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Easier Access to Private Browsing

Here is a quick tip that is not that well known.  If you want to start private browsing in a hurry, and you don’t have time to dive through the menus to start it (Tools > Start Private Browsing) then just type about:privatebrowsing into your address bar.

are you really sure?

There you have it.  Once you have done so, it will ask you if you want to switch into Firefox’s private browsing mode.  You could also save about:privatebrowsing as a bookmark, so you have easy one click access to the private browsing mode, without adding any extra add-ons to Firefox.

Now here is my challenge to all of you out there, does anybody know a quick way to stop private browsing, and return your browser back to normal (other than the traditional menu method).  If you do, leave it in the comments!

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  • Kev
    There is an add-on to toggle private browsing on or off. You can add an icon to your toolbar too. That's definitely the quickest way!
  • Kev
  • Maybe I had to tell Firefox to show keyboard shortcuts a long time ago, but for me, it shows right next to the menu item. I use ctrl+shift+p all the time--very useful, especially with restoring the open tabs.
  • Qon
    Ctrl+Shift+P is the hotkey for toggling between them!
    //Firefox-lover Qon
  • Qon
    Oh, forgot something :0
    Add-ons: (what FF is about)

    HistoryBlock https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
    Blocks trails from all sites you set, for that site but doesn't interfere with other sites history, and also deletes tracks from blocked sites if you block it after visit it. Prevents forgetting turning PB mode on and of.


    Toggle Private Browsing https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
    gives you a button to toggle pb mode in status bar/navigation bar and the option to start in pb mode

    Stealther https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/...
    Like private browsing mode but doesn't closes all your tabs, just blocks tracks while the stealth mode is activated. Blocks tracks for all sites when the icon is blue. easy to toggle.
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