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Chrome Incognito Mode is Missing | 4 Ways to Fix

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.

Chrome incognito mode option is missing

1. Remove Harmful Software or Extensions

Step 1: Launch Chrome and choose Settings in the Chrome menuChrome menu button.

Step 2: Access the Advanced Settings section and scroll down the page to the bottom. Then click Clean up computer.

clean up computer in Chrome

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.

find harmful software

2. Modify the IncognitoModeAvailability Key Value

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.

Chrome in Registry Editor

Step 3: In the right panel, double-click the IncognitoModeAvailability key, modify the value data to 0 and click OK to save the change.

modify incognito key

Step 4: Close the Registry Editor window and fire up Chrome to check whether the Chrome incognito mode is back successfully.

3. Restore Chrome Default Settings

Step 1: Search chrome://settings in Chrome and then go to the end of the Advanced Settings page.

search Chrome settings

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.

restore Chrome settings

4. Reinstall Chrome Browser

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.

uninstall Chrome

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