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Why does Chrome remove extension's icon when in 'incognito mode'?

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Mar 15, 20261958 views
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Problem

I have an extension installed in Google Chrome named : Proxy-Switchy. It has an icon just next to the right of address bar to the left of popular (single) settings icon which looks like: But when I switch over to Incognito Mode, it disappears and it becomes like: Why does it happen so?

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Fix for: Why does Chrome remove extension's icon when in 'incognito mode'?

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You will need to explicitly enable Extensions in Incognito mode This behaviour is by-default - for the reasons Chris explains.

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