How to Get Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome?

For Chromebook users Google offers Guest Browsing option which is similar to Incognito mode doesn’t saves browsing history when you close all open Guest windows, however all the files you downloaded will be preserved. Guest Browsing is enabled by default in Chromebook, if you’re interested, you can try Guest Browsing in browser, for that you needed to be using Canary or developer builds of Chrome.

Read: Incognito Gone Permanently Removes Private Browsing Mode from Browsers

Turn on Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome

To test/enable Guest Browsing in Chrome

1. Visit Chrome://flags in browser address bar and enable the below two flags

Enable new profile management system, and Enable GAIA profile name and icon.

2. Restart the browser.

3. Now profile switcher appears in upper left-corner of Chrome, click on it and further click on Guest browsing, which then opens Guest Browsing window and shows the message you’re browsing as Guest.

With Guest Browsing, Pages you view in this window won’t appear in the browser history and they won’t leave other traces, like cookies, on the computer after you close all open Guest windows. Any files you download will be preserved, however.

 using Guest Browsing in Chrome thumb How to Get Chromebook’s Guest Browsing in Google Chrome?

To exit from it, you can simply use keyboard shortcut Ctrl +Shift+Q or  click on Sign out by clicking on Profile Switcher.

Read: How to Prevent Chrome from Adding Desktop Shortcuts for New User Accounts

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Venkat Eswarlu

Venkat is an independent technology journalist and the founder of Techdows. He has been covering web browsers, Windows, and software news since 2009. His exclusive scoops on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge features have been cited by Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, CNET, and other major publications.

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