Browser Settings

Disabling Incognito Mode, BrowserGuest Mode, and InPrivate Mode

Overview

The browser extension is not installed automatically if the Incognito, Guest or InPrivate mode is enabled in your browser. We recommend that you disable these modes to secure your users.

Chrome on Windows

To disable Incognito mode and BrowserGuest mode:

1. Select Start and type CMD.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

   The Command Prompt window appears.

3. To disable	Run
   Incognito mode	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v IncognitoModeAvailability /t REG_DWORD /d 1
   BrowserGuest mode	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v BrowserGuestModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0

Firefox on Windows

To disable InPrivate mode:

1. Select Start and type CMD.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

   The Command Prompt window appears

3. To disable	Run
   InPrivate mode	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox /v DisablePrivateBrowsing /t REG_DWORD /d 1

Microsoft Edge on Windows

To disable BrowserGuest mode and InPrivate mode:

1. Select Start and type CMD.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

   The Command Prompt window appears

3. To disable	Run
   BrowserGuest mode	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v BrowserGuestModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0
   InPrivate mode	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v InPrivateModeAvailability /t REG_DWORD /d 1

Brave on Windows

To disable Incognito mode, Incognito mode with Tor and BrowserGuest mode:

1. Select Start and type CMD.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

   The Command Prompt window appears

3. To disable	Run
   Incognito mode	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave /v IncognitoModeAvailability /t REG_DWORD /d 1
   BrowserGuest mode	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave /v BrowserGuestModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0
   Incognito mode with Tor	REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\BraveSoftware\Brave /v TorDisabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1

Chrome on macOS

To disable incognito mode and BrowserGuest mode:

1. In the Finder, click Go > Utilities.

2. Open the Terminal app.

   The Terminal app window appears.

3. To disable	Run
   Incognito mode	defaults write com.google.chrome IncognitoModeAvailability -integer 1z
   BrowserGuest mode	defaults write com.google.Chrome BrowserGuestModeEnabled -bool false

Firefox on macOS

To disable InPrivate mode:

1. In the Finder, click Go > Utilities.

2. Open the Terminal app.

   The Terminal app window appears.

3. To disable	Run
   InPrivate mode	defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox DisablePrivateBrowsing -bool TRUE

Microsoft Edge on macOS

To disable BrowserGuest mode and InPrivate mode:

1. In the Finder, click Go > Utilities.

2. Open the Terminal app.

   The Terminal app window appears.

3. To disable	Run
   BrowserGuest mode	defaults write com.microsoft.edge BrowserGuestModeEnabled -integer 0
   InPrivate mode	defaults write com.microsoft.edge InPrivateModeAvailability -integer 1

Enabling the Browser Extension on a Browser with Incognito or InPrivate Mode

You can enable Harmony Browse extension on your browser in Incognito or InPrivate mode.

To enable the Harmony Browse extension on Chrome in the Incognito mode:

1. In your browser's address bar, type chrome://extensions/ and locate the Harmony Browse extension.
2. Click Details and enable Allow in Incognito.

To enable the Harmony Browse extension on Edge in the InPrivate mode:

1. In your browser's address bar, type Edge://extensions/ and locate Harmony Browse extension.
2. Click Details and select Allow in Private checkbox.

To enable the Harmony Browse extension on Firefox in the InPrivate mode:

1. In your browser's address bar, type about:addons and select Extensions.
2. Click the Harmony Browse Extension.
3. In Run in Private Windows, select Allow.

Ending the Browser Process Running in the Background

When you close Chrome and Edge browsers with the Harmony Browse extension installed, the browser process continues to run in the background. You can perform these procedures to end the browser process running in the background.

To end the Chrome browser process running in the background:

1. Select Start and type CMD.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

   The Command Prompt window appears.

3. Run:

   REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v BackgroundModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0

4. Press Enter.

To end the Edge browser process running in the background:

1. Select Start and type CMD.

2. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

   The Command Prompt window appears.

3. Run:

   REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge /v BackgroundModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0

4. Press Enter.

Browser Extension Pinning

For more information, see Browser Settings in Web & Files Protection.