{"id":169271,"date":"2021-06-10T10:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T08:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=169271"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:04:33","slug":"how-to-enable-incognito-mode-in-uc-browser-in-3-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-enable-incognito-mode-in-uc-browser-in-3-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Incognito Mode in UC Browser in 3 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One benefit of <a href=\"https:\/\/uc-browser.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UC browser<\/a> is the incognito mode, which you can enable for private browsing. During incognito mode, your history and cookies will be disposed of and not saved anywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s look at how you can allow incognito browsing in the UC browser.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"howto_container schema-howto-acf-block\"><ol><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>On Desktop Computer<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Enable-Incognito-Mode-in-UC-Browser-1.jpg\" alt=\"How to Enable Incognito Mode in UC Browser\" width=\"438\" height=\"313\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Launch the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">browser<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your computer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Click on the three horizontal lines (hamburger icon) in the top right of the screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the menu that opens up, click on the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">incognito<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option that is near the top. By clicking on this, you\u2019ve now enabled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">private browsing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Alternatively, you can also use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+N while in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">browser<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to activate the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">incognito<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mode.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>On Mobile Device<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Enable-Incognito-Mode-in-UC-Browser-2.jpg\" alt=\"How to Enable Incognito Mode in UC Browser\" width=\"300\" height=\"636\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Launch the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">browser<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on your mobile device.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the bottom of the screen are four buttons, tap on the fourth button from the left, which is the Tab button.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/li><li><div class=\"howto_item\"><h2>Active Incognito Mode<\/h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/How-to-Enable-Incognito-Mode-in-UC-Browser-3.jpg\" alt=\"How to Enable Incognito Mode in UC Browser\" width=\"378\" height=\"364\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, three new icons will appear on the bottom of your screen. On Android devices, tap the mask icon to activate <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">incognito<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mode. On iOS devices, the icon will look like a ghost; tap on it to enable <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">private browsing<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You will know that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">incognito<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mode has been enabled as the background and address bar will turn purple.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ol><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t.howto_container {\n\t  margin: 0 auto;\n\t}\n\t.howto_container img {\n\t\theight: 100%;\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 30px;\n\t}\n\t\n\t\t  .howto_container h2 {\n\t\t\t  clear: none !important;\n\t\t  }\n\t\t  .howto_container ol {\n\t\t\t  list-style: none !important;\n\t\t  }\t\n\t.howto_container ol li::before {\n\t\tcolor: #ffffff !important;\n\t\tbackground:#0073aa !important;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Browse the Internet Privately and Securely<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that you\u2019ve enabled incognito mode in the UC browser, you can enjoy private browsing, safe in the knowledge that no record of your history will be kept. As you can see, it is a straightforward process to ensure that your browsing is kept private and secure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One benefit of UC browser is the incognito mode, which you can enable for private browsing. During incognito mode, your history and cookies will be disposed of and not saved anywhere. Let\u2019s look at how you can allow incognito browsing in the UC browser. Browse the Internet Privately and Securely Now that you\u2019ve enabled incognito &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-enable-incognito-mode-in-uc-browser-in-3-steps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Enable Incognito Mode in UC Browser in 3 Steps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":174051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2527],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-169271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionuc-browser"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324718,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169271\/revisions\/324718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169271"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=169271"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=169271"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=169271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}