Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Private Mode is useful if you don't want to leave personal information in the browser while browsing the Web. Happily, you can automatically start in private mode each start you open Web browser.

You can do this in four of the major Web browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari.


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This is the command to always launch Microsoft Edge from an InPrivate window:

cmd.exe /c start shell:AppsFolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge -private



This is the file path for the Microsoft Edge Icon:

%SystemRoot%\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe