While "incognito mode," or private browsing, prevents data from being logged on your device, it does not make your activities invisible to search engines or other third parties. (AP Photo/Seth ...

Incognito mode is just that; it’s a way to hide as you travel the web. As realized in Google Chrome, Incognito mode hides your browsing history so others can’t see the websites you’ve visited.

Turn on YouTube’s incognito mode Watch your favorite YouTube creators without leaving a trace. Screenshot: YouTube. There are good reasons you might want YouTube to remember what you’re watching.

Google will destroy the private browsing history of millions of people who used "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser as a part of a settlement filed to federal court on Monday in a case over the ...

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Google is updating the warning on Chrome's Incognito mode to make it clear that Google and websites run by other companies can still collect your data in the web browser's semi-private mode.

ALLYN: For the past 16 years, Google has offered this service, this Incognito mode that did limit how much data was being collected if you just were on the Chrome browser. But here's the rub, Michel.

How to go incognito in Google Chrome. Although incognito may be a synonym to some users for any browser’s private mode, Google gets credit for grabbing the word as the feature’s snappiest name ...