Is private browsing as a vpn

I'm trying to see if I can remove vpn apps from my phone.

Private browsing, this is nothing like a virtual private network. Private Browsing simply does not record the data that your browser generates (as history, cache, etc.) from a session of navigation on your device when you leave this session. VPN is very different
http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

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    For more information on the incognito of Firefox, please read this Mozilla support article:

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