How to Lock Chrome Incognito Tabs With a Fingerprint

Whatever Android phone you own, Google Chrome is probably your go-to online browser. In addition to practical tools, the web browser offers features not found in any other online browser.

It will be difficult to use any other web browser if you grow used to using Google Chrome on Android. While using Google Chrome for Android, we recently learned about a fantastic feature that keeps the incognito tabs safe.

Incognito mode is a private browsing mode of Google Chrome browser. The incognito mode doesn’t save your browsing history, cookies, or other site data. This is a go-to choice for Chrome users to browse the web in private mode.

All of your private tabs are visible to anyone who has access to your phone, even if incognito mode is meant to be hidden. Google released a feature that hides your Chrome incognito tabs behind a fingerprint in order to prevent unwanted access.

How to Use Your Fingerprint to Lock Chrome Incognito Tabs

Although employing biometric lock to hide Google Chrome incognito tabs is not a new function, many users are still unaware of it. Thus, we'll talk about fingerprint-based Chrome Incognito tab lockout in this article. Now let's get going.

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1. To get started, open the Google Play Store on your Android.

2. Open the Google Chrome app listing and install all available updates.

3. Once updated, open Chrome browser. Next, tap on the three dots at the top right corner.

4. On the menu that appears, select Settings.

5. On the Settings screen, tap on the Privacy & Security.

6. Now, find the Lock incognito tabs when you leave Chrome option. Turn on the toggle beside it to enable the feature.

7. Now, you will be asked to confirm your fingerprint.

That’s it! This will secure your Chrome incognito tabs behind a fingerprint. Now, Google Chrome will ask you to scan your phone’s registered fingerprint or enter your PIN to reopen the incognito tabs.

Unable to Find Lock incognito tabs when you Leave Chrome option?

Well, if you cannot find the feature on the Privacy and Security settings of Chrome, chances are that you are using an outdated version of Google Chrome.

You can open the Google Play Store and install all pending Chrome updates. If it has already been updated, you can try enabling the feature by modifying a Chrome flag. Here’s what you need to do.

Open Google Chrome on your Android.

On the address bar, paste the following address and press enter:

chrome://flags/#incognito-reauthentication-for-android

Select Enabled by tapping on the Enable device reauthentication for Incognito drop-down menu.

Once the modification has been made, press the Relaunch button.

And that's it! To enable biometric authentication for Incognito tabs, follow the instructions outlined in the article once the modifications have been made.

Thus, the focus of this tutorial is on protecting your Google Chrome incognito tabs with a fingerprint.