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Incognito mode

Use Incognito mode to keep your search queries and browsing secret. Yandex won't save your passwords, autofill data, search queries, history, or visited pages. Only the changes to settings, loaded files, and the materials you added to bookmarks will be saved.

Switching to Incognito mode

On the home screen

1. Tap to go to home screen.
2. Start entering your query in the SmartBox. Below the list of suggestions, an Incognito button will appear.
3. Tap Incognito to open your query in a new tab in Incognito mode.

On a new tab

1. Tap the tab counter icon ( if three tabs are open).

2. In the top menu, tap .

Switching modes

You can simultaneously use regular and Incognito tabs in the app. This way, when you're in Incognito mode, you can always return to the tabs opened in regular mode. To do this:

1. In the bottom menu, tap the tab counter icon ( if three tabs are open).
2. In the top menu, tap the tab counter ( if you have seven tabs open).

To return to the Incognito tabs, enter the Incognito mode.

Exiting Incognito mode

Current Incognito tab:

1. Tap the tab counter icon ( if three tabs are open).
2. Swipe the page left or right or tap X in the upper-right corner of the tab.

All Incognito tabs:

1. Tap the tab counter icon ( if three tabs are open).
2. In the upper-right corner, tap  → Close.

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