Disable-web-security in Chrome 48+

Question

I have a problem with the --disable-web-security flag. It is not working in Chrome 48 and Chrome 49 beta on Windows.

I\'ve tried killing all of the inst

Answer 1

The chosen answer is good, but for those who are still struggling with what they are talking about(your first time dealing with this issue), the following worked for me.

I created a new shortcut to Chrome on my desktop, right clicked it, and set the "Target" field to the following,

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --disable-web-security --user-data-dir="c:/chromedev"

The directory can be anything you want, I decided to make an empty folder called chrome dev in my C: directory. It has nothing to do where chrome is installed on your computer. It's just a fluff type thing.

This link also has clear directions for other OSes. How to disable web securityin Chrome