diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a7c7d26..ac058e16 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unversioned
 
-- Minor: Add search engine selection for context menu search action. (#6743)
+- Minor: Add search engine selection for context menu search action. (#6743, #6770)
 - Minor: Add a separate highlight option for watchstreak notifications. (#6571, #6581)
 - Minor: Badges now link to their home page like emotes in the context menu. (#6437)
 - Minor: Fixed usercard resizing improperly without recent messages. (#6496)
diff --git a/src/singletons/Settings.hpp b/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
index 013506cb..214d39cd 100644
--- a/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
+++ b/src/singletons/Settings.hpp
@@ -325,6 +325,10 @@ public:
         "/behaviour/search/engineName",
         "",
     };
+    BoolSetting searchIncognito = {
+        "/behaviour/search/incognito",
+        false,
+    };
 
     EnumSetting<UsernameRightClickBehavior> usernameRightClickBehavior = {
         "/behaviour/usernameRightClickBehavior",
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
index 791cbd05..a862c04f 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
@@ -2722,10 +2722,24 @@ void ChannelView::addMessageContextMenuItems(QMenu *menu,
             QString actionText =
                 searchName.isEmpty() ? "&Search" : "&Search with " + searchName;
 
+            if (getSettings()->searchIncognito && supportsIncognitoLinks())
+            {
+                actionText += " in private mode";
+            }
+
             menu->addAction(actionText, [this, searchURL] {
                 QString query = this->getSelectedText().trimmed();
                 QString encodedQuery = QUrl::toPercentEncoding(query);
-                QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(searchURL + encodedQuery));
+                QString url = searchURL + encodedQuery;
+
+                if (getSettings()->searchIncognito && supportsIncognitoLinks())
+                {
+                    openLinkIncognito(url);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(url));
+                }
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
index 23da0900..93766907 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
@@ -1284,6 +1284,13 @@ void GeneralPage::initLayout(GeneralPageView &layout)
             ->conditionallyEnabledBy(s.searchEnabled)
             ->addTo(layout);
     }
+    if (supportsIncognitoLinks())
+    {
+        SettingWidget::checkbox("Search in incognito/private mode",
+                                s.searchIncognito)
+            ->addTo(layout);
+    }
+
     layout.addSubtitle("Miscellaneous");
 
     if (supportsIncognitoLinks())