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ChiefBigFeather

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Apr 11, 2019
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Dear Community,

does anyone know how to remove the new private browsing notification in Safari? It takes up huge amounts of space displacing my bookmarks. It also seems really silly: I know what private browsing does, that's why it is constantly enabled...

Thanks in advance!
 
It’s because of dark mode.

older versions of iOS as you are well aware used to make safari black when in private mode, and white in normal mode. However due to the new theme Safari now stays one colour so they need a way for people to easily see what mode the browser is in.

Some people only switch to private mode for certain tasks *cough* adult entertainment *cough* and will normally switch back afterwards, this notification lets them know their browser is in private mode easily and is a good thing IMO.
 
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