Mozilla Firefox is a privacy-centric browser that offers great data privacy. In fact, it offers a Private browsing mode that does not store any of your browsing information or site visit records. Closing the private browsing also deletes the cookies and cache hence keeping your data completely private.
In order to start the private browsing on Firefox Android, you can:
1. Open the Firefox app and tap on the Mask icon on the start page. OR
2. In the Firefox app, tap on the Multi Tab icon and switch to the Private tab screen to add a new + Private session.
3. You can use the Multi Tab icon to switch between Private and Normal browsing modes.
You can create a Firefox shortcut to always open in Private mode and even set up the links to open in private browsing.
In this guide, you will learn to start a private mode on the Firefox browser, switch between private mode & normal browsing, and add multiple tabs.
You will also learn to set private browsing as the default mode to open links and create a private browser shortcut on the phone’s home screen.
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How to Start a Private Browsing on Firefox Android
To initiate private browsing on the Firefox app on your smartphone:
- Launch the Mozilla Firefox browser app.
- Tap the Mask icon at the upper right corner of the start page.
- A private browsing session will start immediately.
You can again tap the Mask icon in the private browsing screen to switch back to the normal mode.
Alternatively, you can open a private browsing session using the Multi Tabs icon in Firefox on Android:
- Launch the Firefox app on your Android phone.
- Tap the Multi Tabs icon next to the URL bar.
It will open the tabs pane. - Switch to the Mask icon tab, and tap the button.
Either way, the Firefox private browsing mode will be active, and you can use the browser app without leaving any traces.
If you want to add more Private browsing tabs, tap on command again.
How to Switch to Normal Browsing in Firefox Android
If you want to change the browsing to the normal mode from private mode, then
- Tap the Multi Tabs icon in the private browsing window.
- Switch to the Square Tab icon to see the active browser tabs.
- To open a New Tab in Firefox, tap the button.
How to Add Firefox Private Browsing Shortcut to Home Screen
Firefox lets you launch the browser directly in private browsing mode from the homescreen shortcut. For that, you need to create the shortcut first. Follow these steps to enable that feature:
- Launch the Firefox Android app, and tap the More
for the options menu. - Select the Settings menu and choose Private browsing settings.
- From the set of options, select the Add private browsing shortcut command.
Add to Home screen popup dialog box will appear. - Tap the Add Automatically command to place the Private browsing icon on your phone’s home screen.
- A Private browsing shortcut will be created with the Mask icon.
You can now tap the Mask icon from the home screen to launch private mode directly in Firefox on Android.
How to Open All Links in Private Mode
If you want to open web links in a private window in Firefox on Android, follow these steps:
- Launch the Firefox Android app, and tap the More for the options menu.
- Select the Settings menu and choose Private browsing settings.
- Now, enable the toggle switch for Open links in a private tab option.
Enabling the options will open all the links in private browsing rather than the normal mode as earlier.
How to Close All Private Tabs on Firefox for Android
If you want to close your browsing session and terminate all the tabs active in the private mode,
- Tap the Multi Tabs icon.
- Switch to the Mask icon to view private tabs.
- Select the Close All Tabs command on the More menu.
It will terminate all the active private browsing tabs on Firefox Android.
You can even use the same Close all tabs option to kill multiple open tabs in normal browsing mode.
Private Browsing Mode in Firefox
That’s all in this guide. You can now use private browsing on the Firefox Android app to safeguard your data and browsing history.
If needed, you can open multiple new browsing tabs in both standard and private mode.
If you use Firefox on your computer device, private browsing mode is also available on the computer system.
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