List of Chromium Command Line Switches (for 2013-9-11)
There are lots of command lines which can be used with the Google Chrome browser. Some change behavior of features, others are for debugging or experimenting. This page lists the available switches including their conditions and descriptions. Last automated update occurred on 2024-11-24.
| Condition | Explanation |
|---|---|
| --all-show-present-with-GDI ⊗ | Use GDI to do every first Present after the tab is unhidden. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-28. This switch was listed in /ui/surface/surface_switches.cc. |
| --allow-create-existing-managed-users ⊗ | Allows choosing an existing managed user profile during the managed user creation flow. Is only used on ChromeOS. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-11. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-cross-origin-auth-prompt ⊗ | Allows third-party content included on a page to prompt for a HTTP basic auth username/password pair. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-external-pages ⊗ | Allow access to external pages during layout tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --allow-file-access ⊗ | On ChromeOS, file:// access is disabled except for certain whitelisted directories. This switch re-enables file:// for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-file-access-from-files ⊗ | By default, file:// URIs cannot read other file:// URIs. This is an override for developers who need the old behavior for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --allow-filters-over-ipc ⊗ | Allows filters (SkImageFilter objects) to be sent between processes over IPC ↪ Removed on 2013-11-02. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --allow-http-background-page ⊗ | Allows non-https URL for background_page for hosted apps. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-09. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-http-screen-capture ⊗ | Allow non-secure origins to use the screen capture API and the desktopCapture extension API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-nacl-crxfs-api[1] ⊗ | Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant access to CRX file system APIs. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-nacl-file-handle-api[1] ⊗ | Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant access to file handle APIs. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-nacl-socket-api[1] ⊗ | Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant access to TCP/UDP socket APIs. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-no-sandbox-job ⊗ | Enables the sandboxed processes to run without a job object assigned to them. This flag is required to allow Chrome to run in RemoteApps or Citrix. This flag can reduce the security of the sandboxed processes and allow them to do certain API calls like shut down Windows or access the clipboard. Also we lose the chance to kill some processes until the outer job that owns them finishes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --allow-outdated-plugins ⊗ | Don't block outdated plugins. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-running-insecure-content ⊗ | By default, an https page cannot run JavaScript, CSS or plug-ins from http URLs. This provides an override to get the old insecure behavior. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --allow-sandbox-debugging ⊗ | Allows debugging of sandboxed processes (see zygote_main_linux.cc). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --allow-webui-compositing ⊗ | Allow compositing on chrome:// pages. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-19. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --alsa-input-device[2] ⊗ | The Alsa device to use when opening an audio input stream. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --alsa-output-device[2] ⊗ | The Alsa device to use when opening an audio stream. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --also-emit-success-logs ⊗ | Also emit full event trace logs for successful tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/test/base/test_switches.cc. |
| --always-authorize-plugins ⊗ | Prevents Chrome from requiring authorization to run certain widely installed but less commonly used plug-ins. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --app ⊗ | Specifies that the associated value should be launched in "application" mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --app-id ⊗ | Specifies that the extension-app with the specified id should be launched according to its configuration. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --app-mode-auth-code ⊗ | Value of GAIA auth code for --force-app-mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --app-mode-oauth-token ⊗ | Value of OAuth2 refresh token for --force-app-mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --app-mode-oem-manifest ⊗ | Path for app's OEM manifest file. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --app-window-size ⊗ | Specifies the initial size for application windows launched with --app. --app-window-size=w,h ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apple ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --apps-checkout-url ⊗ | Overrides the apps checkout URL, which is used to determine when to expose some private APIs. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-devtool ⊗ | Flag to enable apps_devtool app. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-22. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-gallery-download-url ⊗ | The URL that the webstore APIs download extensions from. Note: the URL must contain one '%s' for the extension ID. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-gallery-install-auto-confirm-for-tests ⊗ | A setting to cause extension/app installs from the webstore skip the normal confirmation dialog. A value of 'accept' means to always act as if the dialog was accepted, and 'cancel' means to always act as if the dialog was cancelled. TODO (rdevlin.cronin): Remove this. This is not a good use of a command-line flag, as it would be equally effective as a global boolean. Additionally, this opens up a dangerous way for attackers to append a commandline flag and circumvent all user action for installing an extension. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-24. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-gallery-update-url ⊗ | The update url used by gallery/webstore extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-gallery-url ⊗ | The URL to use for the gallery link in the app launcher. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-new-install-bubble ⊗ | Whether to always use the new app install bubble when installing an app. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-12. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-no-throb ⊗ | Disable throbber for extension apps. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-26. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --apps-use-native-frame ⊗ | Experimental native frame support for packaged apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-01. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ash-animate-from-boot-splash-screen ⊗ | Enables an animated transition from the boot splash screen (Chrome logo on a white background) to the login screen. Implies |kAshCopyHostBackgroundAtBoot| and doesn't make much sense if used in conjunction with |kDisableBootAnimation| (since the transition begins at the same time as the white/grayscale login screen animation). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-browsertests[3] ⊗ | Force browser tests to run in Ash/Metro on Windows 8. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/test/base/test_switches.cc. |
| --ash-constrain-pointer-to-root ⊗ | Constrains the pointer movement within a root window on desktop. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-copy-host-background-at-boot ⊗ | Copies the host window's content to the system background layer at startup. Can make boot slightly slower, but also hides an even-longer awkward period where we display a white background if the login wallpaper takes a long time to load. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-debug-shortcuts ⊗ | Enable keyboard shortcuts useful for debugging. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-debug-show-preferred-networks ⊗ | UI to show preferred networks in the status area (for testing). ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-default-guest-wallpaper-large ⊗ | Default wallpaper to use in guest mode (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable JPEG files). ↪ Removed on 2013-10-01. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-default-guest-wallpaper-small ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-10-01. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-default-wallpaper-large ⊗ | Default wallpaper to use (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable JPEG files). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-default-wallpaper-small ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-alternate-shelf-layout ⊗ | Disable the alternate shelf layout. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-audio-device-menu[4] ⊗ | Disable the status tray volume menu for allowing the user to choose an audio input and output device. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-05. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-auto-maximizing ⊗ | Disable auto window maximization logic. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-25. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-display-change-limiter ⊗ | Disables the limitter to throttle how quickly a user can change display settings. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-21. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-drag-and-drop-applist-to-launcher ⊗ | Disallow items to be dragged from the app launcher list into the launcher. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-01. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-drag-off-shelf ⊗ | Disable dragging items off the shelf to unpin them. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-immersive-fullscreen ⊗ | Disable immersive fullscreen mode, regardless of default setting. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-24. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-new-lock-animations ⊗ | If present new lock animations are enabled. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-02. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-overview-mode ⊗ | Disables overview mode for window switching. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-software-mirroring[4] ⊗ | Disable compositor based mirroring. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-25. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-tab-scrubbing[5] ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-09-30. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-usb-charger-notification[4] ⊗ | Disable the notification when a low-power USB charger is connected. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-05. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-advanced-gestures ⊗ | Enable advanced gestures (e.g. for window management). ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-audio-device-menu[4] ⊗ | TODO(jamescook): Remove this unused flag. It exists only to allow the "Enable audio device menu" about:flags item to have the tri-state default/enabled/disabled UI. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-05. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-brightness-control ⊗ | Always enable brightness control. Used by machines that don't report their main monitor as internal. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-29. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-docked-windows ⊗ | Enable the dock area on a desktop. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-08. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-immersive-fullscreen ⊗ | Enable immersive fullscreen mode, regardless of default setting. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-24. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-memory-monitor[6] ⊗ | Enable memory monitoring. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-28. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-oak ⊗ | Enables the Oak tree viewer. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-21. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-sticky-edges ⊗ | Enables "sticky" edges instead of "snap-to-edge" ↪ Removed on 2014-02-20. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-tray-dragging ⊗ | Enables showing the tray bubble by dragging on the shelf. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-force-desktop[3] ⊗ | Force Ash to open its root window on the desktop, even on Windows 8 where it would normally end up in metro. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-force-mirror-mode ⊗ | Forces chrome to use mirror mode when an external display is connected. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-27. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-hide-notifications-for-factory ⊗ | Hides notifications that are irrelevant to Chrome OS device factory testing, such as battery level updates. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-host-window-bounds ⊗ | Sets a window size, optional position, and optional scale factor. "1024x768" creates a window of size 1024x768. "100+200-1024x768" positions the window at 100,200. "1024x768*2" sets the scale factor to 2 for a high DPI display. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-immersive-hide-tab-indicators ⊗ | Hides the small tab indicators at the top of the screen during immersive fullscreen mode. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-31. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-secondary-display-layout ⊗ | Specifies the layout mode and offsets for the secondary display for testing. The format is "<t|r|b|l>,<offset>" where t=TOP, r=RIGHT, b=BOTTOM and L=LEFT. For example, 'r,-100' means the secondary display is positioned on the right with -100 offset. (above than primary) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-touch-hud ⊗ | Enables the heads-up display for tracking touch points. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-use-alternate-shelf ⊗ | Use alternate layout of the shelf for testing a new look and feel: Slightly smaller profile, only 2 states for the "bar highlight" on launcher buttons, app list icon with more visible state indication, app list icon repositionable and defaulting as 1st item in shelf, more visible state indication for background on status area. crbug's [244983, 244990, 244994, 245005, 245012] ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-use-first-display-as-internal ⊗ | Uses the 1st display in --ash-host-window-bounds as internal display. This is for debugging on linux desktop. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-webui-init ⊗ | When wallpaper boot animation is not disabled this switch is used to override OOBE/sign in WebUI init type. Possible values: parallel|postpone. Default: parallel. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --assert-test ⊗ | Causes the browser process to throw an assertion on startup. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --audio-buffer-size ⊗ | Allow users to specify a custom buffer size for debugging purpose. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --aura-legacy-power-button ⊗ | (Most) Chrome OS hardware reports ACPI power button releases correctly. Standard hardware reports releases immediately after presses. If set, we lock the screen or shutdown the system immediately in response to a press instead of displaying an interactive animation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --aura-no-shadows ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in ui/views/corewm/corewm_switches.cc. |
| --auth-ext-path ⊗ | Enables overriding the path for the default authentication extension. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --auth-negotiate-delegate-whitelist ⊗ | Whitelist of servers that Negotiate will generate delegated Kerberos tickets for. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --auth-schemes ⊗ | HTTP authentication schemes to enable. This is a comma-separated list of authentication schemes (basic, digest, ntlm, and negotiate). By default all schemes are enabled. The primary use of this command line flag is to help triage authentication-related issues reported by end-users. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --auth-server-whitelist ⊗ | Whitelist of servers which NTLM and Negotiate can automatically authenticate with using the default credentials of the currently logged in user. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --auto ⊗ | The values the kTouchEvents switch may have, as in --touch-events=disabled. auto: enabled at startup when an attached touchscreen is present. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc. |
| --auto-launch-at-startup ⊗ | A flag that is used to tell Chrome that it was launched automatically at computer startup and not by some user action. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --autofill-service-url ⊗ | Flag used to tell Chrome the base url of the Autofill service. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-17. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --automatic ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-11-06. This switch was listed in /ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --automation-channel ⊗ | The value of this switch tells the app to listen for and broadcast automation-related messages on IPC channel with the given ID. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-02. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --automation-reinitialize-on-channel-error ⊗ | Causes the automation provider to reinitialize its IPC channel instead of shutting down when a client disconnects. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --background-color-instead-of-checkerboard ⊗ | On platforms where checkerboards are used, prefer background colors instead of checkerboards. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --blacklist-accelerated-compositing ⊗ | Blacklist the GPU for accelerated compositing. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --blacklist-webgl ⊗ | Blacklist the GPU for WebGL. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --block-cross-site-documents ⊗ | Block cross-site documents (i.e., HTML/XML/JSON) from being loaded in subresources when a document is not supposed to read them. This will later allow us to block them from the entire renderer process when site isolation is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --browser-subprocess-path ⊗ | Path to the exe to run for the renderer and plugin subprocesses. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --browser-test ⊗ | Tells Content Shell that it's running as a content_browsertest. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --bwsi ⊗ | Indicates that the browser is in "browse without sign-in" (Guest session) mode. Should completely disable extensions, sync and bookmarks. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --cancel-first-run ⊗ | Similar to kNoFirstRun, but also drops the First Run beacon so that first run will not occur in subsequent runs either. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-27. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cc-layer-tree-test-no-timeout ⊗ | Prevents the layer tree unit tests from timing out. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --channel ⊗ | The value of this switch tells the child process which IPC channel the browser expects to use to communicate with it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ipc/ipc_switches.cc. |
| --check-cloud-print-connector-policy ⊗ | Checks the cloud print connector policy, informing the service process if the policy is set to disallow the connector, then quits. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --check-for-update-interval ⊗ | How often (in seconds) to check for updates. Should only be used for testing purposes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --check-layout-test-sys-deps ⊗ | Check whether all system dependencies for running layout tests are met. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --child-clean-exit[7] ⊗ | Causes the child processes to cleanly exit via calling exit(). ↪ Removed on 2014-03-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --chrome-frame ⊗ | Run Chrome in Chrome Frame mode. This means that Chrome expects to be run as a dependent process of the Chrome Frame plugin. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-10. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --chrome-version ⊗ | Tells chrome to load the specified version of chrome.dll on Windows. If this version cannot be loaded, Chrome will exit. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-11. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --chromeos-release-board ⊗ | Enables overriding the Chrome OS board type when running on Linux. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-29. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --cipher-suite-blacklist ⊗ | Comma-separated list of SSL cipher suites to disable. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --clear-token-service ⊗ | Clears the token service before using it. This allows simulating the expiration of credentials during testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --client-login-to-oauth2-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-05-09. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-policy-invalidation-delay ⊗ | The maximum amount of delay in ms between receiving a cloud policy invalidation and fetching the policy. A random delay up to this value is used to prevent Chrome clients from overwhelming the cloud policy server when a policy which affects many users is changed. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-17. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-delete-file ⊗ | Used with kCloudPrintFile. Tells Chrome to delete the file when finished displaying the print dialog. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-file ⊗ | Tells chrome to display the cloud print dialog and upload the specified file for printing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-file-type ⊗ | Specifies the mime type to be used when uploading data from the file referenced by cloud-print-file. Defaults to "application/pdf" if unspecified. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-job-title ⊗ | Used with kCloudPrintFile to specify a title for the resulting print job. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-print-ticket ⊗ | Used with kCloudPrintFile to specify a JSON print ticket for the resulting print job. Defaults to null if unspecified. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-service ⊗ | The URL of the cloud print service to use, overrides any value stored in preferences, and the default. Only used if the cloud print service has been enabled. Used for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-setup-proxy ⊗ | Setup cloud print proxy for provided printers. This does not start service or register proxy for autostart. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --compile-shader-always-succeeds ⊗ | Always return success when compiling a shader. Linking will still fail. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --component-updater ⊗ | Comma-separated options to troubleshoot the component updater. Only valid for the browser process. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --composite-to-mailbox ⊗ | Causes the compositor to render to textures which are then sent to the parent through the texture mailbox mechanism. Requires --enable-compositor-frame-message. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --conflicting-modules-check ⊗ | Causes the browser process to inspect loaded and registered DLLs for known conflicts and warn the user. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-28. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --console ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --country ⊗ | The Country we should use. This is normally obtained from the operating system during first run and cached in the preferences afterwards. This is a string value, the 2 letter code from ISO 3166-1. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --crash-on-hang-threads ⊗ | Comma-separated list of BrowserThreads that cause browser process to crash if the given browser thread is not responsive. UI,IO,DB,FILE,CACHE are the list of BrowserThreads that are supported. For example: --crash-on-hang-threads=UI:3:18,IO:3:18 --> Crash the browser if UI or IO is not responsive for 18 seconds and the number of browser threads that are responding is less than or equal to 3. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --crash-test ⊗ | Causes the browser process to crash on startup. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --create-browser-on-startup-for-tests ⊗ | Some platforms like ChromeOS default to empty desktop. Browser tests may need to add this switch so that at least one browser instance is created on startup. TODO(nkostylev): Investigate if this switch could be removed. (http://crbug.com/148675) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --data-path ⊗ | Makes Content Shell use the given path for its data directory. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --dbus-stub ⊗ | Forces the stub implementation of dbus clients. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --debug-children ⊗ | Will add kDebugOnStart to every child processes. If a value is passed, it will be used as a filter to determine if the child process should have the kDebugOnStart flag passed on or not. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in ipc/ipc_switches.cc. |
| --debug-enable-frame-toggle ⊗ | Enables a frame context menu item that toggles the frame in and out of glass mode (Windows Vista and up only). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --debug-on-start ⊗ | If the program includes base/debug/debug_on_start_win.h, the process will (on Windows only) start the JIT system-registered debugger on itself and will wait for 60 seconds for the debugger to attach to itself. Then a break point will be hit. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --debug-packed-apps ⊗ | Adds debugging entries such as Inspect Element to context menus of packed apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --debug-plugin-loading ⊗ | Dumps extra logging about plugin loading to the log file. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --debug-print[8] ⊗ | Enables support to debug printing subsystem. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --default-stub-network-state-idle ⊗ | All stub networks are idle by default. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --default-tile-height ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --default-tile-width ⊗ | Sets the tile size used by composited layers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --delete ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --desktop ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --device-management-url ⊗ | Specifies the URL at which to fetch configuration policy from the device management backend. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/policy/core/common/policy_switches.cc. |
| --diagnostics ⊗ | Triggers a plethora of diagnostic modes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --diagnostics-format ⊗ | Sets the output format for diagnostic modes enabled by diagnostics flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --diagnostics-recovery ⊗ | Tells the diagnostics mode to do the requested recovery step(s). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --direct-npapi-requests ⊗ | Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins directly through the browser, instead of going through the renderer. This will be the new default, but it's not turned on initially until we do more testing. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-01. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-3d-apis ⊗ | Disables client-visible 3D APIs, in particular WebGL and Pepper 3D. This is controlled by policy and is kept separate from the other enable/disable switches to avoid accidentally regressing the policy support for controlling access to these APIs. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas ⊗ | Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-compositing ⊗ | Disables accelerated compositing. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-fixed-root-background ⊗ | Disables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with background-attachment: fixed. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-layers ⊗ | Disables the hardware acceleration of 3D CSS and animation. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-overflow-scroll ⊗ | Disables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-plugins ⊗ | Disables the hardware acceleration of plugins. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-video ⊗ | Disables GPU accelerated video display. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-accelerated-video-decode ⊗ | Disables hardware acceleration of video decode, where available. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-app-list ⊗ | If set, the app list will be disabled at startup. Note this doesn't prevent the app list from running, it just makes Chrome think the app list hasn't been enabled (as in kEnableAppList) yet. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-22. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-application-cache ⊗ | Disable the ApplicationCache. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-async-dns ⊗ | Disables the experimental asynchronous DNS client. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-audio ⊗ | TODO(scherkus): remove --disable-audio when we have a proper fallback mechanism. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-auth-negotiate-cname-lookup ⊗ | Disables CNAME lookup of the host when generating the Kerberos SPN for a Negotiate challenge. See HttpAuthHandlerNegotiate::CreateSPN for more background. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-background-mode ⊗ | Disables background mode (background apps will not keep chrome running in the background). ↪ Removed on 2014-06-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-background-networking ⊗ | Disable several subsystems which run network requests in the background. This is for use when doing network performance testing to avoid noise in the measurements. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-backing-store-limit ⊗ | Disable limits on the number of backing stores. Can prevent blinking for users with many windows/tabs and lots of memory. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-bookmark-autocomplete-provider ⊗ | Disables the bookmark autocomplete provider (BookmarkProvider). ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-boot-animation ⊗ | Disables wallpaper boot animation (except of OOBE case). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-breakpad ⊗ | Disables the crash reporting. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --disable-browser-plugin-compositing ⊗ | Disable browser plugin compositing experiment. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-11. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-bundled-ppapi-flash ⊗ | Disables the bundled PPAPI version of Flash. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-canvas-aa ⊗ | Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-carbon-interposing[9] ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-12-20. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-chrome-captive-portal-detector ⊗ | Disables Chrome Captive Portal detector, which initiates Captive Portal detection for new active networks. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-09. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-client-side-phishing-detection ⊗ | Disables the client-side phishing detection feature. Note that even if client-side phishing detection is enabled, it will only be active if the user has opted in to UMA stats and SafeBrowsing is enabled in the preferences. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-cloud-policy-on-signin ⊗ | If present, disables the loading and application of cloud policy for signed-in users. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-17. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-cloud-policy-push ⊗ | Disables pushing cloud policy to Chrome using an invalidation service. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-17. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-component-update ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-composited-antialiasing ⊗ | Disables layer-edge anti-aliasing in the compositor. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --disable-core-animation-plugins[9] ⊗ | Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-crl-sets ⊗ | Disables establishing certificate revocation information by downloading a set of CRLs rather than performing on-line checks. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-26. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-cros-online-eula ⊗ | Disables fetching online CrOS EULA page, only static version is shown. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-custom-jumplist ⊗ | Disables the custom JumpList on Windows 7. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-02. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-d3d11 ⊗ | Disables use of D3D11. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --disable-databases ⊗ | Disables HTML5 DB support. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-default-apps ⊗ | Disables installation of default apps on first run. This is used during automated testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-delegated-renderer ⊗ | Disables delegated renderer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-desktop-notifications ⊗ | Disables desktop notifications (default enabled on windows). ↪ Removed on 2014-10-08. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-device-discovery ⊗ | Disables device discovery. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-device-discovery-notifications ⊗ | Disables device discovery notifications. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-11. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-device-enumeration[10] ⊗ | Disables WebRTC device enumeration. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-25. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-device-motion ⊗ | Disable device motion events. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-18. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-device-orientation ⊗ | Disable device orientation events. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-18. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-dhcp-wpad ⊗ | Disables retrieval of PAC URLs from DHCP as per the WPAD standard. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-dns-probes ⊗ | Force-disables DNS probes on main frame DNS errors. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-22. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-drive ⊗ | Disables Google Drive integration. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-19. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-dwm-composition ⊗ | Disables use of DWM composition for top level windows. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --disable-extensions ⊗ | Disable extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-extensions-file-access-check ⊗ | Disable checking for user opt-in for extensions that want to inject script into file URLs (ie, always allow it). This is used during automated testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-extensions-http-throttling ⊗ | Disable the net::URLRequestThrottlerManager functionality for requests originating from extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-extensions-resource-whitelist ⊗ | Disable mandatory enforcement of web_accessible_resources in extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-17. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-file-system ⊗ | Disable FileSystem API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-fixed-position-compositing ⊗ | See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-flash-3d ⊗ | Disable 3D inside of flapper. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-flash-stage3d ⊗ | Disable Stage3D inside of flapper. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-force-compositing-mode ⊗ | This flag disables force compositing mode and prevents it from being enabled via field trials. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-13. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-full-history-sync ⊗ | Disables full history sync. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-fullscreen ⊗ | Disable the JavaScript Full Screen API. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-20. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-geolocation ⊗ | Suppresses support for the Geolocation javascript API. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback[11] ⊗ | Disable user gesture requirement for media playback. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gesture-tap-highlight ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-07-17. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gl-error-limit ⊗ | Disable the GL error log limit. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gl-multisampling ⊗ | Disable GL multisampling. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-15. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-glsl-translator ⊗ | Disable the GLSL translator. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu ⊗ | Disables GPU hardware acceleration. If software renderer is not in place, then the GPU process won't launch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-compositing ⊗ | Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-driver-bug-workarounds ⊗ | Disable workarounds for various GPU driver bugs. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-process-prelaunch ⊗ | Do not launch the GPU process shortly after browser process launch. Instead launch it when it is first needed. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-28. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-program-cache ⊗ | Turn off gpu program caching ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-sandbox ⊗ | Disable the GPU process sandbox. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache ⊗ | Disables the GPU shader on disk cache. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-vsync ⊗ | Stop the GPU from synchronizing on the vsync before presenting. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gpu-watchdog ⊗ | Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding to messages. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-hang-monitor ⊗ | Suppresses hang monitor dialogs in renderer processes. This may allow slow unload handlers on a page to prevent the tab from closing, but the Task Manager can be used to terminate the offending process in this case. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-histogram-customizer ⊗ | Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-html-notifications ⊗ | Disables HTML-based desktop notifications. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-12. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-image-transport-surface ⊗ | Disable the use of an ImageTransportSurface. This means the GPU process will present the rendered page rather than the browser process. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-28. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-impl-side-painting ⊗ | Paint content on the main thread instead of the compositor thread. Overrides the kEnableImplSidePainting flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-improved-download-protection ⊗ | Disables improved SafeBrowsing download protection. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-12. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-instant-extended-api ⊗ | Disable Instant extended API. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-16. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-interactive-autocomplete ⊗ | Disables an interactive autocomplete UI. See kEnableInteractiveAutocomplete for a description. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-10. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --disable-ip-pooling ⊗ | Disables IP Pooling within the networks stack (SPDY only). When a connection is needed for a domain which shares an IP with an existing connection, attempt to use the existing connection. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-01. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-ipv6 ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --disable-java ⊗ | Prevent Java from running. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-javascript ⊗ | Don't execute JavaScript (browser JS like the new tab page still runs). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-legacy-encrypted-media ⊗ | Disables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g. webkitGenerateKeyRequest()). ↪ Removed on 2013-09-30. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-local-accounts ⊗ | Disable policy-configured local accounts. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-local-first-load-ntp ⊗ | Disable always using the local NTP for the first NTP load of a new window. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-16. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-local-storage ⊗ | Disable LocalStorage. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-logging ⊗ | Force logging to be disabled. Logging is enabled by default in debug builds. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-login-animations ⊗ | Avoid doing expensive animations upon login. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-main-thread-audio[12] ⊗ | Unlike other platforms, OSX requires CoreAudio calls to happen on the main thread of the process. Provide a way to disable this until support is well tested. See http://crbug.com/158170. TODO(dalecurtis): Remove this once we're sure nothing has exploded. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --disable-map-image ⊗ | Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory. Overrides the kEnableMapImage flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-01. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-media-history[11] ⊗ | Disable history logging for media elements. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-20. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-minimize-on-second-launcher-item-click ⊗ | Disable the behavior that the second click on a launcher item (the click when the item is already active) minimizes the item. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-new-channel-switcher-ui ⊗ | Disable new channel switcher UI. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-ntp-other-sessions-menu ⊗ | Disables the menu on the NTP for accessing sessions from other devices. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-omnibox-auto-completion-for-ime ⊗ | Disables omnibox auto-completion when IME is active. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-oobe-animation ⊗ | Avoid doing animations upon oobe. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-17. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-oobe-blocking-update ⊗ | Disables portal detection and network error handling before auto update. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-26. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-overscroll-edge-effect[11] ⊗ | Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-panel-fitting[4] ⊗ | Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-password-autofill-public-suffix-domain-matching ⊗ | Disable using a public suffix based domain matching for autofill of passwords. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-05. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-pepper-3d ⊗ | Disable Pepper3D. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-pinch ⊗ | Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-plugins ⊗ | Prevent plugins from running. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-plugins-discovery ⊗ | Disable discovering third-party plug-ins. Effectively loading only ones shipped with the browser plus third-party ones as specified by --extra-plugin-dir and --load-plugin switches. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-pnacl ⊗ | Disables the usage of Portable Native Client. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-24. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-pnacl-crash-throttling ⊗ | Disables crash throttling for Portable Native Client. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --disable-pnacl-install ⊗ | Disables the installation of Portable Native Client. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-17. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --disable-popup-blocking ⊗ | Disable pop-up blocking. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-preconnect ⊗ | Disable speculative TCP/IP preconnection. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-prerender-local-predictor ⊗ | Disable prerendering based on local browsing history. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-print-preview ⊗ | Disables print preview (For testing, and for users who don't like us. :[ ) ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-prompt-on-repost ⊗ | Normally when the user attempts to navigate to a page that was the result of a post we prompt to make sure they want to. This switch may be used to disable that check. This switch is used during automated testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-quic ⊗ | Disables support for the QUIC protocol. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-quic-https ⊗ | Disables support for the HTTPS over QUIC protocol. This is a temporary testing flag. This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-24. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-quickoffice-component-app ⊗ | Disable Quickoffice component app thus handlers won't be registered so it will be possible to install another version as normal app for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-11. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-remote-fonts ⊗ | Disables remote web font support. SVG font should always work whether this option is specified or not. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-renderer-accessibility ⊗ | Turns off the accessibility in the renderer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-restore-background-contents ⊗ | Prevents the URLs of BackgroundContents from being remembered and re-launched when the browser restarts. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-restore-session-state ⊗ | Disables restoring session state (cookies, session storage, etc.) when restoring the browsing session. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-rich-notifications ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-03-21. This switch was listed in ui/message_center/message_center_switches.cc. |
| --disable-scripted-print-throttling ⊗ | Disables throttling prints initiated by scripts. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sctp-data-channels[10] ⊗ | Disables WebRTC DataChannels SCTP wire protocol support. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox ⊗ | Disable the seccomp filter sandbox (seccomp-bpf) (Linux only). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-session-storage ⊗ | Disable session storage. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-setuid-sandbox ⊗ | Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-shader-name-hashing ⊗ | Turn off user-defined name hashing in shaders. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --disable-shared-workers ⊗ | Disable shared workers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-simple-cache ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in android_webview/common/aw_switches.cc. |
| --disable-site-specific-quirks ⊗ | Disables site-specific tailoring to compatibility issues in WebKit. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-smooth-scrolling ⊗ | Disable smooth scrolling for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-software-rasterizer ⊗ | Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-spdy31 ⊗ | Disable SPDY/3.1. This is a temporary testing flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-07. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-speech-input ⊗ | Disables speech input. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-07. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-ssl-false-start ⊗ | Disable False Start in SSL and TLS connections. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-26. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sticky-keys ⊗ | Disables support of sticky keys. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-stub-ethernet ⊗ | Disables fake ethernet network in the stub implementations. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-17. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync ⊗ | Disables syncing browser data to a Google Account. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-app-settings ⊗ | Disables syncing of app settings. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-apps ⊗ | Disables syncing of apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-autofill ⊗ | Disables syncing of autofill. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-autofill-profile ⊗ | Disables syncing of autofill Profile. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-bookmarks ⊗ | Disables syncing of bookmarks. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-dictionary ⊗ | Disables syncing of dictionary. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-extension-settings ⊗ | Disables syncing extension settings. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-extensions ⊗ | Disables syncing of extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-favicons ⊗ | Disables syncing of favicons. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-passwords ⊗ | Disables syncing browser passwords. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-preferences ⊗ | Disables syncing of preferences. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-priority-preferences ⊗ | Disables syncing of priority preferences. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-search-engines ⊗ | Disable syncing custom search engines. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-synced-notifications ⊗ | Disable synced notifications. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-tabs ⊗ | Disables syncing browser sessions. Will override kEnableSyncTabs. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-themes ⊗ | Disables syncing of themes. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-typed-urls ⊗ | Disables syncing browser typed urls. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-system-fullscreen-for-testing[12] ⊗ | Forcibly disables Lion-style on newer OSes, to allow developers to test the older, SnowLeopard-style fullscreen. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-test-compositor ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --disable-threaded-animation ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --disable-threaded-compositing ⊗ | Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-threaded-html-parser ⊗ | Disables the threaded HTML parser in Blink ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-tls-channel-id ⊗ | Disables TLS Channel ID extension. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-touch-adjustment ⊗ | Disables touch adjustment. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --disable-touch-drag-drop ⊗ | Disables touch event based drag and drop. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --disable-touch-editing ⊗ | Disables controls that support touch base text editing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --disable-transition-compositing ⊗ | See comment for kEnableCompositingForTransition. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-translate ⊗ | Allows disabling of translate from the command line to assist with automated browser testing (e.g. Selenium/WebDriver). Normal browser users should disable translate with the preference. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/translate/core/common/translate_switches.cc. |
| --disable-user-image-sync ⊗ | Disables user image sync. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-09. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-user-media-security ⊗ | Disables some security measures when accessing user media devices like webcams and microphones, especially on non-HTTPS pages. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-06. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-views-textfield ⊗ | Disables the Views textfield on Windows. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-15. This switch was listed in /ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --disable-vp8-alpha-playback ⊗ | Disables VP8 Alpha playback in media elements. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --disable-web-resources ⊗ | Disables the backend service for web resources. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-web-security ⊗ | Don't enforce the same-origin policy. (Used by people testing their sites.) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webaudio ⊗ | Disable web audio API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webgl ⊗ | Disable experimental WebGL support. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webkit-media-source ⊗ | Disables prefixed Media Source API (i.e., the WebKitMediaSource object). ↪ Removed on 2014-04-15. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webrtc[11] ⊗ | WebRTC is enabled by default on Android. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webview-gl-mode ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-26. This switch was listed in android_webview/common/aw_switches.cc. |
| --disable-winsta ⊗ | Disables the alternate window station for the renderer. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-xss-auditor ⊗ | Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective XSS. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-zero-browsers-open-for-tests ⊗ | Some tests seem to require the application to close when the last browser window is closed. Thus, we need a switch to force this behavior for ChromeOS Aura, disable "zero window mode". TODO(pkotwicz): Investigate if this bug can be removed. (http://crbug.com/119175) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disabled ⊗ | disabled: touch events are disabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc. |
| --disk-cache-dir ⊗ | Use a specific disk cache location, rather than one derived from the UserDatadir. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disk-cache-size ⊗ | Forces the maximum disk space to be used by the disk cache, in bytes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --dns-log-details ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --dns-prefetch-disable ⊗ | Disables prefetching of DNS information. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --dom-automation ⊗ | Specifies if the |DOMAutomationController| needs to be bound in the renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when automating dom based tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --dump-render-tree ⊗ | Request pages to be dumped as text once they finished loading. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --easy-off-store-extension-install ⊗ | Enables extensions to be easily installed from sites other than the web store. Without this flag, they can still be installed, but must be manually dragged onto chrome://extensions/. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-09. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --echo-ext-path ⊗ | Enables overriding the path for the default echo component extension. Useful for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-20. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --egl ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accelerated-2d-canvas ⊗ | Enable accelerated 2D canvas. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accelerated-filters ⊗ | Enable gpu-accelerated SVG/W3C filters. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-21. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accelerated-fixed-root-background ⊗ | Enables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with background-attachment: fixed. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accelerated-overflow-scroll ⊗ | Enables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll. Promotes eligible overflow:scroll elements to layers to enable accelerated scrolling for them. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accelerated-scrollable-frames ⊗ | Enables accelerated compositing for scrollable frames for accelerated scrolling for them. Requires kForceCompositingMode. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accessibility-logging ⊗ | Turns on extremely verbose logging of accessibility events. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-17. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accessibility-tab-switcher[11] ⊗ | Enable the accessibility tab switcher. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-add-to-homescreen[11] ⊗ | Makes the "Add to Homescreen" shortcut visible. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-04. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-adview ⊗ | Enables the <adview> tag in packaged apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-adview-src-attribute ⊗ | Enables specifying a "src" attribute on <adview> elements (for testing purposes, to skip the whitelist). ↪ Removed on 2014-01-30. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-app-list ⊗ | If set, the app list will be enabled as if enabled from CWS. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-app-list-shim[12] ⊗ | Enables the app list OSX .app shim, for showing the app list. If the flag is not present, Chrome will check if the shim exists at startup, and delete it if it does. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-19. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-app-shims[12] ⊗ | Enable to allow creation and launch of app shims for platform apps. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-30. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-app-window-controls ⊗ | Enables the <window-controls> tag in platform apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --enable-async-dns ⊗ | Enables the experimental asynchronous DNS client. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-audible-notifications ⊗ | Enable notifications of audible/silent audio output from a render view. TODO(miu): Remove --enable-audible-notifications once the feature goes live. http://crbug.com/178934 ↪ Removed on 2013-10-23. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-auth-negotiate-port ⊗ | Enables the inclusion of non-standard ports when generating the Kerberos SPN in response to a Negotiate challenge. See HttpAuthHandlerNegotiate::CreateSPN for more background. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-autologin ⊗ | Enables the pre- and auto-login features. When a user signs in to sync, the browser's cookie jar is pre-filled with GAIA cookies. When the user visits a GAIA login page, an info bar can help the user login. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-21. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-background-loader ⊗ | Enables component extension that initializes background pages of certain hosted applications. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-batched-shutdown ⊗ | Enables running all beforeunload handlers before closing any browser windows on shutdown. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-08. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-begin-frame-scheduling ⊗ | Use a BeginFrame signal from browser to renderer to schedule rendering. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-benchmarking ⊗ | Enables the benchmarking extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-browser-input-controller ⊗ | Synchronize delivery and response of input events to and from the renderer. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-30. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-browser-plugin-drag-drop ⊗ | Enables Drag and Drop into and out of Browser Plugin. kEnableBrowserPluginGuestViews must also be set at this time. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-18. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-browser-plugin-for-all-view-types ⊗ | Enables browser plugin for all types of pages. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-browser-text-subpixel-positioning ⊗ | Let text glyphs have X-positions that aren't snapped to the pixel grid in the browser UI. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc. |
| --enable-carrier-switching ⊗ | Enables switching between different cellular carriers from the UI. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-chrome-audio-switching ⊗ | Enable switching between audio devices in Chrome instead of cras. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-26. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-chrome-captive-portal-detector ⊗ | Enables Chrome Captive Portal detector, which initiates Captive Portal detection for new active networks. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-09. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-chromium-branding ⊗ | Enable Chromium branding of the executable. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-15. This switch was listed in chrome/test/base/test_switches.cc. |
| --enable-cloud-print-proxy ⊗ | This applies only when the process type is "service". Enables the Cloud Print Proxy component within the service process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-component-cloud-policy ⊗ | Enables fetching and storing cloud policy for components. This currently supports policy for extensions on Chrome OS. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-18. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-composited-scrolling-for-frames ⊗ | Enables accelerated scrolling by the compositor for frames. Requires kForceCompositingMode and kEnableAcceleratedScrollableFrames. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-contacts ⊗ | Enables fetching the user's contacts from Google and showing them in the Chrome OS apps list. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-crash-reporter ⊗ | Indicates that crash reporting should be enabled. On platforms where helper processes cannot access to files needed to make this decision, this flag is generated internally. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-crash-reporter-for-testing[7] ⊗ | Used for turning on Breakpad crash reporting in a debug environment where crash reporting is typically compiled but disabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-css-shaders ⊗ | Enables CSS3 custom filters ↪ Removed on 2013-10-15. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-dcheck ⊗ | Enable DCHECKs in release mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-deferred-image-decoding ⊗ | Defer image decoding in WebKit until painting. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-delegated-renderer ⊗ | Enables delegated renderer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-device-motion ⊗ | Enables device motion events. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-20. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-devtools-experiments ⊗ | If true devtools experimental settings are enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-dns-probes ⊗ | Force-enables DNS probes on main frame DNS errors. (The user must still opt in to "Use web service to resolve navigation errors".) ↪ Removed on 2013-11-22. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-download-resumption ⊗ | Enables restarting interrupted downloads. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-drive-v2-api ⊗ | Enables Drive v2 API instead of Google Documents List API. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-20. This switch was listed in chrome/browser/drive/drive_switches.cc. |
| --enable-eac3-playback ⊗ | Enable EAC3 playback in MSE. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-18. This switch was listed in /media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --enable-encrypted-media ⊗ | Enables support for Encrypted Media Extensions (e.g. MediaKeys). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-errdialogs ⊗ | Enable displaying error dialogs (for debugging). ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in chrome/test/base/test_switches.cc. |
| --enable-exclusive-audio[3] ⊗ | Use exclusive mode audio streaming for Windows Vista and higher. Leads to lower latencies for audio streams which uses the AudioParameters::AUDIO_PCM_LOW_LATENCY audio path. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd370844.aspx for details. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --enable-experimental-canvas-features ⊗ | Enable experimental canvas features, e.g. canvas 2D context attributes ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-experimental-form-filling ⊗ | Enable autofill for new elements like checkboxes. crbug.com/157636 ↪ Removed on 2013-11-18. This switch was listed in /components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --enable-experimental-web-platform-features ⊗ | Enables Web Platform features that are in development. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-experimental-websocket ⊗ | Enable an experimental WebSocket implementation. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-08. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-expose-for-tabs[12] ⊗ | Enables the tabs expose feature ( http://crbug.com/50307 ). ↪ Removed on 2014-02-15. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-extension-activity-log-testing ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-extension-activity-logging ⊗ | Enables logging for extension activity. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-fast-unload ⊗ | Enable the fast unload controller, which speeds up tab/window close by running a tab's onunload js handler independently of the GUI - crbug.com/142458 . ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-file-cookies ⊗ | By default, cookies are not allowed on file://. They are needed for testing, for example page cycler and layout tests. See bug 1157243. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-first-run-ui ⊗ | Enables new first-run overlay UI. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-25. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-fixed-layout ⊗ | By default, a page is laid out to fill the entire width of the window. This flag fixes the layout of the page to a default of 980 CSS pixels, or to a specified width and height using --enable-fixed-layout=w,h ↪ Removed on 2013-10-23. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-fixed-position-compositing ⊗ | Enable the creation of compositing layers for fixed position elements. Three options are needed to support four possible scenarios: 1. Default (disabled) 2. Enabled always (to allow dogfooding) 3. Disabled always (to give safety fallback for users) 4. Enabled only if we detect a highDPI display Option #4 may soon be the default, because the feature is needed soon for high DPI, but cannot be used (yet) for low DPI. Options #2 and #3 will override Option #4. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-gesture-tap-highlight ⊗ | Enable Gesture Tap Highlight ↪ Removed on 2014-07-17. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-google-now-integration ⊗ | Enables Google Now integration. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-02. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-gpu-benchmarking ⊗ | Enables the GPU benchmarking extension ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --enable-gpu-client-logging ⊗ | Enable GPU client logging. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/client/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --enable-gpu-client-tracing ⊗ | Enables TRACE for GL calls in the renderer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-gpu-command-logging ⊗ | Turn on Logging GPU commands. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --enable-gpu-debugging ⊗ | Turn on Calling GL Error after every command. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --enable-gpu-service-logging ⊗ | Turns on GPU logging (debug build only). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --enable-gpu-service-tracing ⊗ | Turns on calling TRACE for every GL call. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --enable-grouped-history ⊗ | Enables grouping websites by domain and filtering them by period. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-handle-auditing ⊗ | Enumerates and prints a child process' most dangerous handles when it is terminated. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-handle-auditing-all ⊗ | The same as kAuditHandles except all handles are enumerated. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-high-dpi-fixed-position-compositing ⊗ | See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-http2-draft-04 ⊗ | Enable HTTP/2 draft 04. This is a temporary testing flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-15. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-impl-side-painting ⊗ | Paint content on the compositor thread instead of the main thread. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-inband-text-tracks ⊗ | Enables support for inband text tracks in media content. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --enable-instant-extended-api ⊗ | Enable Instant extended API. On mobile, this merely enables query extraction, not the rest of the instant-extended functionality. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-16. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-interactive-autocomplete ⊗ | Enables an interactive autocomplete UI and a way to invoke this UI from WebKit by enabling HTMLFormElement#requestAutocomplete (and associated autocomplete* events and logic). ↪ Removed on 2014-04-10. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --enable-ip-pooling ⊗ | Enables IP Pooling within the networks stack (SPDY only). When a connection is needed for a domain which shares an IP with an existing connection, attempt to use the existing connection. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-01. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-ipc-fuzzing ⊗ | / Enables the IPC fuzzer for reliability testing ↪ Removed on 2013-10-19. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-ipv6 ⊗ | Enables IPv6 support, even if probes suggest that it may not be fully supported. Some probes may require internet connections, and this flag will allow support independent of application testing. This flag overrides "disable-ipv6" which appears elswhere in this file. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-keep-alive ⊗ | Instructs the mongoose webserver to enable HTTP persistent connections. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-19. This switch was listed in /chrome/test/webdriver/webdriver_switches.cc. |
| --enable-kiosk-mode ⊗ | Enable Kiosk mode for ChromeOS. Note this switch refers to retail mode rather than the kiosk app mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-local-first-load-ntp ⊗ | Enable always using the local NTP for the first NTP load of a new window. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-16. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-logging ⊗ | Force logging to be enabled. Logging is disabled by default in release builds. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-managed-users ⊗ | Enables support for user profiles that are managed by another user and can have restrictions applied. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-12. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-map-image ⊗ | Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-01. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-memory-benchmarking ⊗ | Enables the memory benchmarking extension ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-memory-info ⊗ | Make the values returned to window.performance.memory more granular and more up to date. Without this flag, the memory information is still available, but it is bucketized and updated less frequently. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-metrics-reporting-for-testing ⊗ | Enables metrics recording and reporting in the browser startup sequence, as if this was an official Chrome build where the user allowed metrics reporting. This is used for testing only. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-22. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-monitor-profile ⊗ | On Windows, converts the page to the currently-installed monitor profile. This does NOT enable color management for images. The source is still assumed to be sRGB. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-08. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-mp3-stream-parser ⊗ | Enables MP3 stream parser for Media Source Extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-22. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --enable-nacl ⊗ | Runs the Native Client inside the renderer process and enables GPU plugin (internally adds lEnableGpuPlugin to the command line). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-nacl-debug ⊗ | Enables debugging via RSP over a socket. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --enable-natural-scroll-default ⊗ | Enables natural scroll by default. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-30. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-net-benchmarking ⊗ | Enables the network-related benchmarking extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-new-media-internals ⊗ | Enables the new chrome://media-internals page. http://crbug.com/260005 ↪ Removed on 2013-09-12. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-new-ntp[11] ⊗ | Enables the new NTP. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-30. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-npn ⊗ | Enables NPN and SPDY. In case server supports SPDY, browser will use SPDY. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-06. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-npn-http ⊗ | Enables NPN with HTTP. It means NPN is enabled but SPDY won't be used. HTTP is still used for all requests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-offline-cache-access ⊗ | Enables use of cache if offline, even if it's stale ↪ Removed on 2014-05-13. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-omnibox-auto-completion-for-ime ⊗ | Enables omnibox auto-completion when IME is active. The auto-completion for IME is shown in the same style as the normal(non-IME) auto-completion. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-opus-playback ⊗ | Enables Opus playback in media elements. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-15. This switch was listed in /media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --enable-overlay-scrollbars ⊗ | Enables overlay scrollbars on Aura or Linux. Does nothing on Mac. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-24. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-overscroll-notifications ⊗ | Forward overscroll event data from the renderer to the browser. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-panels ⊗ | Enables panels (always on-top docked pop-up windows). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-partial-swap ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-19. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --enable-password-autofill-public-suffix-domain-matching ⊗ | Enable using a public suffix based domain matching for autofill of passwords. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-20. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-password-generation ⊗ | Enables password generation when we detect that the user is going through account creation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --enable-people-search ⊗ | Enables searching for people from the apps list search box. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-30. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-pepper-testing ⊗ | Enables the testing interface for PPAPI. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ppapi/shared_impl/ppapi_switches.cc. |
| --enable-per-tile-painting ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-15. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --enable-pinch ⊗ | Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-pinch-virtual-viewport ⊗ | Virtual viewport for fixed-position elements, scrollbars during pinch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --enable-preparsed-js-caching ⊗ | Enable caching of pre-parsed JS script data. See http://crbug.com/32407. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-print-preview[13] ⊗ | Enables print preview. Chromium normally does not have the PDF viewer, required for print preview. pdf.dll or libpdf.so should be present in primary directory of Chromium. For local builds it's usually out/Debug or out/Release. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-24. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-privileged-webgl-extensions ⊗ | Enable privileged WebGL extensions; without this switch such extensions are available only to Chrome extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-21. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-profiling ⊗ | Enables tracking of tasks in profiler for viewing via about:profiler. To predominantly disable tracking (profiling), use the command line switch: --enable-profiling=0 Some tracking will still take place at startup, but it will be turned off during chrome_browser_main. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-prune-gpu-command-buffers ⊗ | Aggressively free GPU command buffers belonging to hidden tabs. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-quic ⊗ | Enables support for the QUIC protocol. This is a temporary testing flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-quic-https ⊗ | Enables support for the HTTPS over QUIC protocol. This is a temporary testing flag. This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-24. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-quickoffice-viewing ⊗ | Enables the Quickoffoce/Chrome document viewer rather than the editor. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-31. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-region-based-columns ⊗ | Enables the CSS multicol implementation that uses the regions implementation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-request-tablet-site ⊗ | Enables request of tablet site (via user agent override). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-resource-content-settings ⊗ | Enables content settings based on host *and* plug-in in the user preferences. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-11. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-rich-notifications ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-03-21. This switch was listed in ui/message_center/message_center_switches.cc. |
| --enable-sandbox-logging ⊗ | Cause the OS X sandbox write to syslog every time an access to a resource is denied by the sandbox. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-save-password-bubble ⊗ | Enables save password prompt bubble. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-screensaver-extensions ⊗ | Enables screensaver extensions. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-16. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-scroll-prediction ⊗ | Enable scroll prediction for scroll update events. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-30. This switch was listed in /ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-sdch ⊗ | Controls the support for SDCH filtering (dictionary based expansion of content). By default SDCH filtering is enabled. To disable SDCH filtering, use "--enable-sdch=0" as command line argument. SDCH is currently only supported server-side for searches on google.com. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-01. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-share-group-async-texture-upload ⊗ | Allows async texture uploads (off main thread) via GL context sharing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --enable-simplified-fullscreen[12] ⊗ | Enables a simplified fullscreen UI on Mac. ↪ Removed on 2014-09-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-skia-benchmarking ⊗ | Enables the Skia benchmarking extension ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-smooth-scrolling ⊗ | On platforms that support it, enables smooth scroll animation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-software-compositing ⊗ | Allow the compositor to use its software implementation if GL fails. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spatial-navigation ⊗ | Enable spatial navigation ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spdy-credential-frames ⊗ | Enable SPDY CREDENTIAL frame support. This is a temporary testing flag. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-29. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spdy-proxy-auth[14] ⊗ | Enable SPDY proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-15. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spdy4a2 ⊗ | Enable SPDY/4 alpha 2. This is a temporary testing flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-15. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-speech-recognition[11] ⊗ | Enable the recognition part of the Web Speech API. ↪ Removed on 2014-09-25. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-speech-synthesis ⊗ | Enables the synthesis part of the Web Speech API. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-01. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spelling-auto-correct[15] ⊗ | Enables auto correction for misspelled words. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spelling-service-feedback ⊗ | Enables sending user feedback to spelling service. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-27. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-ssl-cached-info ⊗ | Enables TLS cached info extension. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-11. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-stacked-tab-strip ⊗ | Enables the stacked tabstrip. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-30. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-static-ip-config ⊗ | Enables static ip configuration. This flag should be removed when it's on by default. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-04. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-stats-collection-bindings ⊗ | Specifies if the |StatsCollectionController| needs to be bound in the renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when running a test that needs to access the provided statistics. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-stats-table ⊗ | Enables StatsTable, logging statistics to a global named shared memory table. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-sticky-keys ⊗ | Enables support of sticky keys. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-strict-site-isolation ⊗ | Experimentally ensures that each renderer process: 1) Only handles rendering for pages from a single site, apart from iframes. (Note that a page can reference content from multiple origins due to images, JavaScript files, etc. Cross-site iframes are also loaded in-process.) 2) Only has authority to see or use cookies for the page's top-level origin. (So if a.com iframes b.com, the b.com network request will be sent without cookies.) This is expected to break compatibility with many pages for now. Unlike the --site-per-process flag, this allows cross-site iframes, but it blocks all cookies on cross-site requests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-stub-interactive ⊗ | Enable "interactive" mode for stub implemenations (e.g. PowerManagerClient) ↪ Removed on 2014-03-19. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-stub-portalled-wifi ⊗ | Enable stub portalled wifi network for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-suggestions-ntp ⊗ | Enables experimental suggestions pane in New Tab page. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-17. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-sync-synced-notifications ⊗ | Enables synced notifications. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-syncfs-directory-operation ⊗ | Enables directory support for sync filesystem ↪ Removed on 2014-06-30. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-tab-browser-dragging ⊗ | Enables tab dragging to create a real browser. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-15. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-tab-groups-context-menu ⊗ | Enables context menu for selecting groups of tabs. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-tcp-fastopen ⊗ | Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the SYN packet. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-text-services-framework ⊗ | Enable Text Service Framework(TSF) for text inputting instead of IMM32. This flag is ignored on Metro environment. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-03. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-threaded-compositing ⊗ | Enabled threaded compositing for layout tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-thumbnail-retargeting ⊗ | Enables fanciful thumbnail processing. Used with NTP for instant-extended-api, where thumbnails are generally smaller. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-top-controls-position-calculation ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --enable-touch-drag-drop ⊗ | Enables touch event based drag and drop. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-touch-editing ⊗ | Enables controls that support touch base text editing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-transition-compositing ⊗ | Enable/Disable the creation of compositing layers for RenderLayers with a transition on a property that supports accelerated animation (that is, opacity, -webkit-transform, and -webkit-filter), even when no animation is running. These options allow for three possible scenarios: 1. Default (enabled only if we dectect a highDPI display) 2. Enabled always. 3. Disabled always. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-translate[11] ⊗ | Pops the translate infobar if possible. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-translate-new-ux ⊗ | Enables Translate experimental new UX which replaces the infobar. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-unrestricted-ssl3-fallback ⊗ | Enables unrestricted SSL 3.0 fallback. With this switch, SSL 3.0 fallback will be enabled for all sites. Without this switch, SSL 3.0 fallback will be disabled for a site pinned to the Google pin list (indicating that it is a Google site). ↪ Removed on 2014-03-22. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-user-controlled-alternate-protocol-ports ⊗ | Enables Alternate-Protocol when the port is user controlled (> 1024). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-usermedia-screen-capturing ⊗ | Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-viewport ⊗ | Enables the use of the @viewport CSS rule, which allows pages to control aspects of their own layout. This also turns on touch-screen pinch gestures. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-views-textfield ⊗ | Enables the Views textfield on Windows. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-15. This switch was listed in /ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-virtual-keyboard ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc. |
| --enable-visual-word-movement ⊗ | Enables moving cursor by word in visual order. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-vtune-support ⊗ | Enable the Vtune profiler support. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-watchdog ⊗ | Spawns threads to watch for excessive delays in specified message loops. User should set breakpoints on Alarm() to examine problematic thread. Usage: -enable-watchdog=[ui][io] Order of the listed sub-arguments does not matter. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-web-animations-css ⊗ | Enable CSS Transitions / Animations on the Web Animations model. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-27. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-web-animations-svg ⊗ | Enable SVG Animations on the Web Animations model. ↪ Removed on 2014-09-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-web-midi ⊗ | Enables Web MIDI API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-webgl-draft-extensions ⊗ | Enables WebGL extensions not yet approved by the community. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-webkit-text-subpixel-positioning ⊗ | Enable text glyphs to have X-positions that aren't snapped to the pixel grid in webkit renderers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc. |
| --enable-webrtc-aec-recordings[10] ⊗ | Enables WebRTC AEC recordings. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-06. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-webrtc-hw-decoding[10] ⊗ | Enables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-13. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-webrtc-hw-encoding[10] ⊗ | Enables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-11. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-webrtc-tcp-server-socket[10] ⊗ | Enables WebRTC to open TCP server sockets. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-30. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-websocket-over-spdy ⊗ | Uses WebSocket over SPDY. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-08. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enabled ⊗ | enabled: touch events always enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc. |
| --encode-binary ⊗ | Encode binary layout test results (images, audio) using base64. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --enforce-gl-minimums ⊗ | Enforce GL minimums. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --enterprise-enrollment-initial-modulus ⊗ | Power of the power-of-2 initial modulus that will be used by the auto-enrollment client. E.g. "4" means the modulus will be 2^4 = 16. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enterprise-enrollment-modulus-limit ⊗ | Power of the power-of-2 maximum modulus that will be used by the auto-enrollment client. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --event-page-idle-time ⊗ | The time in seconds that an extension event page can be idle before it is shut down. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-05. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --event-page-unloading-time ⊗ | The time in seconds that an extension event page has between being notified of its impending unload and that unload happening. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-05. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --explicitly-allowed-ports ⊗ | Explicitly allows additional ports using a comma-separated list of port numbers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --expose-internals-for-testing ⊗ | Exposes the window.internals object to JavaScript for interactive development and debugging of layout tests that rely on it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --extension-process ⊗ | Marks a renderer as extension process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --extensions-in-action-box ⊗ | Enables or disables showing extensions in the action box. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-26. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --extensions-update-frequency ⊗ | Frequency in seconds for Extensions auto-update. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --extra-chrome-flags ⊗ | Extra flags that the test should pass to launched browser process. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-17. This switch was listed in chrome/test/base/test_switches.cc. |
| --extra-plugin-dir ⊗ | Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --extra-search-query-params ⊗ | Additional query params to insert in the search and instant URLs. Useful for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-23. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --fake-cloud-policy-type[14] ⊗ | Registers for cloud policy using the BROWSER client type instead of the ANDROID_BROWSER or IOS_BROWSER types. This allows skipping the server whitelist. TODO(joaodasilva): remove this. http://crbug.com/248527 ↪ Removed on 2013-10-17. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --fake-variations-channel ⊗ | Fakes the channel of the browser for purposes of Variations filtering. This is to be used for testing only. Possible values are "stable", "beta", "dev" and "canary". Note that this only applies if the browser's reported channel is UNKNOWN. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --fast-start ⊗ | If this flag is present then this command line is being delegated to an already running chrome process via the fast path, ie: before chrome.dll is loaded. It is useful to tell the difference for tracking purposes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --feedback-server ⊗ | Alternative feedback server to use when submitting user feedback ↪ Removed on 2014-05-09. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --file-descriptor-limit ⊗ | The file descriptor limit is set to the value of this switch, subject to the OS hard limits. Useful for testing that file descriptor exhaustion is handled gracefully. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-30. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --file-manager-enable-webstore-integration ⊗ | Enables the webstore integration feature in the Files.app. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-07. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --file-manager-show-checkboxes ⊗ | Shows the selecting checkboxes in the Files.app. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-25. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --filemgr-ext-path[16] ⊗ | Enables overriding the path of file manager extension. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --first-exec-after-boot ⊗ | Passed to Chrome the first time that it's run after the system boots. Not passed on restart after sign out. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --first-show-present-with-GDI ⊗ | Use GDI to do the fist Present after the tab is unhidden. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-28. This switch was listed in /ui/surface/surface_switches.cc. |
| --flag-switches-begin ⊗ | These two flags are added around the switches about:flags adds to the command line. This is useful to see which switches were added by about:flags on about:version. They don't have any effect. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --flag-switches-end ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --force-app-mode ⊗ | Forces application mode. This hides certain system UI elements and forces the app to be installed if it hasn't been already. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --force-compositing-mode ⊗ | Enable force_compositing_mode in layout tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-11. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --force-desktop[3] ⊗ | For the DelegateExecute verb handler to launch Chrome in desktop mode on Windows 8 and higher. Used when relaunching metro Chrome. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --force-device-scale-factor ⊗ | Overrides the device scale factor for the browser UI and the contents. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc. |
| --force-direct-layer-drawing ⊗ | For any layers that can get drawn directly to screen, draw them with the Skia GPU backend. Only valid with gl rendering + threaded compositing + impl-side painting. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-07. This switch was listed in /cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --force-directshow[3] ⊗ | Used to troubleshoot problems with different video capture implementations on Windows. By default we use the Media Foundation API on Windows 7 and up, but specifying this switch will force use of DirectShow always. See bug: http://crbug.com/268412 ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --force-fieldtrials ⊗ | This option can be used to force field trials when testing changes locally. The argument is a list of name and value pairs, separated by slashes. If a trial name is prefixed with an asterisk, that trial will start activated. For example, the following argument defines two trials, with the second one activated: "GoogleNow/Enable/*MaterialDesignNTP/Default/" This option is also used by the browser to send the list of trials to renderers, using the same format. See FieldTrialList::CreateTrialsFromString() in field_trial.h for details. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --force-first-run ⊗ | Displays the First Run experience when the browser is started, regardless of whether or not it's actually the First Run (this overrides kNoFirstRun). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --force-glfinish-workaround ⊗ | Force the use of a workaround for graphics hangs seen on certain Mac OS systems. Enabled by default (and can't be disabled) on known affected systems. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --force-gpu-mem-available-mb ⊗ | Sets the total amount of memory that may be allocated for GPU resources ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --force-immersive[3] ⊗ | For the DelegateExecute verb handler to launch Chrome in metro mode on Windows 8 and higher. Used when relaunching metro Chrome. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --force-load-cloud-policy ⊗ | Tries to load cloud policy for every signed in user, regardless of whether they are a dasher user or not. Used to allow any GAIA account to be used for testing the cloud policy framework. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-21. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --force-login-manager-in-tests ⊗ | Usually in browser tests the usual login manager bringup is skipped so that tests can change how it's brought up. This flag disables that. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --force-renderer-accessibility ⊗ | Force renderer accessibility to be on instead of enabling it on demand when a screen reader is detected. The disable-renderer-accessibility switch overrides this if present. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --force-synchronous-glreadpixels ⊗ | Force the synchronous copy path in compositing_iosurface_mac. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-03. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --force-wave-audio[3] ⊗ | Use Windows WaveOut/In audio API even if Core Audio is supported. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --forced-maximize-mode ⊗ | Enables a mode which enforces all browser & application windows to be created in maximized mode. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-09. This switch was listed in /ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --force_discrete ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-06-15. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --force_integrated ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-06-15. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --full-memory-crash-report ⊗ | Generates full memory crash dump. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --gaia-profile-info ⊗ | Enables using GAIA information to populate profile name and icon. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-24. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --gaia-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --google-apis-host ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-09-19. This switch was listed in /google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --google-base-url ⊗ | Specifies an alternate URL to use for speaking to Google. Useful for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-02. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --google-search-domain-check-url ⊗ | Specifies an alternate URL to use for retrieving the search domain for Google. Useful for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-01. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-device-id ⊗ | Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-driver-bug-workarounds ⊗ | Pass a set of GpuDriverBugWorkaroundType ids, seperated by ','. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-driver-vendor ⊗ | Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-driver-version ⊗ | Passes gpu driver_version from browser process to GPU process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-launcher ⊗ | Extra command line options for launching the GPU process (normally used for debugging). Use like renderer-cmd-prefix. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-no-context-lost ⊗ | Inform Chrome that a GPU context will not be lost in power saving mode, screen saving mode, etc. Note that this flag does not ensure that a GPU context will never be lost in any situations, say, a GPU reset. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-process ⊗ | Makes this process a GPU sub-process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-program-cache-size-kb ⊗ | Sets the maximum size of the in-memory gpu program cache, in kb ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm ⊗ | Allows shmat() system call in the GPU sandbox. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-startup-dialog ⊗ | Causes the GPU process to display a dialog on launch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-swap-delay ⊗ | Add a delay in milliseconds to the gpu swap buffer completion signal. Simulates a slow GPU. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-switching ⊗ | Overwrite the default GPU automatic switching behavior to force on integrated GPU or discrete GPU. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-15. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-vendor-id ⊗ | Passes gpu vendor_id from browser process to GPU process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gssapi-library-name ⊗ | Specifies a custom name for the GSSAPI library to load. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --h ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --has-chromeos-diamond-key ⊗ | If true, the Chromebook has a keyboard with a diamond key. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --has-chromeos-keyboard ⊗ | If true, the Chromebook has a Chrome OS keyboard. Don't use the flag for Chromeboxes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --help ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --hide-icons ⊗ | Makes Windows happy by allowing it to show "Enable access to this program" checkbox in Add/Remove Programs->Set Program Access and Defaults. This only shows an error box because the only way to hide Chrome is by uninstalling it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --hide-launcher-alignment-menu ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-20. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --hide-scrollbars[11] ⊗ | Don't display any scrollbars. This is useful for Android WebView where the system manages the scrollbars instead. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --high-dpi-support ⊗ | Enables/Disables High DPI support (windows) ↪ Removed on 2014-05-28. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc. |
| --highlight-missing-scaled-resources ⊗ | If a resource is requested at a scale factor at which it is not available or the resource is the incorrect size (based on the size of the 1x resource), generates the missing resource and applies a red mask to the generated resource. Resources for which hidpi is not supported because of software reasons will show up pixelated. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-07. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --homepage ⊗ | Specifies which page will be displayed in newly-opened tabs. We need this for testing purposes so that the UI tests don't depend on what comes up for http://google.com. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --host-resolver-parallelism ⊗ | The maximum number of concurrent host resolve requests (i.e. DNS) to allow (not counting backup attempts which would also consume threads). --host-resolver-retry-attempts must be set to zero for this to be exact. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --host-resolver-retry-attempts ⊗ | The maximum number of retry attempts to resolve the host. Set this to zero to disable host resolver retry attempts. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --host-resolver-rules ⊗ | These mappings only apply to the host resolver. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --host-rules ⊗ | Comma-separated list of rules that control how hostnames are mapped. For example: "MAP * 127.0.0.1" --> Forces all hostnames to be mapped to 127.0.0.1 "MAP *.google.com proxy" --> Forces all google.com subdomains to be resolved to "proxy". "MAP test.com [::1]:77 --> Forces "test.com" to resolve to IPv6 loopback. Will also force the port of the resulting socket address to be 77. "MAP * baz, EXCLUDE www.google.com" --> Remaps everything to "baz", except for "www.google.com". These mappings apply to the endpoint host in a net::URLRequest (the TCP connect and host resolver in a direct connection, and the CONNECT in an http proxy connection, and the endpoint host in a SOCKS proxy connection). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ignore-certificate-errors ⊗ | Ignores certificate-related errors. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ignore-gpu-blacklist ⊗ | Ignores GPU blacklist. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests ⊗ | Causes net::URLFetchers to ignore requests for SSL client certificates, causing them to attempt an unauthenticated SSL/TLS session. This is intended for use when testing various service URLs (eg: kPromoServerURL, kSbURLPrefix, kSyncServiceURL, etc) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --image-loader-ext-path[16] ⊗ | Enables overriding the path of image loader extension. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --in-process-gpu ⊗ | Run the GPU process as a thread in the browser process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --in-process-plugins ⊗ | Runs plugins inside the renderer process ↪ Removed on 2013-12-27. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --incognito ⊗ | Causes the browser to launch directly in incognito mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --install ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --install-from-webstore ⊗ | Causes Chrome to attempt to get metadata from the webstore for the app/extension ID given, and then prompt the user to download and install it. ↪ Removed on 2014-10-02. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --instant-process ⊗ | Marks a renderer as an Instant process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --js-flags ⊗ | Specifies the flags passed to JS engine ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --keep-alive-for-test ⊗ | Used for testing - keeps browser alive after last browser window closes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --keychain-reauthorize[12] ⊗ | Performs Keychain reauthorization from the command line on behalf of a special Keychain reauthorization stub executable. Used during auto-update. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-28. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --kiosk ⊗ | Enable Kiosk mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --kiosk-mode-screensaver-path ⊗ | Path for the screensaver used in Kiosk mode ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --kiosk-printing ⊗ | Print automatically in kiosk mode. |kKioskMode| must be set as well. See http://crbug.com/31395. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --lang ⊗ | The language file that we want to try to open. Of the form language[-country] where language is the 2 letter code from ISO-639. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --learning ⊗ | Speculative resource prefetching will only learn about resources that need to be prefetched but will not prefetch them. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-06. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --limited-install-from-webstore ⊗ | Causes Chrome to attempt to get metadata from the webstore for the given item, and then prompt the user to download and install it. ↪ Removed on 2014-10-02. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --load-and-launch-app ⊗ | Loads an app from the specified directory and launches it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in apps/switches.cc. |
| --load-component-extension ⊗ | Comma-separated list of directories with component extensions to load. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --load-extension ⊗ | Loads an extension from the specified directory. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --load-plugin ⊗ | Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --locale_pak ⊗ | Load the locale resources from the given path. When running on Mac/Unix the path should point to a locale.pak file. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-20. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --log-level ⊗ | Sets the minimum log level. Valid values are from 0 to 3: INFO = 0, WARNING = 1, LOG_ERROR = 2, LOG_FATAL = 3. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --log-net-log ⊗ | Enables saving net log events to a file and sets the file name to use. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --log-plugin-messages ⊗ | Make plugin processes log their sent and received messages to VLOG(1). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --login-manager ⊗ | Enables Chrome-as-a-login-manager behavior. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --login-password ⊗ | Specifies a password to be used to login (along with login-user). ↪ Removed on 2014-07-03. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --login-profile ⊗ | Specifies the profile to use once a chromeos user is logged in. This parameter is ignored if user goes through login screen since user_id hash defines which profile directory to use. In case of browser restart within active session this parameter is used to pass user_id hash for primary user. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --login-screen ⊗ | Allows override of oobe for testing - goes directly to the login screen. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --login-user ⊗ | Specifies the user which is already logged in. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --low-resolution-contents-scale-factor ⊗ | The scale factor for low resolution tile contents. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-29. This switch was listed in /cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --lso-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --make-default-browser ⊗ | Makes Chrome default browser ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --managed-user-sync-token ⊗ | Used to authenticate requests to the Sync service for supervised users. Setting this switch also causes Sync to be set up for a supervised user. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --max-spdy-concurrent-streams ⊗ | Sets the maximum concurrent streams over a SPDY session. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-01. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --max-tiles-for-interest-area ⊗ | Max tiles allowed for each tilings interest area. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --max-untiled-layer-height ⊗ | Sets the width and height above which a composited layer will get tiled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --max-untiled-layer-width ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --max-unused-resource-memory-usage-percentage ⊗ | The amount of unused resource memory compositor is allowed to keep around. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --media-cache-size ⊗ | Forces the maximum disk space to be used by the media cache, in bytes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --mediadrm-enable-non-compositing[11] ⊗ | Enables use of non-compositing MediaDrm decoding by default for Encrypted Media Extensions implementation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --memory-metrics ⊗ | Sample memory usage with high frequency and store the results to the Renderer.Memory histogram. Used in memory tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --memory-profile ⊗ | Enables dynamic loading of the Memory Profiler DLL, which will trace all memory allocations during the run. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-20. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --message-loop-histogrammer ⊗ | Enables histograming of tasks served by MessageLoop. See about:histograms/Loop for results, which show frequency of messages on each thread, including APC count, object signalling count, etc. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --metrics-recording-only ⊗ | Enables the recording of metrics reports but disables reporting. In contrast to kDisableMetrics, this executes all the code that a normal client would use for reporting, except the report is dropped rather than sent to the server. This is useful for finding issues in the metrics code during UI and performance tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --mock ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --multi-profiles ⊗ | Enables multiprofile Chrome. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-21. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --mute-audio ⊗ | Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during automated testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --nacl-broker ⊗ | Value for --type that causes the process to run as a NativeClient broker (used for launching NaCl loader processes on 64-bit Windows). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --nacl-debug-mask ⊗ | Uses NaCl manifest URL to choose whether NaCl program will be debugged by debug stub. Switch value format: [!]pattern1,pattern2,...,patternN. Each pattern uses the same syntax as patterns in Chrome extension manifest. The only difference is that * scheme matches all schemes instead of matching only http and https. If the value doesn't start with !, a program will be debugged if manifest URL matches any pattern. If the value starts with !, a program will be debugged if manifest URL does not match any pattern. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --nacl-gdb ⊗ | Native Client GDB debugger that will be launched automatically when needed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --nacl-gdb-script ⊗ | GDB script to pass to the nacl-gdb debugger at startup. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --nacl-loader ⊗ | Value for --type that causes the process to run as a NativeClient loader for SFI mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --nacl-loader-cmd-prefix ⊗ | On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the nacl-loader command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args". ↪ Removed on 2014-03-09. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc. |
| --native-messaging-hosts ⊗ | List of native messaging hosts outside of the default location. Used for tests. The value must be comma-separate lists of key-value pairs separated equal sign. E.g. "host1=/path/to/host1/manifest.json,host2=/path/host2.json". ↪ Removed on 2014-03-25. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --net-log-level ⊗ | Sets the base logging level for the net log. Log 0 logs the most data. Intended primarily for use with --log-net-log. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --network-country-iso[11] ⊗ | The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number detection. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --new-content-settings ⊗ | Toggles a new version of the content settings dialog in options. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-17. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --new-profile-management ⊗ | Enables new profile management system, including lock mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --new-window ⊗ | Launches URL in new browser window. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-default-browser-check ⊗ | Disables the default browser check. Useful for UI/browser tests where we want to avoid having the default browser info-bar displayed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-discard-tabs ⊗ | Disables tab discard in low memory conditions, a feature which silently closes inactive tabs to free memory and to attempt to avoid the kernel's out-of-memory process killer. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-23. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --no-displaying-insecure-content ⊗ | By default, an https page can load images, fonts or frames from an http page. This switch overrides this to block this lesser mixed-content problem. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-events ⊗ | Don't record/playback events when using record & playback. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-experiments ⊗ | Disables all experiments set on about:flags. Does not disable about:flags itself. Useful if an experiment makes chrome crash at startup: One can start chrome with --no-experiments, disable the problematic lab at about:flags and then restart chrome without this switch again. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-first-run ⊗ | Skip First Run tasks, whether or not it's actually the First Run. Overridden by kForceFirstRun. This does not drop the First Run sentinel and thus doesn't prevent first run from occuring the next time chrome is launched without this flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-js-randomness ⊗ | Support a separate switch that enables the v8 playback extension. The extension causes javascript calls to Date.now() and Math.random() to return consistent values, such that subsequent loads of the same page will result in consistent js-generated data and XHR requests. Pages may still be able to generate inconsistent data from plugins. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-20. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-managed-user-acknowledgment-check ⊗ | Disables checking whether we received an acknowledgment when registering a supervised user. Also disables the timeout during registration that waits for the ack. Useful when debugging against a server that does not support notifications. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-message-box ⊗ | Disable ui::MessageBox. This is useful when running as part of scripts that do not have a user interface. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --no-network-profile-warning ⊗ | Whether or not the browser should warn if the profile is on a network share. This flag is only relevant for Windows currently. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-pings ⊗ | Don't send hyperlink auditing pings ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-proxy-server ⊗ | Don't use a proxy server, always make direct connections. Overrides any other proxy server flags that are passed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-referrers ⊗ | Don't send HTTP-Referer headers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --no-sandbox ⊗ | Disables the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --no-service-autorun ⊗ | Disables the service process from adding itself as an autorun process. This does not delete existing autorun registrations, it just prevents the service from registering a new one. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-startup-window ⊗ | Does not automatically open a browser window on startup (used when launching Chrome for the purpose of hosting background apps). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --no-swap-metrics ⊗ | Disables recording of swap and CPU utilization metrics logging after tab switch and scroll events. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-01. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --no-touch-to-renderer-while-scrolling ⊗ | Enables not sending touch events to renderer while scrolling. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-05. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --noerrdialogs ⊗ | Suppresses all error dialogs when present. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --num-pac-threads ⊗ | Specifies the maximum number of threads to use for running the Proxy Autoconfig (PAC) script. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --num-raster-threads ⊗ | Number of worker threads used to rasterize content. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --oauth-user-info-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-09-19. This switch was listed in /google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --oauth1-login-scope ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --oauth2-issue-token-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-09-19. This switch was listed in /google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --oauth2-token-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-09-19. This switch was listed in /google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --only-block-setting-third-party-cookies ⊗ | When the option to block third-party cookies is enabled, only block third-party cookies from being set. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-17. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --oobe-skip-postlogin ⊗ | Skips all other OOBE pages after user login. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --open-ash[5] ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --organic ⊗ | Simulates an organic Chrome install. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-17. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --origin-to-force-quic-on ⊗ | Force use of QUIC for requests to the specified origin. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --original-process-start-time ⊗ | The time that a new chrome process which is delegating to an already running chrome process started. (See ProcessSingleton for more details.) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --osmesa ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --output-layout-test-differences ⊗ | Save results when layout-as-browser tests fail. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-26. This switch was listed in /content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --override-encrypted-media-canplaytype ⊗ | Override suppressed responses to canPlayType(). ↪ Removed on 2013-10-26. This switch was listed in /media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --overscroll-history-navigation ⊗ | Controls the behavior of history navigation in response to horizontal overscroll. Set the value to '0' to disable. Set the value to '1' to enable the behavior where pages slide in and out in response to the horizontal overscroll gesture and a screenshot of the target page is shown. Set the value to '2' to enable the simplified overscroll UI where a navigation arrow slides in from the side of the screen in response to the horizontal overscroll gesture. Defaults to '1'. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --pack-extension ⊗ | Packages an extension to a .crx installable file from a given directory. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --pack-extension-key ⊗ | Optional PEM private key to use in signing packaged .crx. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --parent-profile ⊗ | Specifies the path to the user data folder for the parent profile. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --password-store[17] ⊗ | Specifies which password store to use (detect, default, gnome, kwallet). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --performance-monitor-gathering ⊗ | Launches PerformanceMonitor at startup, which will gather statistics about Chrome's CPU and memory usage, page load times, startup times, and network usage, and will also store information about events which may be of interest, such as extension-related occurrences and crashes. Optionally, this may be run with an integer value representing the interval between the timed metric gatherings, measured in seconds (if invalid or not provided, the default interval is used). ↪ Removed on 2014-09-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --playback-mode ⊗ | Read previously recorded data from the cache. Only cached data is read. See kRecordMode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --plugin ⊗ | Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --plugin-launcher ⊗ | Specifies a command that should be used to launch the plugin process. Useful for running the plugin process through purify or quantify. Ex: --plugin-launcher="path\to\purify /Run=yes" ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --plugin-path ⊗ | Tells the plugin process the path of the plugin to load ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --plugin-startup-dialog ⊗ | Causes the plugin process to display a dialog on launch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --plugins-metadata-server-url[18] ⊗ | Specifies a custom URL for fetching plug-ins metadata. Used for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --pnacl-dir ⊗ | Overrides the path to the location that PNaCl is installed. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-09. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi ⊗ | Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process type. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-broker ⊗ | Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI broker process type. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-flash-args ⊗ | "Command-line" arguments for the PPAPI Flash; used for debugging options. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-flash-in-process ⊗ | Forces the PPAPI version of Flash (if it's being used) to run in the renderer process rather than in a separate plugin process. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-17. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-flash-path ⊗ | Use the PPAPI (Pepper) Flash found at the given path. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-flash-version ⊗ | Report the given version for the PPAPI (Pepper) Flash. The version should be numbers separated by '.'s (e.g., "12.3.456.78"). If not specified, it defaults to "10.2.999.999". ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-in-process ⊗ | Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-plugin-launcher ⊗ | Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ppapi-startup-dialog ⊗ | Causes the PPAPI sub process to display a dialog on launch. Be sure to use --no-sandbox as well or the sandbox won't allow the dialog to display. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --prefetch_only ⊗ | prefetch_only: No prerendering, but enables prefetching. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-13. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --prerender ⊗ | Controls speculative prerendering of pages, and content prefetching. Both are dispatched from <link rel=prefetch href=...> elements. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --prerender-from-omnibox ⊗ | Triggers prerendering of pages from suggestions in the omnibox. Only has an effect when Instant is either disabled or restricted to search, and when prerender is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --print-raster[3] ⊗ | Enable conversion from vector to raster for any page. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-07. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --privet-ipv6-only ⊗ | Use IPv6 only for privet HTTP. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --process-per-site ⊗ | Runs a single process for each site (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain) the user visits. We default to using a renderer process for each site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain with script connections to each other). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --process-per-tab ⊗ | Runs each set of script-connected tabs (i.e., a BrowsingInstance) in its own renderer process. We default to using a renderer process for each site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain with script connections to each other). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --product-version ⊗ | Outputs the product version information and quit. Used as an internal api to detect the installed version of Chrome on Linux. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --profile-directory ⊗ | Selects directory of profile to associate with the first browser launched. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --profiling-at-start ⊗ | Starts the sampling based profiler for the browser process at startup. This will only work if chrome has been built with the gyp variable profiling=1. The output will go to the value of kProfilingFile. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --profiling-file ⊗ | Specifies a location for profiling output. This will only work if chrome has been built with the gyp variable profiling=1. {pid} if present will be replaced by the pid of the process. {count} if present will be incremented each time a profile is generated for this process. The default is chrome-profile-{pid}. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --profiling-flush ⊗ | Controls whether profile data is periodically flushed to a file. Normally the data gets written on exit but cases exist where chrome doesn't exit cleanly (especially when using single-process). A time in seconds can be specified. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --profiling-output-file ⊗ | Specifies a path for the output of task-level profiling which can be loaded and viewed in about:profiler. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --promo-server-url ⊗ | Specifies a custom URL for fetching NTP promo data. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --prompt-for-external-extensions ⊗ | Should we prompt the user before allowing external extensions to install? Default is yes. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-09. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --proxy-auto-detect ⊗ | Forces proxy auto-detection. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --proxy-bypass-list ⊗ | Specifies a list of hosts for whom we bypass proxy settings and use direct connections. Ignored if --proxy-auto-detect or --no-proxy-server are also specified. This is a comma-separated list of bypass rules. See: "net/proxy/proxy_bypass_rules.h" for the format of these rules. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --proxy-pac-url ⊗ | Uses the pac script at the given URL ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --proxy-server ⊗ | Uses a specified proxy server, overrides system settings. This switch only affects HTTP and HTTPS requests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --purge-memory-button ⊗ | Adds a "Purge memory" button to the Task Manager, which tries to dump as much memory as possible. This is mostly useful for testing how well the MemoryPurger functionality works. NOTE: This is only implemented for Views. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-11. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --record-mode ⊗ | Chrome supports a playback and record mode. Record mode saves *everything* to the cache. Playback mode reads data exclusively from the cache. This allows us to record a session into the cache and then replay it at will. See also kPlaybackMode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --record-stats ⊗ | Capture resource consumption information through page cycling and output the data to the specified file. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-26. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --reduce-gpu-sandbox ⊗ | Reduces the GPU process sandbox to be less strict. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-19. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --register-pepper-plugins ⊗ | Register Pepper plugins (see pepper_plugin_list.cc for its format). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --relaunch-shortcut[3] ⊗ | Relaunches metro Chrome on Windows 8 and higher using a given shortcut. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --relauncher[12] ⊗ | A process type (switches::kProcessType) that relaunches the browser. See chrome/browser/mac/relauncher.h. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --remote-debugging-frontend ⊗ | Uses custom front-end URL for the remote debugging. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --remote-debugging-port ⊗ | Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --remote-debugging-raw-usb ⊗ | Enables remote debugging of Chrome for Android via raw USB. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-07. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --remote-debugging-socket-name[11] ⊗ | Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --renderer ⊗ | Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --renderer-assert-test ⊗ | Causes the renderer process to throw an assertion on launch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --renderer-cmd-prefix ⊗ | On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the renderer command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args". ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --renderer-print-preview ⊗ | Enables print preview in the renderer. This flag is generated internally by Chrome and does nothing when directly passed to the browser. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --renderer-process-limit ⊗ | Overrides the default/calculated limit to the number of renderer processes. Very high values for this setting can lead to high memory/resource usage or instability. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --renderer-startup-dialog ⊗ | Causes the renderer process to display a dialog on launch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --requirements ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --reset-variation-state ⊗ | Forces a reset of the one-time-randomized FieldTrials on this client, also known as the Chrome Variations state. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-04. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --restore-last-session ⊗ | Indicates the last session should be restored on startup. This overrides the preferences value and is primarily intended for testing. The value of this switch is the number of tabs to wait until loaded before 'load completed' is sent to the ui_test. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --safebrowsing-disable-auto-update ⊗ | If present, safebrowsing only performs update when SafeBrowsingProtocolManager::ForceScheduleNextUpdate() is explicitly called. This is used for testing only. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --safebrowsing-disable-download-protection ⊗ | TODO(lzheng): Remove this flag once the feature works fine (http://crbug.com/74848). Disables safebrowsing feature that checks download url and downloads content's hash to make sure the content are not malicious. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --safebrowsing-disable-extension-blacklist ⊗ | Disables safebrowsing feature that checks for blacklisted extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --safebrowsing-disable-side-effect-free-whitelist ⊗ | Disables safebrowsing feature that provides a side-effect free whitelist. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --safebrowsing-download-feedback-url ⊗ | URL to send safebrowsing download feedback reports to. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --safebrowsing-enable-download-feedback ⊗ | Enable safebrowsing download feedback. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-02. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --safebrowsing-url-prefix ⊗ | URL prefix used by safebrowsing to fetch hash, download data and report malware. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-12. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --save-page-as-mhtml ⊗ | Disable saving pages as HTML-only, disable saving pages as HTML Complete (with a directory of sub-resources). Enable only saving pages as MHTML. See http://crbug.com/120416 for how to remove this switch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --script-badges ⊗ | Enables or disables extension scripts badges in the location bar. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-09. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --script-bubble ⊗ | Enable or diable the "script bubble" icon in the URL bar that tells you how many extensions are running scripts on a page. ↪ Removed on 2013-11-09. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --scroll-end-effect ⊗ | Enables or disables scroll end effect in response to vertical overscroll. Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable. Defaults to disabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --service ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --set-token ⊗ | Sets a token in the token service, for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --show-app-list ⊗ | If true the app list will be shown. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --show-autofill-type-predictions ⊗ | Annotates forms with Autofill field type predictions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --show-composited-layer-borders ⊗ | Renders a border around compositor layers to help debug and study layer compositing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --show-fps-counter ⊗ | Draws a heads-up-display showing Frames Per Second as well as GPU memory usage. If you also use --vmodule="head*=1" then FPS will also be output to the console log. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --show-icons ⊗ | See kHideIcons. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --show-launcher-alignment-menu ⊗ | Flags explicitly show or hide the shelf alignment menu. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-20. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --show-nonoccluding-rects ⊗ | Show rects in the HUD wherever something is not known to be drawn opaque and is not considered to be occluding the pixels behind it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --show-occluding-rects ⊗ | Show rects in the HUD wherever something is known to be drawn opaque and is considered occluding the pixels behind it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --show-paint-rects ⊗ | Visibly render a border around paint rects in the web page to help debug and study painting behavior. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --show-property-changed-rects ⊗ | Show rects in the HUD around layers whose properties have changed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --show-replica-screenspace-rects ⊗ | Show rects in the HUD around the screen-space transformed bounds of every layer's replica, when they have one. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --show-screenspace-rects ⊗ | Show rects in the HUD around the screen-space transformed bounds of every layer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --show-surface-damage-rects ⊗ | Show rects in the HUD around damage as it is recorded into each render surface. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --signin-process ⊗ | Marks a renderer as the signin process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --silent-debugger-extension-api ⊗ | Does not show an infobar when an extension attaches to a page using chrome.debugger page. Required to attach to extension background pages. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --silent-dump-on-dcheck ⊗ | Changes the DCHECKS to dump memory and continue instead of displaying error dialog. This is valid only in Release mode when gyp dcheck_always_on=1. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-17. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --silent-launch ⊗ | Causes Chrome to launch without opening any windows by default. Useful if one wishes to use Chrome as an ash server. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --simulate-critical-update ⊗ | Simulates a critical update being available. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --simulate-outdated ⊗ | Simulates that current version is outdated. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --simulate-touch-screen-with-mouse ⊗ | Map mouse input events into touch gesture events. Useful for debugging touch gestures without needing a touchscreen. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --simulate-upgrade ⊗ | Simulates an update being available. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --single-process ⊗ | Runs the renderer and plugins in the same process as the browser ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --site-per-process ⊗ | Experimentally enforces a one-site-per-process security policy. All cross-site navigations force process swaps, and we can restrict a renderer process's access rights based on its site. For details, see: http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-isolation Unlike --enable-strict-site-isolation (which allows cross-site iframes), this flag does not affect which cookies are attached to cross-site requests. Support is being added to render cross-site iframes in a different process than their parent pages. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --skip-gpu-data-loading ⊗ | Skip gpu info collection, blacklist loading, and blacklist auto-update scheduling at browser startup time. Therefore, all GPU features are available, and about:gpu page shows empty content. The switch is intended only for layout tests. TODO(gab): Get rid of this switch entirely. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --skip-hwid-check ⊗ | Skips the machine hwid check. Useful for running in VMs because they have no hwid. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-15. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --slow-down-raster-scale-factor ⊗ | Re-rasters everything multiple times to simulate a much slower machine. Give a scale factor to cause raster to take that many times longer to complete, such as --slow-down-raster-scale-factor=25. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --sms-test-messages ⊗ | Sends test messages on first call to RequestUpdate (stub only). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --spdy-proxy-auth-origin ⊗ | Origin for which SpdyProxy authentication is supported. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-15. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --speculative-resource-prefetching ⊗ | Speculative resource prefetching. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-06. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --speech-service-key ⊗ | Specifies the request key for the continuous speech recognition webservice. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-08. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --spelling-service-feedback-interval-seconds[15] ⊗ | Specifies the number of seconds between sending batches of feedback to spelling service. The default is 30 minutes. The minimum is 5 seconds. This switch is for temporary testing only. TODO(rouslan): Remove this flag when feedback testing is complete. Revisit by August 2013. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --spelling-service-feedback-url[15] ⊗ | Specifies the URL where spelling service feedback data will be sent instead of the default URL. This switch is for temporary testing only. TODO(rouslan): Remove this flag when feedback testing is complete. Revisit by August 2013. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ssl-version-max ⊗ | Specifies the maximum SSL/TLS version ("ssl3", "tls1", "tls1.1", or "tls1.2"). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ssl-version-min ⊗ | Specifies the minimum SSL/TLS version ("ssl3", "tls1", "tls1.1", or "tls1.2"). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --stable-release-mode ⊗ | This makes us disable some web-platform runtime features so that we test content_shell as if it was a stable release. It is only followed when kDumpRenderTree is set. For the features' level, see http://dev.chromium.org/blink/runtime-enabled-features. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --start ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --start-maximized ⊗ | Starts the browser maximized, regardless of any previous settings. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --stop ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --strict-layer-property-change-checking ⊗ | Check that property changes during paint do not occur. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --stub-cros-settings ⊗ | Indicates that a stub implementation of CrosSettings that stores settings in memory without signing should be used, treating current user as the owner. This option is for testing the chromeos build of chrome on the desktop only. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --suggestion-ntp-filter-width ⊗ | Controls the width of time-of-day filters on the 'suggested' ntp page, in minutes. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-09. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --suggestion-ntp-gaussian-filter ⊗ | Enables a normal distribution dropoff to the relevancy of visits with respect to the time of day. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-09. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --suggestion-ntp-linear-filter ⊗ | Enables a linear dropoff to the relevancy of visits with respect to the time of day. ↪ Removed on 2014-07-09. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --supports-dual-gpus ⊗ | Indicates whether the dual GPU switching is supported or not. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --swiftshader ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --swiftshader-path ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --sync-allow-insecure-xmpp-connection ⊗ | Allows insecure XMPP connections for sync (for testing). ↪ Removed on 2014-05-16. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-disable-oauth2-token ⊗ | Disables use of OAuth2 token in sync components and reverts behavior to ClientLogin token. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-23. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-enable-deferred-startup ⊗ | Enables deferring sync backend initialization until user initiated changes occur. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-04. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-enable-get-update-avoidance ⊗ | Enables feature to avoid unnecessary GetUpdate requests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-invalidate-xmpp-login ⊗ | Invalidates any login info passed into sync's XMPP connection. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-16. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-notification-host-port ⊗ | Overrides the default host:port used for sync notifications. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-16. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-short-initial-retry-override ⊗ | This flag causes sync to retry very quickly (see polling_constants.h) the when it encounters an error, as the first step towards exponential backoff. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-throw-unrecoverable-error ⊗ | Makes the sync code to throw an unrecoverable error after initialization. Useful for testing unrecoverable error scenarios. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-try-ssltcp-first-for-xmpp ⊗ | Tries to connect to XMPP using SSLTCP first (for testing). ↪ Removed on 2014-05-16. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-url ⊗ | Overrides the default server used for profile sync. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --tab-capture-downscale-quality ⊗ | Upscale defaults to "good". ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --tab-capture-upscale-quality ⊗ | Scaling quality for capturing tab. Should be one of "fast", "good" or "best". One flag for upscaling, one for downscaling. Upscale defaults to "best". ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --tablet-ui[11] ⊗ | Uses the tablet specific UI components when available. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-16. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --tap-down-deferral-time ⊗ | GestureTapDown events are deferred by this many miillseconds before sending them to the renderer. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-23. This switch was listed in /content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --test-child-process ⊗ | When running certain tests that spawn child processes, this switch indicates to the test framework that the current process is a child process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --test-gl-lib ⊗ | Flag used for Linux tests: for desktop GL bindings, try to load this GL library first, but fall back to regular library if loading fails. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --test-name ⊗ | Passes the name of the current running automated test to Chrome. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --test-sandbox ⊗ | Runs the security test for the renderer sandbox. ↪ Removed on 2014-06-05. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --test-type ⊗ | Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui"). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --testing-channel ⊗ | Tells the app to listen for and broadcast testing-related messages on IPC channel with the given ID. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-05. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --testing-fixed-http-port ⊗ | Allows for forcing socket connections to http/https to use fixed ports. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --testing-fixed-https-port ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --top-controls-height ⊗ | The height of the movable top controls. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --top-controls-hide-threshold ⊗ | Percentage of the top controls need to be hidden before they will auto hide. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --top-controls-show-threshold ⊗ | Percentage of the top controls need to be shown before they will auto show. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --touch-calibration[19] ⊗ | The calibration factors given as "<left>,<right>,<top>,<bottom>". ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc. |
| --touch-devices[20] ⊗ | Tells chrome to interpret events from these devices as touch events. Only available with XInput 2 (i.e. X server 1.8 or above). The id's of the devices can be retrieved from 'xinput list'. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-30. This switch was listed in /ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --touch-events ⊗ | Enable support for touch events. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-30. This switch was listed in /ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --touch-optimized-ui ⊗ | Enables UI changes that make it easier to use with a touchscreen. WARNING: Do not check this flag directly when deciding what UI to draw, instead you must call ui::GetDisplayLayout ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --touch-side-bezels ⊗ | Enables touch events on the side bezels. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --trace-gl ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2013-10-24. This switch was listed in /gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc. |
| --trace-overdraw ⊗ | Show metrics about overdraw in about:tracing recordings, such as the number of pixels culled, and the number of pixels drawn, for each frame. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-13. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --trace-shutdown ⊗ | Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded beginning with shutdown. Optionally, can specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g. --trace-shutdown=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded. --trace-shutdown-file can be used to control where the trace log gets stored to since there is otherwise no way to access the result. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --trace-shutdown-file ⊗ | If supplied, sets the file which shutdown tracing will be stored into, if omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory. Has no effect unless --trace-shutdown is also supplied. Example: --trace-shutdown --trace-shutdown-file=/tmp/trace_event.log ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --trace-startup ⊗ | Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded from startup. Optionally, can specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g. --trace-startup=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded. Setting this flag results in the first call to BeginTracing() to receive all trace events since startup. In Chrome, you may find --trace-startup-file and --trace-startup-duration to control the auto-saving of the trace (not supported in the base-only TraceLog component). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --trace-startup-duration ⊗ | Sets the time in seconds until startup tracing ends. If omitted a default of 5 seconds is used. Has no effect without --trace-startup, or if --startup-trace-file=none was supplied. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --trace-startup-file ⊗ | If supplied, sets the file which startup tracing will be stored into, if omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory. Has no effect unless --trace-startup is also supplied. Example: --trace-startup --trace-startup-file=/tmp/trace_event.log As a special case, can be set to 'none' - this disables automatically saving the result to a file and the first manually recorded trace will then receive all events since startup. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --trace-to-console ⊗ | Sends a pretty-printed version of tracing info to the console. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --track-active-visit-time ⊗ | Enables tracking the amount of non-idle time spent viewing pages. ↪ Removed on 2013-12-20. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --translate-script-url ⊗ | Overrides the default server used for Google Translate. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/translate/core/common/translate_switches.cc. |
| --translate-security-origin ⊗ | Overrides security-origin with which Translate runs in an isolated world. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-04. This switch was listed in /chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --trusted-spdy-proxy ⊗ | Disables same-origin check on HTTP resources pushed via a SPDY proxy. The value is the host:port of the trusted proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --try-chrome-again ⊗ | Experimental. Shows a dialog asking the user to try chrome. This flag is to be used only by the upgrade process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --try-supported-channel-layouts[3] ⊗ | Instead of always using the hardware channel layout, check if a driver supports the source channel layout. Avoids outputting empty channels and permits drivers to enable stereo to multichannel expansion. Kept behind a flag since some drivers lie about supported layouts and hang when used. See http://crbug.com/259165 for more details. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --type ⊗ | The value of this switch determines whether the process is started as a renderer or plugin host. If it's empty, it's the browser. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ui-disable-partial-swap ⊗ | Disable partial swap which is needed for some OpenGL drivers / emulators. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-disable-threaded-compositing ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --ui-enable-per-tile-painting ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-15. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-enable-software-compositing ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-20. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --ui-enable-threaded-compositing ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-19. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --ui-max-frames-pending ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-02-20. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-fps-counter ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-layer-borders ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-nonoccluding-rects ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-occluding-rects ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-paint-rects ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-property-changed-rects ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-replica-screenspace-rects ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-screenspace-rects ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --ui-show-surface-damage-rects ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --uninstall ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --uninstall-extension ⊗ | Uninstalls an extension with the specified extension id. ↪ Removed on 2014-04-29. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --unlimited-storage ⊗ | Overrides per-origin quota settings to unlimited storage for any apps/origins. This should be used only for testing purpose. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --use-core-animation[9] ⊗ | Use core animation to draw the RenderWidgetHostView on Mac. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-01. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --use-cras[21] ⊗ | Use CRAS, the ChromeOS audio server. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --use-external-video-surface-threshold-in-pixels[22] ⊗ | Use external video surface for video with more than or equal pixels to specified value. For example, value of 0 will enable external video surface for all videos, and value of 921600 (=1280*720) will enable external video surface for 720p video and larger. ↪ Removed on 2014-01-17. This switch was listed in /media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --use-fake-device-for-media-stream ⊗ | Use fake device for Media Stream to replace actual camera and microphone. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --use-fake-ui-for-media-stream ⊗ | Bypass the media stream infobar by selecting the default device for media streams (e.g. WebRTC). Works with --use-fake-device-for-media-stream. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --use-gl ⊗ | Select which implementation of GL the GPU process should use. Options are: desktop: whatever desktop OpenGL the user has installed (Linux and Mac default). egl: whatever EGL / GLES2 the user has installed (Windows default - actually ANGLE). osmesa: The OSMesa software renderer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --use-gpu-in-tests ⊗ | Use hardware gpu, if available, for tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --use-mobile-user-agent ⊗ | Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --use-mock-keychain[12] ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/os_crypt/os_crypt_switches.cc. |
| --use-new-network-configuration-handlers ⊗ | Enables usage of the new ManagedNetworkConfigurationHandler and NetworkConfigurationHandler singletons. ↪ Removed on 2013-09-12. This switch was listed in /chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --use-simple-cache-backend ⊗ | Uses experimental simple cache backend if possible. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --use-spdy ⊗ | Uses Spdy for the transport protocol instead of HTTP. This is a temporary testing flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --use-spelling-suggestions ⊗ | Disables use of the spelling web service and only provides suggestions. This will only work if asynchronous spell checking is not disabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-05-02. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --user-agent ⊗ | A string used to override the default user agent with a custom one. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --user-data-dir ⊗ | Specifies the user data directory, which is where the browser will look for all of its state. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --utility ⊗ | Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --utility-allowed-dir ⊗ | The utility process is sandboxed, with access to one directory. This flag specifies the directory that can be accessed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --utility-cmd-prefix ⊗ | On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the utility process command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args". ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --utility-enable-mdns ⊗ | Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --v ⊗ | Gives the default maximal active V-logging level; 0 is the default. Normally positive values are used for V-logging levels. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --validate-crx ⊗ | Examines a .crx for validity and prints the result. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --variations-server-url ⊗ | Specifies a custom URL for the server which reports variation data to the client. Specifying this switch enables the Variations service on unofficial builds. See variations_service.cc. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --version ⊗ | Prints version information and quits. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --video-threads ⊗ | Set number of threads to use for video decoding. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --viewer-connect[3] ⊗ | Requests that Chrome connect to the running Metro viewer process. ↪ Removed on 2014-09-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --viewer-launch-via-appid[3] ⊗ | Requests that Chrome launch the Metro viewer process via the given appid (which is assumed to be registered as default browser) and synchronously connect to it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --views-corewm-window-animations-disabled ⊗ | If present animations are disabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-03-12. This switch was listed in ui/views/corewm/corewm_switches.cc. |
| --vmodule ⊗ | Gives the per-module maximal V-logging levels to override the value given by --v. E.g. "my_module=2,foo*=3" would change the logging level for all code in source files "my_module.*" and "foo*.*" ("-inl" suffixes are also disregarded for this matching). Any pattern containing a forward or backward slash will be tested against the whole pathname and not just the module. E.g., "*/foo/bar/*=2" would change the logging level for all code in source files under a "foo/bar" directory. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --wait-for-debugger ⊗ | Will wait for 60 seconds for a debugger to come to attach to the process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --wait-for-debugger-children ⊗ | Will add kWaitForDebugger to every child processes. If a value is passed, it will be used as a filter to determine if the child process should have the kWaitForDebugger flag passed on or not. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --wait-for-mutex[3] ⊗ | Waits for the given handle to be signaled before relaunching metro Chrome on Windows 8 and higher. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --wallet-secure-service-url ⊗ | Secure service URL for Online Wallet service. Used as the base url to escrow credit card numbers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --wallet-service-url ⊗ | Service URL for Online Wallet service. Used as the base url for Online Wallet API calls. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --wallet-service-use-prod ⊗ | Enable production Online Wallet service. If this flag is not set, the sandbox service will be used. ↪ Removed on 2013-10-01. This switch was listed in /components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --waveout-buffers[3] ⊗ | Number of buffers to use for WaveOut. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --webcore-log-channels ⊗ | Choose which logging channels in WebCore to activate. See Logging.cpp in WebKit's WebCore for a list of available channels. ↪ Removed on 2014-02-04. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --whitelisted-extension-id ⊗ | Adds the given extension ID to all the permission whitelists. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --window-position ⊗ | Specify the initial window position: --window-position=x,y ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --window-size ⊗ | Specify the initial window size: --window-size=w,h ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --windows8-search[3] ⊗ | Indicates that chrome was launched to service a search request in Windows 8. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --winhttp-proxy-resolver ⊗ | Uses WinHTTP to fetch and evaluate PAC scripts. Otherwise the default is to use Chromium's network stack to fetch, and V8 to evaluate. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --worker ⊗ | Causes the process to run as a worker subprocess. ↪ Removed on 2014-08-31. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --zygote ⊗ | Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
How to use a command line switch?
The Chromium Team has made a page on which they briefly explain how to use these switches.
Conditions
These are rather technical. While most are pretty self-explanatory, keep in mind that any condition means that a switch isn't always available.
- The constant ENABLE_PLUGINS must be defined.
- The constants OS_FREEBSD, OS_LINUX and OS_SOLARIS must be defined.
- The constant OS_WIN must be defined.
- The constant OS_CHROMEOS must be defined.
- The constant USE_ASH must be defined.
- The constant OS_LINUX must be defined.
- The constant OS_POSIX must be defined.
- The constant OFFICIAL_BUILD must not be defined, and the constant ENABLE_PRINT_PREVIEW must be defined.
- The constant OS_IOS must not be defined, and the constant OS_MACOSX must be defined.
- The constant ENABLE_WEBRTC must be defined.
- The constant OS_ANDROID must be defined.
- The constant OS_MACOSX must be defined.
- The constant GOOGLE_CHROME_BUILD must not be defined.
- The constants OS_ANDROID and OS_IOS must be defined.
- The constant ENABLE_SPELLCHECK must be defined.
- The constant NDEBUG must not be defined.
- The constants OS_CHROMEOS and OS_MACOSX must not be defined, and the constant OS_POSIX must be defined.
- The constant ENABLE_PLUGIN_INSTALLATION must be defined.
- The constants USE_OZONE and USE_X11 must be defined.
- The constants OS_LINUX and TOOLKIT_VIEWS must be defined.
- The constant USE_CRAS must be defined.
- The constant GOOGLE_TV must be defined.