How to Activate Incognito Mode in Opera

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Last Updated: September 15, 2021 Tested

Like other popular web browsers, Opera offers an incognito feature. You can use this feature for a private and secure browsing. When you open a private window in Opera browser, your browsing history will not be recorded.

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Open Opera browser on your computer. Make sure that you are using the latest version of Opera browser.
2
Open the side menu. Just click on the Menu from the top-left corner.

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3
Open Private Window. Select New Private Window from the list.
- Alternatively, you can press Ctrl+Shift+N on Windows and ⌘+Shift+N on Mac.
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Done. Once you’ve closed all the private windows after your browsing session, your data, such as history, cache and cookies, will be erased automatically.

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For a secure browsing, use the incognito mode, when you’re browsing from a public or a shared computer.

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Warnings

Speed dial, saved password and downloaded files will still be visible after the private window is closed.

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If you close a private browsing window, you won’t be able to retrieve it from Recently closed tabs anymore.

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