How-to guide
How to open a page in Incognito in Chrome
Press Ctrl+Shift+N (⌘+Shift+N on a Mac) for an empty Incognito window. To open a page you already have in one, press ⌘K with TabCmdr and use Open in incognito.
Quick answer
Open a tab in Incognito in three steps
- ⌘K
Step 1
Open the palette
Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux. Works on any page.
- pull
Step 2
Find the page
Any open tab, bookmark or history entry.
Step 3
Click Open in incognito
The page opens in a new Incognito window.
Chrome's way
Chrome’s way to open Incognito
Press Ctrl+Shift+N on Windows, Linux and ChromeOS, or ⌘+Shift+N on a Mac. You can also open the More menu (⋮) and choose New Incognito window.
Once you close every Incognito window, Chrome doesn’t keep site data or a record of the sites you visited in them. Bookmarks you saved and files you downloaded stay on your device.
The new window starts empty, so to take a page you already have open into it, copy the page’s address and paste it there.
Source: Google’s Incognito help page, checked in October 2026.
TabCmdr's way
Open a page you have in Incognito
TabCmdr is a keyboard launcher that lives in your browser. Before you start: add TabCmdr from the Chrome Web Store. It has a 7-day free trial and needs no account.
Step 1: Open the palette
Press ⌘+K on a Mac or Ctrl+K on Windows and Linux.
Step 2: Find the page
Type part of its title or address so it’s the highlighted row. It can be any open tab, the tab you’re on included.
Step 3: Click Open in incognito
Click the button with two people on the highlighted row.
TabCmdr opens the same address in a new Incognito window and closes the palette. The original tab stays open where it was.
Bookmark and history rows have the same button, so you can open a saved page, or one from your history, in Incognito without opening it normally first. It works for web addresses that start with http or https.
Open an empty Incognito window
Type incognito and press Enter on New Incognito Window.
To find a page to open this way, search your bookmarks or your history in the same box.
Try it on your own tabs
Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi and Opera.
Install for Chrome