Would you like a YouTube video explaining how to add this shortcut? Let us know in the comments section. We shall update this article with additional details and instructions when it is ready. It will then take a few more weeks for it to reach the Stable channel update. It will take a while for this feature to land in the Canary version of Chrome. The code for this flag was added only a few minutes ago. You will no longer have to open Chrome in normal mode and then open an Incognito window. However, this time, you will get a menu option to easily add this to your desktop.Ĭlick the shortcut icon, and Chrome will launch in Incognito mode. You might have seen workarounds to add a shortcut icon to your Windows desktop. However, I think we’ve got everything we need to figure out how this will work. The design document linked from the bug is Google internal-only. “Add an option to incognito menu to create a shortcut on desktop on Windows.” However, for good measure, let us review the feature request bug as well: That leaves no room for guessing how this feature will work. “A feature and flag is added to control the menu item for creating an incognito desktop shortcut on Windows.” Please let us know if the issue is resolved or you need any further assistance. In there, select the System>default apps>choose default apps by file type> there, select the file type and in there select the application you want to open the file with. A code commit that we spotted today talks about adding an experimental flag for this new feature.Įnable Incognito Desktop Shortcut: Enables users to create a desktop shortcut for incognito mode. Press Windows key + I key and open settings.