Ctrl+Shift+N

Open Incognito / InPrivate on Windows

Windows · Browser (Chrome / Edge)
ActionOpen Incognito / InPrivate
ShortcutCtrl + Shift + N
PlatformWindows
CategoryBrowser (Chrome / Edge)

About this shortcut

On Windows, you open incognito / inprivate with Ctrl + Shift + N. Opens a private browsing window. It sits in the Browser (Chrome / Edge) group and is one of the Windows shortcuts people look up most, so it is worth committing to memory — it works the same way across almost every app that follows standard Windows conventions.

How to use it

1

Get ready

Open the app or screen where you want to open incognito / inprivate.

2

Press the keys

Press Ctrl + Shift + N.

3

Done

Opens a private browsing window.

More Browser (Chrome / Edge) shortcuts

Open a New Tab
Ctrl+T
Close Tab
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Reopen Closed Tab
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Jump to Address Bar
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Refresh the Page
F5
or  Ctrl+R
Hard Refresh (No Cache)
Ctrl+Shift+R
Open History
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