{"id":563880,"date":"2023-03-14T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T18:00:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:00:11","slug":"how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history\/","title":{"rendered":"#How to Delete Your Google Chrome Incognito Browsing History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4294aea991b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4294aea991b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history\/#%E2%80%9CHow_to_Delete_Your_Google_Chrome_Incognito_Browsing_History%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;How to Delete Your Google Chrome Incognito Browsing History&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history\/#What_History_Does_Incognito_Mode_Generate\" >What History Does Incognito Mode Generate?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history\/#How_to_See_Incognito_History\" >How to See Incognito History<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history\/#How_to_Clear_Incognito_History\" >How to Clear Incognito History<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-to-delete-your-google-chrome-incognito-browsing-history\/#How_to_Keep_Incognito_Mode_Incognito\" >How to Keep Incognito Mode Incognito<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHow_to_Delete_Your_Google_Chrome_Incognito_Browsing_History%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;How to Delete Your Google Chrome Incognito Browsing History&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-877876\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/52662604306_10bfa4185f_k.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Incognito mode on Chrome\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"> Jordan Gloor \/ How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Close Incognito Mode windows to erase the history in Chrome. You can also flush the DNS cache, where your computer remembers sites you&#8217;ve recently visited. Other types of history, like that stored by your ISP, network administrator, parental control software, or workplace monitoring tools, aren&#8217;t as easy to erase.<\/p>\n<p>Google Chrome\u2019s Incognito mode, also known as private browsing, lets you browse the web without Chrome saving your browsing history in the usual way. However, Incognito Mode isn\u2019t bulletproof \u2014let\u2019s talk about what history may be saved and how you can delete it.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_History_Does_Incognito_Mode_Generate\"><\/span>What History Does Incognito Mode Generate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When you open an incognito window in Google Chrome, the sites you visit won\u2019t show up in your Chrome browser\u2019s history later, or in its address bar if you visit the site again once you\u2019ve closed the private window. Chrome won\u2019t even remember a site\u2019s browsing history in the Incognito Mode session once you close a tab\u2014though you can still use the \u201cback\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p>However, this temporary amnesia only works in Chrome: Chrome won\u2019t remember anything, but there are other ways history can be kept.<\/p>\n<p>For example, your Internet Service Provider can see what websites you\u2019ve been accessing. Your network administrator\u2014for example, if you\u2019re on a workplace network\u2014can also see the websites your device has been accessing. The websites you visited will see the visits associated with your IP address. (A VPN can stop your ISP and websites from matching your IP address to your visits, but then the VPN can see what you\u2019re accessing\u2014so be sure to choose a no-log VPN.) If you signed in, they\u2019ll know you signed into their website\u2014even if you used a VPN.<\/p>\n<p>If your computer, tablet, or smartphone with Google Chrome has parental control software, workplace monitoring software, or malware that spies on you, your web browsing activity may also be logged.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t erase those types of history without access to your ISP\u2019s systems, your network administator\u2019s tools, or full access to the parental control or other similar software that may be on your device. However, there is one type of history that your operating system itself may remember: Your DNS lookup history.<\/p>\n<p>This is because while a browser can be made to forget, the way the internet works prohibits this from h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening on the back end. When you connect to a domain like howtogeek.com, your computer looks up the IP address associated with howtogeek.com in its configured DNS servers. These DNS requests can be logged on the remote server, too\u2014but your computer also remembers them for some time in its DNS cache, which means anyone with access to your computer can see sites you\u2019ve been accessing in Incognito Mode unless you clear the DNS cache.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"admonishment_tip\"><p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you enable DNS Over HTTPS, DNS lookups will happen securely and won\u2019t be logged in your system\u2019s DNS cache.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_See_Incognito_History\"><\/span>How to See Incognito History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you still have a Chrome Incognito window open, you may be able to use the \u201cback\u201d button to go back to previous web pages you had open.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you may be curious if you can see what you\u2019ve been doing in Chrome while going incognito. In most cases, you need specialized software and knowledge to do so\u2014like the parental control software we mentioned earlier, or some kind of workplace monitoring software.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s one thing you can try yourself: examining the contents of the DNS cache. To do this on Windows 10 or Windows 11, open a Terminal or Command Prompt window and run the following command:<\/p>\n<pre>ipconfig \/displaydns<\/pre>\n<p>The command will print the contents of its DNS cache. For example, if you recently connected to google.com, you\u2019ll see google.com in here. However, this cache is temporary\u2014many entries expire in 24 hours, and the contents of the cache are wiped when you reboot your computer.<\/p>\n<p>What you\u2019re doing here is asking your computer if it sent any connection requests lately, either from the browser or another app. Your computer will then delve into its DNS cache\u2014the place where it temporarily saves the history of these requests\u2014and give you the results. However, note that we said \u201ctemporary:\u201d the DNS cache is wiped every time the computer is rebooted.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Clear_Incognito_History\"><\/span>How to Clear Incognito History<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To clear the Incognito Mode history saved in Google Chrome, just close the Incognito Mode window.<\/p>\n<p>To clear the DNS cache history, which may show websites you\u2019ve accessed in Incognito Mode, you can flush your DNS cache. To do this, just reboot your computer or flush the Windows DNS cache with a command like \u00a0<code>ipconfig \/flushdns<\/code> . You can also erase your DNS cache on macOS or\u00a0flush DNS on Linux.<\/p>\n<p>Other types of Incognito Mode history aren\u2019t stored on your PC and you have to prevent them from being created in the first place. For example, consider getting a VPN and adopting the right browsing practices for anonymity. Ensure you\u2019re not browsing on a device that is being monitored, like a work laptop with monitoring software.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Keep_Incognito_Mode_Incognito\"><\/span>How to Keep Incognito Mode Incognito<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Naturally, as simple as this is, it\u2019s cumbersome to have to do so every time you\u2019ve used incognito mode. On top of that, it doesn\u2019t solve the issue that your ISP or network admin can still see what you\u2019ve been up to. Thankfully, there are some handy, easy-to-use tools that can solve all these issues in one fell swoop: virtual private networks.<\/p>\n<p>These handy programs will reroute and secure your traffic, making it so nobody at the back end knows what you\u2019re doing. A VPN and incognito mode go hand in hand, preventing your ISP or network administrator from seeing what websites you\u2019re viewing and preventing Chrome from saving your browsing history.<\/p>\n<p>If the security and convenience of VPNs sounds like something you may be interested in, check out our selection of the best VPN services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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