{"id":3162,"date":"2022-07-20T06:16:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T06:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=3162"},"modified":"2025-05-05T05:23:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T05:23:41","slug":"private-browsing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/private-browsing","title":{"rendered":"What is private browsing mode, and is it really private?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Learn what private browsing, also known as incognito mode, means and how to enable it. While this feature offers a fair amount of privacy, it won\u2019t make you totally anonymous. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\"><picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/070-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/070-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/070-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/070-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wooden sign on a fence that reads, \u201cPrivate\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"links-menu\">\n<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/private-browsing#what-is-private-browsing\">What is private browsing?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/private-browsing#how-to-turn-private-browsing-on-and-off\">How to turn private browsing on and off<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/private-browsing#how-can-i-search-privately\">How can I search privately?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/privacy-and-safety\/private-browsing#how-private-is-private-browsing \">How private is private browsing?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about InPrivate browsing in Microsoft Edge and all the ways it keeps your browsing private.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-3162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-privacy-and-safety","tag-privacy-and-safety"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is private browsing mode, and is it really private? \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn what private or incognito mode means, how it works, and how to enable and disable it. 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