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Start brave in incognito+TOR mode using command line

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Description

related: #690, #1457

Starting Brave in incognito mode via command is possible with the --incognito flag. However there is no such flag for the Tor feature.

Steps to Reproduce

To enable Tor you have to:

  1. Start brave manually or by CLI brave-browser --incognito (here in incognito mode) ;
  2. Hit Alt+Shift+N (Linux user) ;
  3. Close previous window.

Actual result:

Works

Expected result:

Open directly via a flag, e.g.:

 brave-browser --incognito --tor

Reproduces how often:

Every time

Brave version (brave://version info)

 Version 0.56.12 Chromium: 70.0.3538.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 5 years ago
  • Reactions:63
  • Comments:41

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9reactions
Brave-Mattcommented, Dec 18, 2018

Just had a user on Reddit confirm that a way to do this in Windows (tested and works on my end): https://www.reddit.com/r/brave_browser/comments/a7aflb/how_to_launch_brave_browser_in_incognito_mode_by/ Method:

  1. Right-click on Brave Shortcut --> Properties
  2. In Target path, enter [space]--incognito after quotations
  3. Click Apply/OK
  4. Brave shortcut launches with Private Window Note: the [space] refers the actual space character - command throws invalid path error without the space between the last " and --incognito
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vk4scommented, Jan 25, 2021

Create a shortcut with the target: "C:\Program Files\BraveSoftware\Brave-Browser\Application\brave.exe" onion it will fire brave tor.

@vikaspatelp83, This works partially, but on my system, Brave also tries to load a new “onion/” page in a new tab and fails with “This site can’t be reached” error.

Is there a more specific syntax that can be used so the failed new tab doesn’t open?

After getting the brave widow, just open a new tab and search anything this new window is opened in tor browser mode.

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