How to open Google Chrome in Incognito mode

Oct

2008

How to open Google Chrome in Incognito mode

This is a very simple but effective hack which lets you open your Google Chrome browser into Incognito Mode right away: Create a shortcut having the following target: C:/ blah blah blah /chrome.exe -incognito

Source: chrome-hacks.net

Tags: Chrome, hack

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5 Comments to “How to open Google Chrome in Incognito mode”

Tumbleweed Says:
October 26th, 2008

This is bad information. Google Chrome does not have any built-in command line switches that will allow you to startup in “Incognito Mode”. A complete list of command line switches that Chrome does support can be seen herel
I did some searching (on google) and as of right now it doesn’t look like there is even a plug-in or method of doing this from Chrome’s options menu.
Sorry for the bad news, but before you go wasting your time getting frustrated trying to make this happen I thought you should know that this particular command line switch is bunk.
Web Talk Says:
October 26th, 2008

Yes, Tumbleweed you are right. That’s what happens when I don’t verify the news and I report it right away. I thank you for your pointing the mistake out and I apologize with all of Web Talk’s readers. The link you provided doesn’t work, here is the working link: http://www.ericdlarson.com/misc/chrome_command_line_flags.html
Athif Says:
March 28th, 2009

It works by adding “- incognito”
C:\Users\YOUR USER NAME \AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -incognito
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NotAName Says:
May 29th, 2009

“C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe” – chrome://newtab/
- for XP
*chrome opens the link in incognito if it was started like this:
chrome -’space’”link”
Kbotz Says:
July 26th, 2010

It works when you use –incognito make sure there are 2 dashes.