If you’re anything like me, you use chrome for your primary browsing, but pretty much every time you open firefox or safari, you’re specifically just wanting another inconito window that isn’t logged into whatever you might have going in your chrome incog session.
I regularly have chromes incog signed into a given ms365 admin panel, then need to sign into a given user of that org with the temp pass I’ve just made- and today I finally got annoyed enough to look at how to make firefox and safari just open in incognito mode every time since that’s the only reason I ever open them. If that’s some thing that would make your life easier too:
Safari
Safari allows you to change its default launching behavior directly within its application settings.
- Open Safari.
- Click on Safari in the top menu bar and select Settings… (or press
Cmd + ,). - Ensure you are on the General tab.
- Look for the dropdown menu labeled Safari opens with:.
- Change this option to A new private window.
Firefox
Firefox offers two different approaches depending on how you want the browser to behave.
Method 1: The “Never Remember History” Mode (Recommended)
This method forces Firefox to run in a permanent private browsing mode. The browser looks normal, but it will never save history, cookies, or site data.
- Open Firefox.
- Click the three horizontal lines (menu icon) in the top-right corner and select Settings (or press
Cmd + ,). - Click on Privacy & Security in the left-hand sidebar.
- Scroll down to the History section.
- In the dropdown menu next to Firefox will:, select Use custom settings for history.
- Check the box that says Always use private browsing mode.
- Firefox will prompt you to restart the browser to apply the change.