how to override default set of chrome command line switches in selenium

Question

By default, chrome will be run with this command line:

\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe\"
--disable-hang-monitor
--disable-         


        

Answer 1

Assuming you want to do this in Python, you can add a parameter to chromeOptions so that it won't enable these switches (a bit confusing, but ok).

Given that you want to remove the following switches:

--disable-hang-monitor
--disable-prompt-on-repost
--disable-background-networking
--disable-sync
--disable-translate
--disable-web-resources
--disable-client-side-phishing-detection
--disable-component-update
--disable-default-apps
--disable-zero-browsers-open-for-tests

You would set up your Chrome driver like so:

from selenium import webdriver

chromeOptions = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chromeOptions.add_experimental_option(
    'excludeSwitches',
    ['disable-hang-monitor',
     'disable-prompt-on-repost',
     'disable-background-networking',
     'disable-sync',
     'disable-translate',
     'disable-web-resources',
     'disable-client-side-phishing-detection',
     'disable-component-update',
     'disable-default-apps',
     'disable-zero-browsers-open-for-tests'])

chromeDriver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chromeOptions)