Chrome to show number of Incognito Windows you’ve open by default

Google Chrome to show how many incognito Windows you’ve open by showing their count next to the incognito icon on toolbar and lets you close all of them easily.

Chrome has “Incognito Window counter” flag available for a while now for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS in about:flags, the experimental feature when enabled, displays open Private browsing windows count next to the incognito icon on the toolbar and is clickable to offer exit incognito option in the menu.

Chrome Incognito Window Counter

The Counter appears only when Incognito window open is more than one. For instance, if you’ve three incognito Windows open, 3 number will be shown in all those windows and if you click on the number, a menu reveals number of windows open and offers an option to quit private browsing mode.

Today, Chromium developers have made a commit to enable the flag by default, but the commit doesn’t offer any other details when it will be shipped to the stable channel.

Enable incognito Windows Counter by default

Do you open more than one incognito window in Chrome browser? Let us know in the comments below.

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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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