InPrivate browsing enables you to surf the web without leaving a trail in Internet Explorer. This helps prevent anyone else who might be using your computer from seeing what sites you visited and what you looked at on the web. You can start InPrivate browsing from the New Tab page or the Safety button.
When you start InPrivate browsing, Internet Explorer opens a new browser window. The protection that InPrivate browsing provides is in effect only during the time that you use that window. You can open as many tabs as you want in that window, and they will all be protected by InPrivate browsing. However, if you open another browser window, that window will not be protected by InPrivate browsing. To end your InPrivate browsing session, close the browser window.
While you are surfing the web using InPrivate browsing, Internet Explorer stores some information such as cookies and temporary Internet files, so the web pages you visit will work correctly. However, at the end of your InPrivate browsing session, this information is discarded. The following table describes which information InPrivate browsing discards when you close the browser and how it is affected during your browsing session:
Information How it is affected by InPrivate Browsing
Cookies Kept in memory so pages work correctly, but cleared when you close the browser.
Temporary Stored on disk so pages work correctly, but deleted when you close the browser.
When you start InPrivate browsing, Internet Explorer opens a new browser window. The protection that InPrivate browsing provides is in effect only during the time that you use that window. You can open as many tabs as you want in that window, and they will all be protected by InPrivate browsing. However, if you open another browser window, that window will not be protected by InPrivate browsing. To end your InPrivate browsing session, close the browser window.
While you are surfing the web using InPrivate browsing, Internet Explorer stores some information such as cookies and temporary Internet files, so the web pages you visit will work correctly. However, at the end of your InPrivate browsing session, this information is discarded. The following table describes which information InPrivate browsing discards when you close the browser and how it is affected during your browsing session:
Information How it is affected by InPrivate Browsing
Cookies Kept in memory so pages work correctly, but cleared when you close the browser.
Temporary Stored on disk so pages work correctly, but deleted when you close the browser.
Internet Files
Webpage history This information is not stored.
Form data and This information is not stored.
Webpage history This information is not stored.
Form data and This information is not stored.
passwords
Anti-phishing Temporary information is encrypted and stored so pages work correctly
Anti-phishing Temporary information is encrypted and stored so pages work correctly
cache
Address bar and This information is not stored.
Address bar and This information is not stored.
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Automatic Crash ACR can restore a tab when it crashes in a session, but if the whole window
Automatic Crash ACR can restore a tab when it crashes in a session, but if the whole window
Restore (ACR) crashes, data is deleted and the window cannot be restored.
Document Object The DOM storage is a kind of "super cookie" web developers can use to retain
Document Object The DOM storage is a kind of "super cookie" web developers can use to retain
Model (DOM) storage information. Like regular cookies, they are not kept after the window is closed.
