Safari Private Window Option Greyed Out

KV2808 wrote:

For me the safari private window option is greyed out which means that I can't open a private window at all with or without keyboard shortcut, can someone figure out why it's greyed out and how to fix?

Safari>File>New Private Window

Safari User Guide for Mac - Apple Support

KV2808 wrote:

Leroy that doesn’t worked the option to do that is grayed out it isn’t letting me open the private window

To trouble shoot further you can:

 —Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

  Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache,  etc.  Login and test. Reboot and test as caches get rebuilt.

In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a  reboot will put it back to normal mode.

This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode. 

 —Test issue in another user (or guest user) account  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443

  This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.