Chrome’s Incognito mode prevents websites from tracking you when you’re online. Because Chrome can’t guarantee that extensions aren’t tracking you, they are disabled in Incognito mode by default.
Apr 13, 2019 Incognito mode does not make your surfing completely anonymous, but it does prevent Chrome from storing information about all of the websites that you have visited. It is also possible to browse and manage your extensions while in Incognito. Follow the steps below to enable or disable Chrome extensions while in Incognito mode. Jan 22, 2016 - The point of Chrome's Incognito mode is to prevent you from being tracked, so it prevents the use of extensions. After all, many extensions track.
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However, there may be some extensions you need to use while browsing in Incognito mode, such as LastPass or 1Password for logging in to websites, the OneNote Web Clipper for saving web pages to read later or offline, or others. You can allow individual extensions like these to run in Incognito mode, and we’ll show you how using 1Password as an example.
To get started, open Chrome and type
chrome://extensions
in the address bar to go to the Extensions page.For each extension you want available in Incognito mode, check the “Allow in incognito” check box under the extension’s name. A warning displays about Chrome not being able to prevent extensions from tracking you. We don’t recommend enabling every extension. Chrome disables them for a reason, but if there are some extensions you trust and would help make your browsing experience in Incognito mode easier, you can turn those on.
Now, you can open a new Incognito window from the Chrome menu…
…and you’ll find the extension you allowed is available on the toolbar.
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If you’re concerned about your privacy when using Chrome, read our article about optimizing Google Chrome for maximum privacy.
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