottom Line: Chrome New and Incognito Window

Google Chrome is known for its multitasking capabilities. With features like a new tab, new window, and incognito tab browsing, multitasking can be easily handled.

Like I mentioned, anytime if you use someone else’s laptop or a public computer, use the incognito tab to keep your data safe. Like I did when I was using my sister’s laptop. Since I used the new incognito tab for browsing, I did not have to delete any kind of information that I may have left behind.

Similarly, you can also open incognito mode and new tabs in the chrome android browser. There is no new window feature in the chrome android browser.

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