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How do I know if private browsing is working? The purple mask does not appear when I click the mask icon. In my privacy settings "Never Remember" is selected.

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I'm trying to confirm private browsing is working. Right now I have no way of knowing if it is on or not. The purple mask ,referred to in help, does not appear when selected. I should say in my privacy settings, I have selected "Never Remember" for history.

I'm trying to confirm private browsing is working. Right now I have no way of knowing if it is on or not. The purple mask ,referred to in help, does not appear when selected. I should say in my privacy settings, I have selected "Never Remember" for history.

Réiteach roghnaithe

hello willpublx, when you have selected "never remember history" in the privacy options then you're effectively in "permanent private browsing mode" and there won't be an additional mask icon to indicate that.

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Do you mean you have checked the box: "Always use private browsing mode"? If so, it's intentional that the private browsing icon isn't displayed as we didn't want Firefox to be showing everyone within view that you're using private browsing mode IIRC.

There are some easy things you can do to confirm that you are in private browsing mode such as visiting a new website and then confirming it doesn't appear in the history window.

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

hello willpublx, when you have selected "never remember history" in the privacy options then you're effectively in "permanent private browsing mode" and there won't be an additional mask icon to indicate that.