Chrome Incognito Mode is missing

The Incognito Mode in Chrome is usually available by default. You dont need to do anything. However, if you see it missing here is how to enable it again on Chrome. The below screenshot clearly shows that the mode is missing. The primary reason why the mode has gone missing is because of corruption in a Registry key. The key has disabled this function. It is easy to fix it, but you should be an administrator to complete the steps. If the Incognito Mode is missing in Chrome, to enable it, you need to edit the Registry as follows: If the path does not exist, create it.

Restart the Chrome browser, and Incognito Mode will be available like you see in the screenshot above. This is how you can enable or disable Incognito Mode in Chrome browser.

How to force open Chrome in Incognito Mode

You can also force Chrome to always open in the Incognito Mode by setting the value of DWORD IncognitoModeAvailability as 2. It is useful if you always browse in this mode, and never use the default mode.  However, you will never be able to go back to normal mode from Incognito Mode as it will be forced settings. Here is what the values of DWORD IncognitoModeAvailability mean:

0 = Incognito Mode enabled (Default)1 = Incognito Mode Disabled2 = Force Chrome to always open in Incognito Mode.

We hope the steps were easy to follow, and you were able to enable the Incognito mode in Chrome on Windows 10. Read next: How to always open Chrome in Guest Mode in Windows.