As you can install Google Chrome extensions on Microsoft Edge, you might need to use some of them while using the private browsing mode. Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox already allow users to use any installed extension in Incognito mode. It doesn’t matter whether you use Edge as your default browser or not, you can enable any installed extension in InPrivate browsing mode as well.
How to enable extensions in Edge’s InPrivate mode
To enable or disable extensions in InPrivate browsing mode of Microsoft Edge browser, follow these steps- Let’s delve into the steps in detail. At first, you need to open the Microsoft Edge browser on your computer and make sure that the desired extension is already installed. If so, you can click the Settings and more button that looks like a three-dotted icon and visible on the top-right corner of the browser window. Alternatively, you can press Alt+F button as well. Now, you need to click on the Extensions option on the list.
If you do not want to go through these two steps, you can type edge://extensions/ in the address bar, and hit the Enter button. After opening the Extensions page, you can see all the installed enabled and disabled extensions on your screen. Y ou need to choose an extension that you want to allow in the InPrivate mode. Following that, click the corresponding Details button.
It should open the Details page of that extension you selected earlier. Here you can find an option called Allow in InPrivate.
It would help if you made a tick in the Allow in InPrivate checkbox. After doing it, the selected extension would be visible in the InPrivate browsing mode. Also, make sure that the extension is enabled to use it in your browser. Trust this works for you. Read next: How to manage, add, remove Extensions in new Microsoft Edge browser.
