Check your Applications folder and you’ll find a new app.

Finally, select Application from the File Format: menu. Select your Applications folder as the save the file. The one name not to use is “Microsoft Edge” – anything else is fine.

Give the file a name (something descriptive) in the Save As: field.

Save the file by selecting File and then Save….

Enter the following line of text into the top panel:ĭo shell script 'open -a /Applications/Microsoft\ Edge.app -args -inprivate'.

Click the New Document button when the Script Editor app opens.

Launch the Script Editor, which you can find by going to your Applications folder and then the Utilities folder.

Fortunately, it’s super easy to do – here’s how – In order to have Edge automatically start up in InPrivate mode on your Mac you’ll need to create something that’s kind of like a “fancy shortcut”. Browsing in InPrivate mode doesn’t keep you safer online, but it does help keep your private information a bit more private.

If you surf the web using Microsoft Edge when it’s in “InPrivate mode” that means none of your browsing history, download history, cookies, cached files or passwords are saved when you quit the app. This short guide will show you how to configure Microsoft Edge so that it always starts in InPrivate Mode in macOS.

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