Go Private Quickly

Open a new private/incognito window with one click, with an optional hardened mode that tightens privacy settings for that session.

Go Private Quickly does one small thing and tries to do it well: it puts a button in your toolbar that opens a new incognito window. Click the icon, click the button, you're private. That's the whole idea. I built it because I open incognito windows all day and wanted it to be one click instead of a trip through a menu — and because I wanted something that stayed out of the way and didn't quietly phone home. This one never connects to the internet at all. WHAT YOU GET - One click to a new incognito window, straight from the toolbar. - A toolbar icon that quietly shows whether the window you're in is private. - An optional "Hardened" mode that opens an incognito window and tightens a set of privacy settings for that session only: WebRTC IP protection, network prediction, search suggestions, hyperlink auditing, the Topics / ad-measurement / FLEDGE advertising APIs, third-party cookies, and more. Your browser puts them all back automatically when the last incognito window closes, so your normal browsing is never changed — and security protections (Safe Browsing, your password manager, certificate/HTTPS checks, updates) are never touched. - A few optional Advanced toggles for power users (stricter WebRTC routing, disabling referrer headers) — off by default, each clearly labeled with its trade-off. WHAT IT HONESTLY DOES NOT DO (I'd rather set expectations than oversell) - It's not a VPN. Your network, ISP, employer, or school can still see the sites you visit. - It doesn't hide your IP, block ads or trackers, or make you anonymous. - It doesn't touch your normal browsing or clear anything. If you want real anonymity, use Tor. For network privacy, a reputable VPN. For tracker blocking, uBlock Origin. GPQ plays nicely alongside all of them — it just gets you into a private window faster, and optionally tightens the browser's own privacy settings while you're there. PRIVACY, FOR REAL - No data collection. None. - No analytics, no telemetry, no error reporting. - Zero network requests — the extension never connects to the internet, period. - Two permissions, both minimal: "storage" (remembers your own settings) and "privacy" (used only to apply the hardening to the incognito session you open — never to your normal browsing). - No third-party code, no CDNs, no remote scripts. It's open source, so you can read every line. ONE-TIME SETUP By browser security policy, an extension can't switch itself on in incognito windows. The first time you install, a short welcome page walks you through flipping "Allow in Incognito." You only do it once. Works on Chrome and every Chromium browser — Brave, Microsoft Edge, Arc, Opera, and Vivaldi all install it from here. Open source under the MIT License: https://github.com/DJCastle/browserExtensions Questions or problems: support@codecraftedapps.com Source: https://github.com/DJCastle/browserExtensions Privacy Policy: https://browserextensions.codecraftedapps.com/go-private-quickly/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://browserextensions.codecraftedapps.com/go-private-quickly/terms.html