Can the WiFi owner see your incognito history?

• -The domains you connect to, via DNS lookups and TLS handshakes.
• -Timestamps and how long each connection lasted.
• -Your device identity on the network - hostname and MAC address.
• -Rough data volumes, which distinguish video from reading.

• -The specific pages and URLs beyond the domain.
• -Your search query text.
• -Page content, form data and credentials.

So a network sees that you used a search engine, not what you asked - unless the engine itself logs it, which is the point of searching without being tracked.

A work or school laptop can carry monitoring software, a corporate root certificate, or a filtering proxy. Those read traffic before or after encryption, so private browsing changes nothing. Assume full visibility on a device you do not own.

• -Use a no-logs VPN: the network sees one encrypted tunnel and nothing else.
• -Enable encrypted DNS (DNS over HTTPS) so lookups are not readable in plain text.
• -Use a search engine that keeps no query logs, so no third party holds the text either.
• -Avoid signing in on networks you do not trust.

The trade-offs are laid out in VPN vs incognito mode.

SuperIncognito mode pairs unlogged search with a tunnelled exit node, so the local network cannot attribute destinations to you and no engine retains the query. Results erase on one tap and the session destructs on inactivity.