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!Family Safety prevents adult users from using the InPrivate tab of Edge for Android
This is a brief statement about the PROBLEM. (Translated into English, Click here to Microsoft Answers, the ORIGINAL in Chinese) My account is an adult account. My family organizer has disabled all the items that can be found on the Home Settings page to restrict user use I have tried but not limited to logging out, turning off sync, reinstalling Edge, etc., and I can say that I have tried all the relevant Chinese web pages that I can find in Microsoft Answers. The issue is reproducible and successfully reproduced on my other Android device. This issue only appears on the Android device Edge, and according to my tests, it does not appear on the Windows platform, and according to other users, it does not appear on the iOS platform. My phone itself doesn't have any parental monitoring or anything like that. This problem has been around for a long time, at least for the last few years. My Edge version is 132.0.2957.129(Android, the latest stable version till 2025.2.8). According to my test, it is reproducible in the latest Edge Canary. Screen Record: The button, which is grey and means i have no access to create a new InPrivate Tab(open an old one is unable as well)
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 indicator Bug now Fixed. Version 81.0.393.0
Also with this update, a new flag was added: Warning for Passive Mixed Content Causes a 'Not Secure' chip to be shown in the omnibox if a site contains passive (aka optionally blockable) mixed content. – Mac, Windows #passive-mixed-content-warning Version 81.0.393.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
