Many companies like to track their employee’s browsing data to prevent having any non-work-related activities or simply for safety reasons. So, if you are a company owner, you would like to disable the private browsing feature on your employee’s company iPhone or laptop browser. What are the ways to do this?
Individuals can turn off private browsing in the Safari browser by toggling it in the privacy settings. Google Chrome users can choose to surf from the normal tab instead of the Incognito mode. You can even limit private browsing on your iPhone by going to the “Screen Time” option under Settings. You can also disable people from installing third-party browsers on your iPhone using this feature.
Now that we know the various methods of disabling private browsing on an iPhone, you can rest assured that no employee carries out anything illegal or non-work-related on company phones. Let us explore each method in detail.
Method #1: Turn Off Private Browsing in the Safari Browser
Often, people use the Safari browser to browse or online shop. You can disable private browsing for that by following the below steps.
- Go to the Safari browser app on your iPhone and launch it.
- Select the “New Page” button.
- If the “Private” option is activated, the browser will be in dark mode.
- Turn off the private browsing feature by clicking on the “Private” option.
- Once you click “Done“, you have disabled the private mode feature.
Method #2: Turn Off Private Browsing in the Google Chrome Browser
In Google Chrome, instead of switching to and from a private option, you can choose to browse Incognito. You simply have to open an Incognito browser. To open a normal tab instead, carry out the following steps.
- Open the Google Chrome browser app on your iPhone.
- In the bottom-right corner, click on the three-dot icon.
- Click on the option “Open a New Tab“.
- This will open up a new normal tab.
If Incognito tabs are already open, close them through the following steps.
- Open or select the Incognito tabs on your Chrome browser.
- Click on the “x” icon in the corner of each tab to close it.
Method #3: Disable Private Browsing on Your iPhone
Use this method to entirely disable private browsing through your phone settings. Here are the instructions.
- Go to your iPhone’s Settings option and select “Screen Time“.
- A panel will open up. Select “Content & Privacy Restrictions“.
- Next, select the “Content Restrictions” label.
- Choose “Enable Restrictions” and type the passcode. Remember this passcode for future use.
- Search for “Web Content” in the list and select it.
- Click “Limit Adult Content“.
- You can also choose the “Allowed Website” option to deactivate private browsing.
You can only open whitelisted sites specified in the “Allowed Websites” list. After this, the private browsing option will not be seen in your Safari browser. It also activates the adult content filter.
Whitelisting sites will allow employees to access only sites allowed by the company while banning others.
Conclusion
Be it companies or individuals, anybody can turn off the private browsing feature on their iPhones. Companies do it to prevent employees from accessing non-work-related sites. You can simply turn off this setting in your Safari browser or use the normal tab in your Google Chrome browser. Also, it’s easy to entirely disable your private browsing via the Settings feature on your iPhone.
Frequently Asked Questions
Go to the Home screen on your iPad and open the Safari app. On the browser page, on the upper-left side, click on the sidebar icon. Now, click on the tablet icon present above the “Private” option to turn the private browsing mode off.
Yes. Your browsing activity can be traced even if the private browsing mode is switched on in Safari. You can turn on the “Hide IP Address” option in Safari as an alternative. People also use the Incognito mode in Google Chrome to prevent tracking.
Open the Safari browser app on your iPhone. Click on the tabs button to display the number of tab groups active. Click on the list of tabs you want to make private. Next, click on the “Private” option and click “Done”. The group of selected tabs is now in private browsing mode.
