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I've seen several ad blocking extensions on Google Chrome but I don't want to block ads normally. I only want to block ads while I'm browsing in incognito mode.

I don't see any way to limit extensions to incognito mode only. How can I accomplish this?

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Since Chrome doesn't allow to enable extensions in incognito mode only, you may use a different user profile for incognito mode, and set up the extensions you need for the incognito mode in this user profile.

In order to do it, create a shortcut on your Desktop with the following command (for Windows XP):

"C:\Documents and Settings\Your Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --user-data-dir="..\User Data\Inco" --incognito

This solution has two drawbacks:

  1. You have to run the incognito mode via a separate shortcut.
  2. You have to install and update the extensions for incognito and normal browsing separately.
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  • This sounds good, but I'm not sure I understand how to setup a different user profile.
    – matt
    Apr 3, 2011 at 12:06
  • You just need to provide the --user-data-dir parameter in the shortcut, and Chrome will set up the user profile the first time you run it with this parameter (just checked it on my machine). Apr 3, 2011 at 12:29
  • So just creating that directory and using it in the shortcut is enough to create a new user profile?
    – matt
    Apr 3, 2011 at 13:08
  • You don't need to create the directory, Chrome will do this for you. You may just create the shortcut and start using it. Apr 3, 2011 at 13:34
  • Perfect, thanks, this was just what I was looking for. I had to change the shortcut a bit though: c:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe --user-data-dir="..\User Data\Inco" -incognito
    – matt
    Apr 3, 2011 at 14:56

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