Disabling private bowsing on admin account....

Hi. I leave my mac logged in to my account, but it is occasionally used by other people. I'd really prefer to remove the "private browsing" option from safari, but I want to leave it as an admin account.
any ideas?

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Hi mistafeesh, looks like you have it solved.
Glad the problem is fixed. You got some great help from Yang. Yang likes Stars. You have rewards to hand out.
Gold Star = Helpful = 5 pts w 2 available and Green Star = Solved = 10 pts.
That will do two things. [1] Alerts readers to a possible solution to their problem. And [2] It adds points helping the contributer reach the next level.
Glad that did the trick for you. JP

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I realize that it sounds like I ignored all the previous advice before I drafted this latest post. But the first thing I did when I returned to the iMac was to look at the posts.
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