Removing private browsing option in FF4

I need my computer to be protected so on previous versions I have removed the private browsing option. FF4 does not have that option. I understand cache and browsing history can be stripped but there are always traces of bad views even just the video player gives you clues. If the private browsing removal is not possible I will have to move to a different browser and I love Firefox. Please help.

There is no private browsing in Yosemite or any OS. It's a feature of Web Browsers. In Safari it's where it always was: File -> New Private Window.

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HT1677 Is there a way to remove private browsing option in safari?

Is there a way to remove the private browsing feature in safari on MAC air laptops?

6.0.5 then.
In your 4th screenshot, click the padlock @ top right & authenticate as an admin user.
Return to the same details pane, if it's not still active, then double-click on the first Safari entry (or select it & then click the 'pencil' edit button).
Select 'Always', then click the expand arrow, now the 'New Key' button should be active : click it.
Click 'New Item' & change it to 'Private Browsing' from the drop-down list presented.
Set 'Type' as 'boolean' and Value to 'false'.
Now click Done or Apply Now to save the changes.
This applies to the user(s) that you had selected in the left pane, regardless of their being admin or standard.

Can I remove the "private browsing" option?

Is it possible to completely remove the private browsing option in Firefox? I don't like the idea of people in my family having access to all sorts of sites, undetected by anyone. If not I may have to remove Firefox completely and return to Internet Explorer. Any help on this would be good.

You could use the Menu Editor extension ([https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/menu-editor]) to remove the menu entry, but this is only of limited use. For example it does not prevent anybody from clearing the browsing history.
An alternative approach is to use a parental control program such as the free K9 web protection ([http://www.k9webprotection.com]). That program has its own log of sites visited, and you can use it to block access to categories of sites that you choose.

I want to remove the "private browsing" option. how?

Firefox automatically installed the "private browsing" option on my browser. I do not want it.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== past update

You have or had an extension installed (NET_mmhpset) that has changed the user agent from Firefox/3.6 to Firefox/3.0.x.
You can check the '''general.useragent''' prefs on the '''about:config''' page. 
You can open the ''about:config'' page via the location bar, just like you open a website. 
Filter: '''general.useragent''' 
If ''general.useragent'' prefs are bold (user set) then you can right-click that pref and choose ''Reset''.
See :
* [[Websites or add-ons incorrectly report incompatible browser]]
* [[Finding your Firefox version]]
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resetting_your_useragent_string_to_its_compiled-in_default

Remove Private Window Option in Safari MacBookPro

Remove Private Window Option in Safari MacBookPro
Hello there,
I am trying to remove the Private Window Option in my Safari MBP Version: 10.10.3. I have found the following guide below, but I could not find the "MainMenu.nib" file. Is there a way to find this? Or is it possible to remove the Private Window option at all by not doing the below steps? Thank you!
Disabiling for Safari:
The following steps will disable private browsing on all accounts. Taken from: http://guides.macrumors.com/Safari#Disable_Private_Browsing (Note: you must have the Xcode tools installed - can get from App store):
Control or right-click on the Safari icon in Finder and choose Show Package Contents.
In the window that appears, navigate to Contents/Resources/English.lproj/ and double click on the MainMenu.nib file. (I cannot locate this file)
In Interface Builder (From Xcode,) select the window showing the Safari menu bar.
Select the Safari menu, then select the private browsing item and press delete.
Type command-S to save the changes, then close Interface Builder and restart Safari.
This removes the Private Browsing menu option, effectively disabling private browsing.

There were some means of customizing Safari through OnyX, a utility interface tool that
can be used to perform a variety of changes in OS X and a few of them could mess it up.
You can modify hidden features in the OS X by use of OnyX, instead of attempting to
perform some modification by command-line or Terminal; although the Man access
also appears there, too.
•Titanium Software - Home: (see OnyX)
http://www.titanium.free.fr/
A few command-line or terminal methods of changing how OS X works may be ill-advised
to attempt without learning more about how all of that works and also how to understand
the background system that changes when you mess with it. The GUI is the top layer.
Did you look into the Developer settings for Safari to see if that will change your windowed
options, without any external or deeper access to attempts to alter Private window view?
For me, I've not used Safari all that much, and not as default main browser in any of my Macs.
Good luck & happy computing!

How do I delete the private browsing option?

''locking as a duplicate - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/792868''
I want to delete the private browsing option.

There is no built-in option to disable private browsing. You can use the [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/menu-editor/ Menu Editor] extension to remove the option to start in private browsing mode from the menus, but that is easily bypassed. For example it does not stop somebody using the keyboard shortcut to open private browsing.
Private browsing is not the only way to hide browsing details, somebody can remove records of their browsing by using clear recent history.

How do I turn off private browsing in settings/safari? There is no private browsing option??

How do I turn off private browsing in safari? I have a black interface screen with the msg " please turn off private browsing go into settings/safari and private browsing and turn it off" But there is no private browsing option in settings on safari?? Stumped!!

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Where is the private Browsing option in iOS 7

Where can I fined private browsing option under settings in iOS 7? it's not showing up in the safari section of settings.

Touch the URL field to bring up the keyboard. There will be a "Private" choice at the upper left of the keyboard. Touch this to start private mode.

Where is private browsing option in new OS X Yosemite?

Where is private browsing option in new OS X Yosemite?

There is no private browsing in Yosemite or any OS. It's a feature of Web Browsers. In Safari it's where it always was: File -> New Private Window.

Removing Private Browsing, Clear Cache, etc. options from Safari

This was discussed earlier, but the situation just came back up here at school as students have been found clearing history etc. to cover their tracks. This was originally posted by Yang in May 2006.
"If you have the developer tools installed, or more specifically, Interface Builder, you can easily remove the 'Private Browsing' and 'Reset Safari' menu-items. Create a copy of Safari and browse to '/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/'. Open MainMenu.nib in Interface Builder. In the template of the menu bar which appears, browse to and highlight each menu-item and hit backspace to delete. Save and quit. That Safari application package will now be missing the menu-items.
You can replace the original Safari package with the modified one, and maybe have the unmodified version in the 'Applications' folder of an administrator's home folder.
Unfortunately, the 'Clear History' menu item seems to be generated dynamically. I can't seem to find the reference to it in Safari's resources. However, that said, I believe there are more elegant solutions to tracking a user's browsing history. In fact, it might be advisable to look at third-party solutions - ones which write history to a separate file. For instance, even if the menu-items are missing, it is possible to simply trash the relevant .plist after each browsing session to remove all traces of its history."
In doing that, I found that while you can't remove the dynamically created "Clear History" from the History Menu, you can open "/Safari.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Localizable.strings" with Project Builder from the Developers Tools and edit what shows in the menu. Just change what is after the = sign for the items you want to change and save it. It may not stop the practice completely, but it will slow things down. (Students may think twice before selecting a menu option that says "Permanently Archive History".) This doesn't change the function, just what it is called on the screen. I also removed "Empty Cache..." from the menu and changed the label and icon for History when you "View All Bookmarks" to reduce deleting them through that method. It makes them harder to find.
Just be sure you are modifying a copy of the App so you keep the original. I then used Remote Desktop to copy the modified application into the Applications folder on the student computers. So far, only limited testing, but everything seems to work at this point.
By the way, this was my first experience with Developers Tools and they really aren't that daunting if you think things through first.

Seems I'm out of touch with school day issues.
It appears you would rather snoop on behavior and punish Web "wrongdoers" than let students imagination and a few "rules" guide their Web experiences.
If a child is smart enough to know how to "cover their tracks" then they've learned something wrong from your instructors.
You may just want to take away their browsers and replace them with:
http://www.makienterprise.com/kggg/kidsgogogo.html
You also mention Apple Remote Desktop in your post. It allows you to view what any machine is doing.
Instructor is not at a machine taking a "peak" over the students shoulder? Worked when I was in school.

How can I remove private browsing as an option on the Firefox Menu? My kids use this computer and I don't want them to be able to private browse.

I want to remove the Firefox menu option for Private Browsing because my kids and teenagers use this computer. How can I do that? Private Browsing cannot be an option for my children. If I cannot remove it, is my only option to remove Firefox altogether?

This is new. Read carefully the section "About this Add-on". Not 100%, but there is no real way to totally take PB out of Firefox; that is also the case for other browsers that have a similar feature, as far as I know:
*https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-private-browsing/
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How do i remove the private browsing option?

cant seem to get rid of this option..granted im no computer genius,but this is getting aggravating. help?!

This new extension disables Private Browsing, hides all the PB menu items and disables the keyboard controls, disables the clearing of browsing history, and the extension doesn't appear in the Add-ons except for the Firefox SafeMode. 
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-private-browsing/

Remove (Private Browsing) in the Title bar

When in Private Browsing mode is there any way to remove the identifying text in the Title bar?

Enter Private Browsing mode this way and close and restart Firefox (File > Exit) by starting Firefox automatically in Private Browsing mode.
To see all History settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting '''Firefox will: Use custom settings for history'''
Check: [[ ] "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session"
See also [[Private Browsing|#Always_start_Firefox_in_a_private_browsing_session|Always start Firefox in a private browsing session]]

The private browsing option is gone from the tools menu, the one in the file menu dosn't work the same.

Firefox updated itself this morning to 20. The option to start private browsing in the tools menu is gone. The one in the file menu is not the same, it works differently. I would really like to no how to re enable this feature. I always have a lot of tabs up. When I feel so inclined I would hit the private browse button then close. When I would reopen all my tabs would be there. this is but one example of how I used private browsing. If you could help me with this problem I would be very happy. Thank You for your time and support.

Hello, when you start the new private browsing, starts in a new Private Window, and you first window it is exist also.
If you close the private browsing window, your first window exist, but if you close the browser you must set it to '''Show my windows and tabs from last time''' (in Options > General panel > start up) :, [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/startup-home-page-download-settings#w_startup Startup] to see again your tabs and windows when you start firefox.
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Private browser option is missing

I added an app (forgot the name of it) that was going to end "private browsing" because I wasnt to sure how to do it. Now the option in the tools dropdown menu is gone.... I am stuck in private mode and cant find a way to correct it. I've tried adding another app to reverse it but it doesnt work.

What color is the Firefox button in the upper-left corner of Firefox? 
Purple means you're in Private Browsing mode, and Orange means you aren't.
If neither '''Start Private Browsing''' or '''Stop Private Browsing''' appear in the Firefox button drop-down (or Tools menu), you probably have the Disable Private Browsing extension installed. You can't see that extension in the Add-ons Manager tab, unless you open Firefox in the Firefox SafeMode. 
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

Removing private browsing option in FF4

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