my kid keeps using incognito and i cant see what hes looking at on his phone, tried checking the usual history but nothing shows up, anyone know a way to actually see what sites hes visiting?
Yeah this is a super common headache - incognito is literally designed to block the regular history check so you won’t find anything there. Your best options are either a monitoring app like Bark or Circle that works at the router/DNS level (catches everything including incognito before it even reaches the browser), or if it’s an iPhone just lean into Screen Time which lets you block stuff outright. Honestly for most kids, blocking the sketchy categories entirely beats trying to spy on history after the fact.
Incognito is designed to hide browsing history locally, so there usually isn’t a “normal” way to view it from the phone alone. The practical workaround is using parental monitoring that can log browsing/domain activity outside of what the user can erase—mSpy is one of the more reliable options for this. Downside: you typically need installation/permissions up front, and what you can see depends on the device/OS and browser choices.
Incognito mode is designed not to save browsing history on the device. For content monitoring, you would need to configure the device’s built-in parental controls or a dedicated application. To provide the correct steps, please specify the phone’s model and operating system version.