Sometimes, when coding a web application in visual studio, you may want to have the project start in an InPrivate or Incognito window. Browsers, such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and others, have a special way to open them that is clean as in no cookies or history or logins and it isn’t tied to your normal browser session. This is called Private browsing. They each brand it a little differently, with Edge being InPrivate and Chrome using Incognito, but they are all private browsing.

Visual Studio can easily be configured to open the browser in private browsing.

Configure Visual Studio to Launch the Browser in Private Mode

1. Open Visual Studio
2. Locate your Asp.Net Application and open it
   or
   Create a new Asp.Net Project (you can throw away this project afterward)
3. Once the project is open, locate the Debug Target icon, which is a green triangle that looks like a start icon:
   
4. Click the drop-down arrow just to the right of it.
5. Select Browse with:
   
6. In the Browse With screen, click Add.
7. Enter one or more of these values: (I entered both)

   Edge
   Program: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe
   Arguments: -InPrivate
   Friendly Name: Edge (InPrivate)

   Chrome
   Program: C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
   Arguments: -incognito
   Friendly Name: Google Chrome (Incognito)

8. Click OK.
9. Now you can change the default if you desire.
   My default was set to Edge.
   
   To change the default, highlight the desired browser setting and click Set as Default button.
10. Click Browse and your app will start in debugging and browse to the local url with your configured default browser.

Happy coding!