Unable to hide “Chrome is being controlled by automated software” infobar within Chrome v76

Question

After updating Chrome to version 76, I cannot figure out how to hide the \"Chrome is being controlled by automated software...\" notification overriding some controls on the

Answer 1

As of 1 Aug 2019 - You can send the excludeswitch - enable-automation to hide the message. and to disable pop up 'Disable developer mode extensions' set useAutomationExtension=false . Refer for useAutomationExtension

Tested on : Windows 10 Version 76.0.3809.87 (Official Build) (64-bit) ChromeDriver 76.0.3809.68

--enable-automation : Inform users that their browser is being controlled by an automated test Reference

     "goog:chromeOptions": {

        "excludeSwitches": [ "enable-automation" ],
        "useAutomationExtension": false
     }

In C# :

To disable pop up "Disable developer mode extensions" and automation info-bar message .

options.AddExcludedArgument("enable-automation");
options.AddAdditionalCapability("useAutomationExtension", false);

In JAVA :

options.setExperimentalOption("excludeSwitches", Collections.singletonList("enable-automation"));
options.setExperimentalOption("useAutomationExtension", false);

In Python :

options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)

In Protractor :

Add below capabilities in conf.js/conf.ts

capabilities: {
    'browserName': 'chrome',
    "goog:chromeOptions": {
      "excludeSwitches": [ "enable-automation" ],
      "useAutomationExtension": false
   }
  },