How to permanently disable private browsing in Firefox?

Question

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and Firefox 91.0. I want to disable permanently the private browsing (incognito mode).

Especially, I want to stop the keyboard shortcut from working.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Follow the recipe:

• 1. In terminal, go to: /usr/lib/firefox/distribution

Obs.: This is the correct directory if you are using Firefox version 91.0 and Ubuntu 20.04. Depending on the Firefox version and/or OS this might be different.

• 2. If there is no policies.json file, then create one:

 $ sudo touch policies.json

• 3. The file's content needs to be:

{
  "policies": {
    "DisablePrivateBrowsing": true
  }
}

• 4. If you are facing problems with "read-only", invoke your favorite editor using sudo, such as:

$ sudo emacs policies.json 
$ sudo vim policies.json 
$ sudo gedit policies.json 

• 5. Re-start Firefox and try using Control-Shift-P. Hopefully, it won't work.