By Achilles Hill | Last Updated
Can't find the incognito mode option in your Chrome's menu? You may even enable the incognito mode with it just now. At this time, you can try to turn on the Chrome incognito mode with the shortcuts Ctrl+Shift+N. If the Chrome incognito mode can't be opened with it, it's time to get back the missing Chrome incognito mode and here are 4 ways for you to fix the Chrome incognito mode is missing problem.
Step 1: Launch Chrome and choose Settings in the Chrome menu.
Step 2: Access the Advanced Settings section and scroll down the page to the bottom. Then click Clean up computer.
Step 3: Click Find to detect harmful software. If there is harmful software, Chrome will remind you to remove it. After that, you can relaunch Chrome to see whether the missing Chrome incognito mode is shown again.
Step 1: Search regedit in the Windows start menu and run it as an administrator.
Step 2: In the left pane of the Registry Editor window, double-click HKEY_Local_Machine > SOFTWARE > Policies > Google > Chrome.
Step 3: In the right panel, double-click the IncognitoModeAvailability key, modify the value data to 0 and click OK to save the change.
Step 4: Close the Registry Editor window and fire up Chrome to check whether the Chrome incognito mode is back successfully.
Step 1: Search chrome://settings in Chrome and then go to the end of the Advanced Settings page.
Step 2: Choose Restore settings to their original defaults option. When the Reset settings prompt is popped out, click Reset settings to execute the operation. Next, run Chrome to see whether the problem is fixed.
If the 3 ways above can't fix the Chrome incognito mode is missing problem, you can consider to reinstall Chrome browser. Before you uninstall Chrome, it's suggested to backup the Chrome data like the saved bookmarks and passwords at first. To prevent data loss, you can also untick the Also delete your browsing data option.
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