diff --git a/public/_locales b/public/_locales
index 01ee7789..afc1c61d 160000
--- a/public/_locales
+++ b/public/_locales
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 01ee7789673ac009fe1ea10be66fda7698534c4c
+Subproject commit afc1c61dcea11bb9723105ff7730951ec9303d91
diff --git a/public/options/options.html b/public/options/options.html
index 146b7956..b8746c5d 100644
--- a/public/options/options.html
+++ b/public/options/options.html
@@ -634,7 +634,19 @@
 	
 					<div class="small-description">__MSG_whatTrackDownvotes__</div>
 				</div>
-	
+
+				<div data-type="toggle" data-sync="trackDownvotesInPrivate" data-confirm-on="false">
+					<div class="switch-container">
+						<label class="switch">
+							<input id="trackDownvotesInPrivate" type="checkbox" checked>
+							<span class="slider round"></span>
+						</label>
+						<label class="switch-label" for="trackDownvotesInPrivate">
+							__MSG_enableTrackDownvotesInPrivate__
+						</label>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+
 				<div data-type="button-press" data-sync="copyDebugInformation" data-confirm-message="copyDebugInformation">
 					<div class="option-button trigger-button">
 						__MSG_copyDebugInformation__
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 81f41997..85847a5e 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface SBConfig {
     trackViewCount: boolean;
     trackViewCountInPrivate: boolean;
     trackDownvotes: boolean;
+    trackDownvotesInPrivate: boolean;
     dontShowNotice: boolean;
     noticeVisibilityMode: NoticeVisbilityMode;
     hideVideoPlayerControls: boolean;
@@ -290,6 +291,7 @@ const syncDefaults = {
     trackViewCount: true,
     trackViewCountInPrivate: true,
     trackDownvotes: true,
+    trackDownvotesInPrivate: false,
     dontShowNotice: false,
     noticeVisibilityMode: NoticeVisbilityMode.FadedForAutoSkip,
     hideVideoPlayerControls: false,
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index c96a7772..7c3f985e 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ export default class Utils {
     }
 
     async addHiddenSegment(videoID: VideoID, segmentUUID: string, hidden: SponsorHideType) {
-        if (chrome.extension.inIncognitoContext || !Config.config.trackDownvotes) return;
+        if ((chrome.extension.inIncognitoContext && !Config.config.trackDownvotesInPrivate)
+                || !Config.config.trackDownvotes) return;
 
         const hashedVideoID = (await getHash(videoID, 1)).slice(0, 4) as VideoID & HashedValue;
         const UUIDHash = await getHash(segmentUUID, 1);