
Choose to Enable Restrictions and enter a passcode – do not forget this Restriction passcode!. Go to “General” and then to “Screen Time” then choose the “Restrictions” option (older iOS versions go directly from General > Restrictions). If you want to make sure that Private Browsing Mode is completely inaccessible and unusable, you can completely disable the feature by enabling Safari Restrictions. How to Disable Private Browsing Mode Completely on iPhone and iPad We’re here to talk about disabling the feature entirely so that it’s not even possible to toggle on in the first place. Remember, you can always delete caches, web data, and cookies from Safari in iOS separately and after the fact if need be.īut toggling in and out of Private Browsing mode is not the purpose of this article. With Private mode off, Safari will track cookies, history, and store cache data from websites that are visited as usual – normal behavior for any web browser. Tap on “Private” so that it is no longer highlighted to exit Private Browsing mode in iOS.
Open Safari then tap the Tabs button (it looks like two overlapping squares in the corner).If for whatever reason you want to just toggle Private Browsing off and leave it for a particular browsing session, rather than completely disable the feature, here’s what you do: First we’ll address how to simply turn off a Private Browsing session in iOS, and then we will show you how to disable the feature entirely.
For the sake of being thorough however, we’ll cover both.
Let’s clarify what we’re talking about here this is not simply turning off private browsing on a session basis, this is intended to completely disable Private Browsing as a feature so it can not be used at all on an iPhone or iPad.