How do I open Google Chrome in Incognito mode by default

Question

Is there any way (using apple script or by using settings on chrome) to open Google Chrome in incognito mode.

Lyken · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-19 03:22:17Z

up vote 8 down vote accepted

This can be achieved with the following in script editor:

do shell script "open -a /Applications/Google\\ Chrome.app --args --incognito"

Save it as an application, throw the alias in the dock. Tested this in 10.6.8.

Only works if you don't have chrome open already.

answered Sep 19 '11 at 3:22

Lyken
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Adrian Zaugg · Answer 2 · 2012-10-19 03:08:36Z

up vote 1 down vote

I quickly created an app with platypus to launch Chrome incognito.

It works for me. (OS X 10.6+ required).

Feel free to report back any error.

Enjoy, Adrian.

answered Oct 19 '12 at 3:08

Adrian Zaugg
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	Can you explain how to do this rather than just give a link – Mark Oct 19 '12 at 12:53
	You can take the shell script from the first answer, then using Platypus (sveinbjorn.org/platypus) wrap it up in an app you can run like any other app. Platypus is very handy and very powerful, but cannot be described here in the detail you need. Experiment! – IconDaemon Oct 19 '12 at 13:31
	Download and right-click the app, choose "Show Package Contents": You'll find then the script under Contents/Resources/script. How it works: The script asks LaunchService for the location of Google Chrome. Like this it should find Chrome even when Chrome is not located in the /Application folder or when its name has been altered. – Adrian Zaugg Oct 21 '12 at 1:24

Lauri Ranta · Answer 3 · 2011-09-19 12:49:48Z

Another workaround:

mode (text) : Represents the mode of the window which can be 'normal' or 'incognito', can be set only once during creation of the window.

tell application "Google Chrome"
    close windows
    make new window with properties {mode:"incognito"}
    activate
end tell

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