Open links in private browsing (incognito) window automatically in Chrome

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Is there a way (except click-right → Open Link in Incognito Window) to make Google Chrome open all links in an incognito window from normal browsing mode?

I wrote a small Chrome plugin to add this short-cut to Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/key-ncognito/lilomadmkegmkmkjmdbbgalimcmfogfk — musically_ut, Mar 30 '15 at 13:45
@Nixphoe No, the OP is asking how to open a link from a normal browser window in incognito, not how to open Chrome in incognito mode. — slhck, Oct 10 '17 at 15:51

score 20 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '16 at 13:46

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Right click on the link, and then press the letter "g" on the keyboard. It's almost as fast as just clicking the link

answered Jun 25 '16 at 13:46

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This does not work on macOS. – slhck Oct 11 '17 at 16:07
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@slhck I played around until I found it, for macOS, it's: right click -> 'n' -> 'enter'. – stevec Apr 05 '23 at 14:19

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 10 '13 at 09:41

I am not sure if you can suddenly switch all links to open in incognito mode, but extensions like Ghost Incognito will ensure that some links always open in incognito mode, this defeats the purpose of incognito mode.
incognito button and Incognito Tab switch will help you switch your current tabs to incognito mode.

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited May 09 '14 at 07:31

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Alt+Shift + Click on Link

Figured this out by just playing around with chrome

edited May 09 '14 at 07:31

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answered May 09 '14 at 01:37

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Could you source this? I've read both the [Windows](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/157179?hl=en) and [Linux](https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/171571?hl=en&ref_topic=25799) Chrome keyboard shortcuts and found nothing in regards to that shortcut. Could you be using an extension to that effect? – Doktoro Reichard May 09 '14 at 02:24
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Sorry, but it’s not working for me. Not on Mac anyway. – Alex May 09 '14 at 05:36
I did not know about this. Very useful thanks, +1 – Devid May 09 '14 at 10:47
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Not working for me. Alt+shift+click on link just opened in a new window same as what Shift+click would do. – d-coder Dec 20 '14 at 17:15
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Does not work on OS X... – Nick Aug 13 '15 at 11:05
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Doesn't work for me I'm afraid – Rob Forrest Aug 16 '16 at 09:59
This is incorrect. It should be Ctrl+Shift + Click on Link, or command+Shift + Click on Link (on a Mac). – fulv Sep 16 '16 at 23:46
cmd-shift-click does not work for me on sierra, chrome current as of today. – Dan Pritts Nov 25 '16 at 03:05
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Doesn't work ... – John Livermore Jul 19 '19 at 21:35
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Doesn't work for me either – marlar Aug 06 '19 at 19:01

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 05 '23 at 14:20

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On macOS,

Right click the link
Press n
Press enter

answered Apr 05 '23 at 14:20

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 28 '14 at 18:19

I know this is old but I wanted to do the same thing and could not find the answer anywhere so I decided to post my solution.

Note that all links launched from a shell command will be in incognito, original chrome desktop shortcut etc still launch chrome in standard mode.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromeHTML\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe\" --incognito -- \"%1\" "

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Sep 02 '19 at 06:44

I tried the other variation on this thread first but that didn't work... Here is what worked on my machine.

I'm on Windows 10 Pro, v.1903

Using RegEdit, I changed:

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromeHTML\shell\open\command]
From: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -- "%1"
To: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --incognito -- "%1"

Double-clicking .url file now opens it in private mode :-) Thanks bwDraco!

score -1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 06:07

First create shortcut of Google chrome in desktop. Then Rename that shortcut to any convenient name like: new chrome.

Then Right click on shortcut and select properties. You will see a Shortcut menu there. In the shortcut menu, go to Target field and add --incognito at end of the path. But make sure there is a space between double quote and dash.

Now open this shortcut chrome and you will see that your incognito chrome is ready.

Hope this will help you. Thank you.

score -3 · Answer 8 · answered Aug 01 '18 at 04:26

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Hope this will work...

Create a Shortcut on Desktop for the browser (like chrome)
Update link in properties with '--incognito' in the end.

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Do you have any reason to believe that a shortcut on the desktop will affect what happens when the user clicks on a link in a web page in a browser window?   Have you ever done it? – Scott - Слава Україні Aug 01 '18 at 04:35
my bad, I read that article as per my requirements, but It's not possible otherwise, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16148136/how-can-we-open-a-link-in-private-browsing-mode#16148152 – dippin dot Aug 01 '18 at 05:07

Open links in private browsing (incognito) window automatically in Chrome

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