How can I disable guest browsing mode in Chrome?
Solution 1:
For completely disabling in Windows the guest mode in Chrome:
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Start the Command Prompt application using Run as Administrator
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Copy and paste the following commands into the Command Prompt and press Enter:
REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v BrowserGuestModeEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 REG ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome /v BrowserAddPersonEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0
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Restart Chrome.
The information about the flags of BrowserGuestModeEnabled and BrowserAddPersonEnabled comes from The Chromium Projects - Policy List:
BrowserGuestModeEnabled
Enable guest mode in browser
BrowserAddPersonEnabled
Enable add person in user manager
Under Mac/Linux these are preference names.
Their values are:
0
(Windows), false
(Linux), <false />
(Mac).
Solution 2:
After an hour of searching I found a Youtube video with an answer that currently works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_7WW4C16z4
In short, you make one registry key, log out, and log back in. Here is the contents of a .reg file that you can create to do this for you:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome] "BrowserGuestModeEnabled"=dword:00000000