Most modern web browsers feature a private browsing mode, but even if you've heard of it you might not know what it does. Or why you would ever want to use it.

Private Browsing and User Control. We shouldn't have to "hide" our data from Web sites if we want to remain private; we should simply be able to tell them "don't record this session" and expect our ...

Private browsing is known by different names depending on the browser. In Chrome, it’s called Incognito mode; in Microsoft Edge, it’s InPrivate mode; and other browsers have their own variations.