Family Safety prevents adult users from using the InPrivate tab of Edge for Android
a tip: This article was translated from Chinese to English by myself through GenAI. If you would like to read the original Chinese version, please scroll down. The issue I encountered: I joined a family group as an adult user (not the organizer), and subsequently, the InPrivate browsing feature on my Android Edge browser was disabled. Edge displayed a message in the user information section stating, "Your browsing experience is managed by family settings." Declaration: My account is an adult account. My family organizer has disabled all restrictions that can be found on the family settings page. I have tried various methods, including but not limited to logging out, disabling sync, and reinstalling Edge. In fact, I have attempted all the solutions I could find on Microsoft Answers in Chinese web pages. The issue is reproducible. I have successfully replicated it on another Android device. This issue only occurs on Android devices with Edge. Based on my tests, it does not appear on the Windows platform. According to feedback from other users, it also does not occur on the iOS platform. There are no parental monitoring features enabled on my phone itself. Based on my experiments, this issue has appeared at least in Edge for Android version 132.0.2957.129 (the latest Stable version as of February 7, 2025) and the latest Canary version as of February 7, 2025. According to information from other users on the internet, this issue has been around for a long time, with reports dating back several years. The option to "Open a new InPrivate window" is grayed out, indicating that the feature is disabled. This occurs after logging into an account that has joined a family group. Logging out restores the normal functionality. 中文原稿： 本人所遇问题： 作为成年用户加入了家庭组（非组织者），而后我的安卓Edge的InPrivate功能被禁用，Edge在用户信息处提示“你的浏览体验由家庭设置管理”。 声明： 本人账户为成年账户 我的家庭组织者已经禁用了一切在家庭设置页能够找到的限制用户使用的项目 我已经尝试过包括但不限于退出登录、关闭同步、重装Edge等，可以说是所有能在Microsoft Answers找到的相关中文网页的尝试我都进行过。 该问题是可复现的，在我的另一台安卓设备上成功复现。 该问题仅在Android设备Edge上出现，根据我的测试，Windows平台不会出现该问题，据其他用户反馈，在iOS平台上也不会出现这个问题。 我的手机本身没有设置任何家长监控之类的功能。 这个问题由我实验，至少出现在Edge for Android 132.0.2957.129（截止2025.2.7最新的Stable版本）和截止2025.2.7最新的金丝雀版本。根据互联网上其他用户的信息，该问题出现已经很久了，至少在近几年都报有这个问题。 “新建InPrivate窗口”的选项是灰色的，代表此功能被禁用，这出现在登录已加入家庭组的账户之后，退出登录恢复正常 Thanks!
Child account with Family Safety active can browse InPrivate after closing user session in Edge
Hi, I have noticed my child normally could not use InPrivate mode in Edge (in Android), but apparently he can browse InPrivate after closing his user session on Edge. Other browsers are blocked, but there is a way to prevent him using InPrivate mode (not allowing him to close his user session)?
Ability to disable cookie sharing with InPrivate browsing
It would be fantastic if we could add an option to disable cookie sharing between different InPrivate windows and/or tabs. I use multiple admin accounts and currently have to use InPrivate across multiple browsers today since cookies are shared within an InPrivate session. If we provided a setting to disable this behavior then I could use a single browser moving forward. This is a common problem with all browsers today and not just Edge. This feature would set Edge apart from all the other browsers on the market and very convenient for admins.
Suggestion: Enable Ctrl+Shift+T in InPrivate mode, same as in Internet Explorer 11 and Firefox
--Sorry I'm using Google Translate-- --Sorry if I posted in the wrong place-- It may seem like a silly feature, but it is quite useful. Example: When using a computer that is not ours (or not) and searching by opening several tabs (search results from Google, Bing, Youtube and others), sometimes we accidentally close a tab and do not remember which site or which link we click that it was closed. Here is an example gif in Internet Explorer: Here is an example gif in Firefox: In Firefox, you still have a history panel, even if you are in private browsing. A resource to consider.
Inprivate mode seriously needs to have brought back the blue icon in the top left corner
One thing that the new edge is lacking and seriously needs to bring back that internet explorer and the old edge had was that in the top left corner an inprivate icon to indicate you're using inprivate browsing. The current inprivate mode looks too chrome like and is easy to mistake it for chrome. With the blue inprivate icon in the top left corner, it would give edge a sense of uniqueness from chrome and it was in both the old edge and internet explorer, it worked perfectly then and there really is no reason to not bring it back. Looking at a side by side comparison, the browser looked better when it had the blue inprivate icon when you were using inprivate mode
