As more and more people adopt mobile technology, the need for privacy is increasing. People want to keep their browsing history private. If you’ve recently purchased an iPhone, you’re probably already aware that it comes with a special incognito mode as part of its pre-installed apps. The incognito feature on your iPhone enables you to browse the internet without leaving any traces of it in your history or browser bookmarks. It deletes all traces of everything related to your browsing activity once you leave the incognito mode. But what if you want to continue using this feature? There are many ways in which you can turn off incognito mode on your iPhone. Keep reading for more details on how to do that.
How To Turn Off Incognito Mode On iPhone
- Go to the Settings app. At first go to Settings > Safari, and then tap on ‘Clear History and Data.
- In the Clear History and Data screen, scroll down to the bottom of it and tap on ‘Clear History’.
- Tap on ‘Clear Cookies and Data’ at the bottom of this page.
- Scroll down a bit more until you see the option to clear all history, or just clear your browsing history (as shown in the image above). Tap on this option to stop incognito mode from deleting your browsing history completely.
- Tap on ‘Clear Cookies and Data’ again to return to the Clear History page as shown in Figure 1 above.
- Scroll down a bit more until you see the option to delete cookies for any website you visit (as shown in Figure 2 above), followed by an option that allows you to edit or delete cookies for any website you visit (Figure 3). Tap on this option so that your iPhone can remember some personal data associated with each website, such as your login credentials or other preferences that may be required by some sites that require login details before they can be used properly.
- You can also choose whether or not to keep data associated with websites you visit after leaving incognito mode (Figure 4). If you do want to keep data associated with websites visited while the incognito mode is activated, tap on ‘Keep Until Browsing Ends’ instead of deleting it.
- Tap on ‘Clear History and Data’ at the bottom of this page.
- Tap on ‘Clear History’ again to return to the Clear History page as shown in Figure 5 above, followed by an option that allows you to edit or delete cookies for any website you visit (Figure 6). Tap on this option so that your iPhone can remember some personal data associated with each website, such as your login credentials or other preferences that may be required by some sites that require login details before they can be used properly.
- You can also choose whether or not to keep data associated with websites you visit after leaving incognito mode (Figure 7). If you do want to keep data associated with websites visited while the incognito mode is activated, tap on ‘Keep Until Browsing Ends’ instead of deleting it.
How To Permanently Turn Off Incognito Mode On iPhone
- At the top of the screen, you should see an option to either turn on or turn off incognito mode.
- Tap on ‘Turn On’ to turn on incognito mode, or tap on ‘Off’ to turn it off permanently.
- Tap on the ‘Home’ button at the bottom of the screen to return to your iPhone’s Home screen, or swipe up from any other part of your iPhone’s display in order to return to the home screen or open an app.
- To enable incognito mode again, follow steps 1-3 in reverse order, starting with step 2. When you think about it, this is a pretty good idea because most of us are generally not very nice people when we’re browsing through our social media accounts and searching for information that is going to be useful for us in our daily life. This can lead us to lose some important data and privacy settings which we may never want anyone else seeing unless they know what they are looking for and why they are looking for it – which is not always a good thing anyway!
How To Permanently Delete Incognito Apps On iPhone
- Tap on the “Settings” icon at the very top of your iPhone’s display.
- Tap on “General”, then tap on “Reset”. This will bring you to a page that shows some options for resetting your iPhone’s settings, including ones for resetting or restoring your device to its factory settings.
- Scroll down this page until you see an option that says “Reset All Settings”. Tap on this option so that all of your iPhone’s settings are reset and returned to their original values.
- To delete any apps that are currently running in incognito mode, tap on “More”, then tap on “Apps” as shown in Figure 1 below, and then tap on the app name to open up its details page in the list at the bottom of this page (Figure 2). You can also swipe up from any part of your screen (not just from the bottom) in order to access all of your apps, or simply swipe left or right in order to go back one screen at a time, not both!
- Scroll down this app information page until you see an option labeled as “Delete App.” Tap on this option so that you can delete any apps that are currently running in incognito mode (Figure 3). If you want to keep data associated with these apps even after they have been deleted and turn off incognito mode for them permanently, scroll down and then tap on one of the options labeled with the word “Delete.”
- After you have deleted all of the apps that you want to remove from incognito mode, scroll down this page until you see an option labeled “Delete All Content and Settings.” Tap on this option so that you can delete all of your data associated with these apps.
- To turn off incognito mode for all of your apps, tap on the “Settings” icon at the very top of your iPhone’s display, then tap on “General”, then tap on “Reset”. Once again, this will take you to a page where you can reset or restore your device to its factory settings (Figure 4). Scroll down this page until you see an option that says “Reset All Settings”. Tap on this option in order to reset all of your iPhone’s settings back to their original values.
- To delete any apps that are currently running in incognito mode, tap on “More”, then tap on “Apps” as shown in Figure 1 above, and then swipe down until you see an app named with a little question mark icon next to it (Figure 5). You can also swipe left or right in order to go back one screen at a time – not both!
Conclusion
As more and more people adopt mobile technology, the need for privacy is increasing. People want to keep their browsing history private. If you’ve recently purchased an iPhone, you’re probably already aware that it comes with a special incognito mode as part of its pre-installed apps. The incognito feature on your iPhone enables you to browse the internet without leaving any traces of it in your history or browser bookmarks. The incognito mode on your iPhone will erase all traces of your browsing history once you exit the incognito mode. However, you must know when to use the incognito mode on your iPhone.
FAQs:
Q: My iPhone has a lot of apps running in incognito mode. How can I delete them all?
A: If you are using the latest iOS 11, you can simply tap on the Settings icon at the top of your iPhone’s display, then tap on “General”, then tap on “Reset”. This will take you to a page where you can reset all of your iPhone’s settings back to their original values. If you want to delete all of these apps from incognito mode, tap on “More” in the Settings app, then tap on “Apps”, and then swipe down until you see an app named with a little question mark icon next to it (Figure 5). You can also swipe left or right in order to go back one screen at a time – not both!
Q: Can I delete any particular app from incognito mode?
A: No. Once an app is running in incognito mode, it is permanently locked and cannot be deleted.
Q: My phone has many apps running in incognito mode. How can I delete them?
A: If you are using the latest iOS 11, simply tap on the Settings icon at the top of your iPhone’s display, then tap on “General”, then tap on “Reset”. This will take you to a page where you can reset all of your iPhone’s settings back to their original values. If that doesn’t work for some reason, try again by tapping on “Settings”, then “General”, then “Reset”.
Q: My iPhone has many apps running in incognito mode. How can I delete them?
A: If you are using the latest iOS 11, simply tap on the Settings icon at the top of your iPhone’s display, then tap on “General”, then tap on “Reset”. This will take you to a page where you can reset all of your iPhone’s settings back to their original values. If that doesn’t work for some reason, try again by tapping on “Settings”, then “General”, then “Reset”.
