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Disable Guest Mode, Incognito Mode, and Secure DNS on Brave (Mac)

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Paola Rivera

These instructions will show you how to disable Guest Mode, Incognito Mode, and Secure DNS on Brave for Mac.

Disable Guest Mode, Incognito, and Secure DNS

Follow these steps to ensure Bark remains in place while your child is browsing.

  1. On your kid's Chrome browser, turn off Secure DNS.
  2. Then, open Finder.png Finder.
  3. Double-click on Applications.
  4. Double-click on Utilities.
  5. Double-click on terminal app icon.png Terminal.
  6. Copy and paste this into Terminal and press Enter: 
    defaults write com.brave.Browser BrowserGuestModeEnabled -bool false
  7. Copy and paste this into Terminal and press Enter: 
    defaults write com.brave.Browser IncognitoModeAvailability -integer 1
  8. Copy and paste this into Terminal and press Enter: 
    defaults write com.brave.Browser IPFSEnabled -integer 0
  9. Restart the computer.
  10. Now, Guest Mode, Incognito Mode, and Secure DNS are disabled on Brave. Success!

Return Brave to default settings

Follow these steps if your child has aged out of Bark and you no longer need their browser protected.

  1. Open Finder.png Finder.
  2. Double-click on Applications.
  3. Double-click on Utilities.
  4. Double-click on terminal app icon.png Terminal.
  5. Copy and paste this into Terminal and press Enter: 
    defaults write com.brave.Browser BrowserGuestModeEnabled -bool true
  6. Copy and paste this into Terminal and press Enter: 
    defaults write com.brave.Browser IncognitoModeAvailability -integer 0
  7. Copy and paste this into Terminal and press Enter: 
    defaults write com.brave.Browser IPFSEnabled -integer 1
  8. Restart your computer for changes to take effect.