By adjusting Internet Explorer's privacy settings, you can affect how websites monitor your online activity. For example, you can decide which cookies are stored, choose how and when sites can use your location info, and block unwanted pop-ups. Cookies. Do Not Track. InPrivate Browsing. Location. Pop-up Blocker. Tracking Protection. Security zones.

Browse InPrivate in Microsoft Edge. When you use InPrivate tabs or windows, your browsing data (like your history, temporary internet files, and cookies) isn't saved on your PC once you're done. In Microsoft Edge, select the Settings and More icon, and then New InPrivate window.

If you’re not using your own device to browse the internet, use Microsoft Edge and open only InPrivate tabs or windows. When you use InPrivate tabs or windows, your browsing data (like your history, temporary internet files, and cookies) isn't saved on the PC once you're done.

InPrivate browsing mode allows you to browse the web without storing browsing history, cookies, and other data. Use this mode when you want to keep your browsing activities private. In Edge, go to Settings and more at the top of your browser.

Microsoft Edge will delete your browsing history, cookies, and site data, as well as passwords, addresses, and form data when you close all InPrivate windows. You can start a new InPrivate session by selecting Settings and more on a computer or Tabs on a mobile device.

Edge on console also supports playing some games with an Xbox controller, using a mouse, private browsing, cross-platform syncing of Edge from your other devices, and using a PIN. To learn more about managing your PIN settings, see: Manage a PIN for your Xbox profile.

InPrivate browsing. Microsoft Edge offers InPrivate browsing, which allows you to hide your browsing history, site and form data, cookies, and passwords from other people who use the same device.

If you’re using InPrivate browsing, Microsoft Edge will use the location permission setting of the profile from which the InPrivate session was launched. If you’re using Guest mode , Microsoft Edge will always ask for your permission before granting the site your location.

In Microsoft Edge, select Settings and more > Settings > Privacy, search, and services. Make sure Tracking prevention is set to On. Select the level of tracking prevention that’s right for you. See also. Learn about tracking prevention in Microsoft Edge.

Support for Internet Explorer ended on June 15, 2022. Internet Explorer 11 has been permanently disabled through a Microsoft Edge update on certain versions of Windows 10. If any site you visit needs Internet Explorer 11, you can reload it with Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge.