Many have the impression that the private tour of browsers is mainly linked to browsing prohibited Internet pages. However, private browsing can be used for many other things.
Private browsing refers to a feature that web browsers offer to leave little trace behind them. This means that there is no browsing history and that data is only temporarily stored for the browsing session and then deleted.
It should be noted that private browsing is not 100% anonymous. Web pages and servers, for example, record your activity, and features of your operating system (such as the DNS cache) also record data.
But let's see how you can turn on the private browsing mode in your browser.
Firefox: Use it shortcut keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-P to start a new private browsing window
Internet Explorer: The same keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-P
Chrome: Ctrl-Shift-N
Opera: Uses the same shortcut as Chrome Ctrl-Shift-N.
Where can I use private browsing?
1. You can open multiple accounts in the same by clicking here
You can connect to the same site or to the same one server using different accounts. Because cookies are not stored, you can, for example, log into two Gmail accounts without being disconnected from the service.
2. Check out the site like a newbie user
Cookies are used to recognize your web pages. There are, of course, other available means, such as comparing IP addresses, but most websites do not.
This means you can check the contents of a web page as a new user something that is very useful if you want to compare prices to make sure you do not pay more.
3. Connect to a foreign computer
If you need to check your email or other data on a computer that you do not own, you can use private browsing. The benefit? data accumulated during a session is automatically deleted when the private window closes? browsing.
Also if someone wants to use your computer, stored your browser, bookmarks, and accounts, you better open a private browser window.
4. Gift shopping and surprises
One way not to see the pages you've visited is private browsing. This can be useful if you want to make purchases for some surprise, especially from a family computer that uses a single account.
Let's mention that private browsing is not the only option you have for everything we wrote above. You can easily use another browser or even a second profile in your browser. Then you should set the browser not to remember all the usual information. For example, with this setting you can delete your browsing data when you exit, or you can do it with a tool like the CCleaner.
For this, private browsing can be very useful, as it is in every browser.
