List of Chromium Command Line Switches (for 2014-10-30)
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 |
|---|---|
| --0 ⊗ | Value of the --profiler-timing flag that will disable timing information for chrome://profiler. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --allow-autofill-sync-credential ⊗ | Force the password manager to allow sync credentials to be autofilled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_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-http-background-page ⊗ | Allows non-https URL for background_page for hosted apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-insecure-websocket-from-https-origin ⊗ | Allows frames with an https origin to use WebSockets with an insecure URL (ws://). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --allow-legacy-extension-manifests ⊗ | Allows the browser to load extensions that lack a modern manifest when that would otherwise be forbidden. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --allow-loopback-in-peer-connection ⊗ | Allows loopback interface to be added in network list for peer connection. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --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. |
| --alternate-protocol-probability-threshold ⊗ | Specifies the threshold to be used when determining of an Alternate-Protocol advertisement will be honored. If the advertised probability is larger than the threshold, then it will be honored. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-list-start-page-url ⊗ | Specifies an URL to use for app list start page. ↪ 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-shell-app-path ⊗ | Path to an app to load at startup. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc. |
| --app-shell-host-window-bounds ⊗ | Bounds for the host window to create (i.e. "800x600"). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc. |
| --app-shell-preferred-network ⊗ | SSID of the preferred WiFi network. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc. |
| --app-shell-refresh-token ⊗ | Refresh token for identity API calls for the current user. Used for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc. |
| --app-shell-user ⊗ | User email address of the current user. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/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-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-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-keep-chrome-alive-in-tests[3] ⊗ | Prevents Chrome from quitting when Chrome Apps are open. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --artifacts-dir ⊗ | Screenshot testing: specifies the directoru where artifacts will be stored. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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[4] ⊗ | 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-default-wallpaper-is-oem ⊗ | Indicates that the wallpaper images specified by kAshDefaultWallpaper{Large,Small} are OEM-specific (i.e. they are not downloadable from Google). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-lock-layout-manager ⊗ | Disables LockLayoutManager used for LockScreenContainer, return back to WorkspaceLayoutManager. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-text-filtering-in-overview-mode ⊗ | Enables text filtering with the keyboard in Overview Mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-disable-touch-exploration-mode ⊗ | Disable the Touch Exploration Mode. Touch Exploration Mode will no longer be turned on automatically when spoken feedback is enabled when this flag is set. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-magnifier-key-scroller[5] ⊗ | Enables key bindings to scroll magnified screen. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-power-button-quick-lock ⊗ | Enables quick, non-cancellable locking of the screen when in maximize mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-software-mirroring ⊗ | Enables software based mirroring. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-system-sounds ⊗ | When this flag is set, system sounds will be played whether the ChromeVox is enabled or not. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-enable-touch-view-testing ⊗ | Enables touch view testing. TODO(skuhne): Remove TOGGLE_TOUCH_VIEW_TESTING accelerator once this flag is removed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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[4] ⊗ | 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-guest-wallpaper-large ⊗ | Wallpaper to use in guest mode (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable JPEG files). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc. |
| --ash-guest-wallpaper-small ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-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-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. |
| --async-touchmove ⊗ | No description ↪ 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. |
| --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. |
| --auto-select-desktop-capture-source ⊗ | This flag makes Chrome auto-select the provided choice when an extension asks permission to start desktop capture. Should only be used for tests. For instance, --auto-select-desktop-capture-source="Entire screen" will automatically select to share the entire screen in English locales. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --blink-platform-log-channels ⊗ | Choose which logging channels in blink platform to activate. See Logging.cpp in blink's Source/platform for a list of available channels. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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. |
| --bootstrap ⊗ | Values for the kExtensionContentVerification flag. See ContentVerifierDelegate::Mode for more explanation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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. |
| --canvas-msaa-sample-count ⊗ | The number of MSAA samples for canvas2D. Requires MSAA support by GPU to have an effect. 0 disables MSAA. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --cc-rebaseline-pixeltests ⊗ | Makes pixel tests write their output instead of read it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --certificate-transparency-log ⊗ | Certificate Transparency: Uses the provided log(s) for checking Signed Certificate Timestamps provided with certificates. The switch's value is: log_description:log_key,log_description:log_key,... where log_description is a textual description of the log. log_key is a Base64'd DER-encoded SubjectPublicKeyInfo of the log's public key. Multiple logs can be specified by repeating description:key pairs, separated by a comma. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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. |
| --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. |
| --cloud-devices-url ⊗ | The URL of the cloud devices service to use. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/cloud_devices/common/cloud_devices_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-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. |
| --cloud-print-url ⊗ | 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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/cloud_devices/common/cloud_devices_switches.cc. |
| --cloud-print-xmpp-endpoint ⊗ | The XMPP endpoint the cloud print service will use. Only used if the cloud print service has been enabled. Used for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/cloud_devices/common/cloud_devices_switches.cc. |
| --compensate-for-unstable-pinch-zoom ⊗ | Enable compensation for unstable pinch zoom. Some touch screens display significant amount of wobble when moving a finger in a straight line. This makes two finger scroll trigger an oscillating pinch zoom. See crbug.com/394380 for details. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/component_updater/component_updater_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. |
| --connect-to-metro-viewer ⊗ | On Windows only: requests that Chrome connect to the running Metro viewer process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --console ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc. |
| --consumer-device-management-url ⊗ | Specifies the URL of the consumer device management backend. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --copresence-server ⊗ | Address for calls to the Copresence server (via Apiary). Defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/copresence/v2/copresence. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/copresence/copresence_switches.cc. |
| --copresence-tracing-token ⊗ | Apiary tracing token for calls to the Copresence server. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/copresence/copresence_switches.cc. |
| --crash-dumps-dir ⊗ | The directory breakpad should store minidumps in. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --crash-on-failure ⊗ | When specified to "enable-leak-detection" command-line option, causes the leak detector to cause immediate crash when found leak. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_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. |
| --custom-launcher-page ⊗ | Specifies the chrome-extension:// URL for the contents of an additional page added to the experimental app launcher. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_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. |
| --data-reduction-proxy-alternative ⊗ | The origin of an alternative data reduction proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --data-reduction-proxy-alternative-fallback ⊗ | The origin of an alternative data reduction proxy fallback. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --data-reduction-proxy-probe-url ⊗ | Sets a canary URL to test before committing to using the data reduction proxy. Note this canary does not go through the data reduction proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --data-reduction-proxy-warmup-url ⊗ | Sets a URL to fetch to warm up the data reduction proxy on startup and network changes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --data-reduction-ssl-proxy ⊗ | The origin of the data reduction SSL proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_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. |
| --dbus-unstub-clients ⊗ | Comma-spearated list of dbus clients that should be unstubbed. See chromeos/dbus/dbus_client_bundle.cc for the names of the dbus clients. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-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[6] ⊗ | Enables support to debug printing subsystem. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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. |
| --derelict-detection-timeout ⊗ | Time before a machine at OOBE is considered derelict. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --derelict-idle-timeout ⊗ | Time before a derelict machines starts demo mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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. |
| --device-scale-factor[4] ⊗ | Device scale factor passed to certain processes like renderers, etc. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --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-about-in-settings ⊗ | When kEnableSettingsWindow is used, About is shown as an overlay in Settings instead of as a separate page, unless this flag is specified. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-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-account-consistency ⊗ | Disables consistent identity features. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --disable-android-password-link ⊗ | Disable the link in the password manager settings page that points to account central. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-04. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc. |
| --disable-answers-in-suggest ⊗ | Disables the experimental Answers in Suggest feature. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/omnibox/omnibox_switches.cc. |
| --disable-app-list-app-info ⊗ | If set, the app info context menu item is not available in the app list UI. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc. |
| --disable-app-list-dismiss-on-blur ⊗ | If set, the app list will not be dismissed when it loses focus. This is useful when testing the app list or a custom launcher page. It can still be dismissed via the other methods (like the Esc key). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_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-track-processing[7] ⊗ | Disables audio processing in a MediaStreamTrack. When this flag is on, AEC, NS and AGC will be done in PeerConnection instead of MediaStreamTrack. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-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-blink-scheduler ⊗ | Disable the Blink Scheduler. Ensures there's no reordering of blink tasks. This switch is intended only for performance tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-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-cast[8] ⊗ | Disables support for playing videos on Chromecast devices. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-click-delay[8] ⊗ | Disable the click delay by sending click events during double tap. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-component-cloud-policy ⊗ | Disables fetching and storing cloud policy for components. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/policy/core/common/policy_switches.cc. |
| --disable-component-extensions-with-background-pages ⊗ | Disable default component extensions with background pages - useful for performance tests where these pages may interfere with perf results. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-confirmation ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --disable-contextual-search[8] ⊗ | Disables Contextual Search. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-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-demo-mode ⊗ | Disables the ChromeOS demo. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-device-disabling ⊗ | If this switch is set, the device cannot be remotely disabled by its owner. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-device-discovery-notifications ⊗ | Disables device discovery notifications. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-direct-npapi-requests ⊗ | Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins through the renderer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-direct-write[4] ⊗ | Disables the DirectWrite font rendering system on windows. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc. |
| --disable-display-color-calibration[5] ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/display/display_switches.cc. |
| --disable-display-list-2d-canvas ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-distance-field-text ⊗ | Disables distance field text. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-domain-reliability ⊗ | Disables Domain Reliability Monitoring. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-drive-apps-in-app-list ⊗ | If set, Drive apps will not be shown side-by-side with Chrome apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc. |
| --disable-drop-sync-credential ⊗ | Disable dropping the credential used to sync passwords. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_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-easy-signin ⊗ | Disable Easy sign-in. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-extension-info-dialog ⊗ | Disables the App Info dialog from being launched from the chrome://extensions page (reverts to the old-style permissions dialog instead). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-file-system ⊗ | Disable FileSystem API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-gaia-services ⊗ | Disable GAIA services such as enrollment and OAuth session restore. Used by 'fake' telemetry login. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback[8] ⊗ | Disable user gesture requirement for media playback. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-gl-drawing-for-tests ⊗ | Disables GL drawing operations which produce pixel output. With this the GL output will not be correct but tests will run faster. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_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-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-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-rasterization ⊗ | Disable GPU rasterization, i.e. rasterize on the CPU only. Overrides the kEnableGpuRasterization and kForceGpuRasterization flags. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-harfbuzz-rendertext ⊗ | Disables the HarfBuzz port of RenderText on all platforms. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc. |
| --disable-hid-detection-on-oobe ⊗ | Disable HID-detection OOBE screen. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-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-infobar-for-protected-media-identifier[8] ⊗ | Disables the infobar popup for accessing protected media identifier. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --disable-infobars ⊗ | Prevent infobars from appearing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/infobars/core/infobars_switches.cc. |
| --disable-input-view ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc. |
| --disable-ipv4 ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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-kill-after-bad-ipc ⊗ | Don't kill a child process when it sends a bad IPC message. Apart from testing, it is a bad idea from a security perspective to enable this switch. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-layer-squashing ⊗ | Disables layer squashing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-lcd-text ⊗ | Disables LCD text. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-legacy-window[4] ⊗ | Disable the Legacy Window which corresponds to the size of the WebContents. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-login-scroll-into-view ⊗ | Disable login/lock UI (user pods) scrolling into view on JS side when virtual keyboard is shown. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-low-res-tiling ⊗ | When using CPU rasterizing disable low resolution tiling. This uses less power, particularly during animations, but more white may be seen during fast scrolling especially on slower devices. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-main-frame-before-activation ⊗ | Disables sending the next BeginMainFrame before the previous commit activates. Overrides the kEnableMainFrameBeforeActivation flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --disable-manager-for-sync-signin ⊗ | Disable both saving and filling for the sync signin form. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc. |
| --disable-material-design-ntp ⊗ | Disables the Material Design NTP. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-media-source ⊗ | Disables Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-method-check ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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-network-portal-notification ⊗ | Disables notifications about captive portals in session. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-new-avatar-menu ⊗ | Disables the new avatar menu, forcing the top-corner avatar button. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_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-new-kiosk-ui ⊗ | Disables new Kiosk UI when kiosk apps are represented as user pods. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-new-profile-management ⊗ | Disables new profile management system, including new profile chooser UI. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_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-office-editing-component-extension ⊗ | Disable Office Editing for Docs, Sheets & Slides component app so handlers won't be registered, making it possible to install another version for testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-offline-auto-reload ⊗ | Disable auto-reload of error pages if offline. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only ⊗ | Disable only auto-reloading error pages when the tab is visible. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-offline-load-stale-cache ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-origin-chip ⊗ | Disable the origin chip. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-overlay-scrollbar ⊗ | Disables overlay scrollbars on Aura or Linux. Does nothing on Mac. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/native_theme/native_theme_switches.cc. |
| --disable-overscroll-edge-effect[8] ⊗ | 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[5] ⊗ | 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-generation ⊗ | Disables 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. |
| --disable-password-manager-reauthentication ⊗ | Disable the setting to prompt the user for their OS account password before revealing plaintext passwords in the password manager. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-people-search ⊗ | Enables searching for people from the apps list search box. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-permissions-bubbles ⊗ | Don't use bubbles for content permissions requests instead of infobars. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-pinch-virtual-viewport ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/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-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-policy-key-verification ⊗ | Disables the verification of policy signing keys. TODO(atwilson): Remove this once all test servers have been updated to produce verification signatures. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/policy/core/common/policy_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-prefer-compositing-to-lcd-text ⊗ | Disable the creation of compositing layers when it would prevent LCD text. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-prefixed-encrypted-media ⊗ | Disables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g. webkitGenerateKeyRequest()). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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 2014-11-14. 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-pacing ⊗ | Disable use of pacing of QUIC packets. This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-quic-port-selection ⊗ | Disable use of Chromium's port selection for the ephemeral port via bind(). This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-remote-core-animation[9] ⊗ | Enable use of cross-process CALayers to display content directly from the GPU process on Mac. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_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-rollback-option ⊗ | Disables rollback option on reset screen. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --disable-save-password-bubble ⊗ | Prevents the save password bubble from being enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-search-button-in-omnibox ⊗ | Disables the "search button in omnibox" experiment. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-crashed-bubble ⊗ | Disables using bubbles for session restore request. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-settings-window ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-signin-scoped-device-id ⊗ | Disable sending signin scoped device id to LSO with refresh token request. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --disable-single-thread-proxy-scheduler ⊗ | For tests, disable single thread scheduler and only manually composite. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-spdy-proxy-dev-auth-origin ⊗ | Disables the origin of the data reduction proxy dev. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_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-suggestions-service ⊗ | Disables the suggestions service. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-supervised-user-blacklist ⊗ | Disables the supervised user host blacklist. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-supervised-user-safesites ⊗ | Disables SafeSites filtering for supervised users. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-svg1dom ⊗ | Disables SVG 1.1 DOM. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-list ⊗ | Disables syncing of the app list independent of extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-backup ⊗ | Disable data backup when user's not signed in. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-sync-rollback ⊗ | Disable sync rollback. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-types ⊗ | Disables syncing one or more sync data types that are on by default. See sync/internal_api/public/base/model_type.h for possible types. Types should be comma separated, and follow the naming convention for string representation of model types, e.g.: --disable-synctypes='Typed URLs, Bookmarks, Autofill Profiles' ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --disable-system-fullscreen-for-testing[3] ⊗ | 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-text-input-focus-manager ⊗ | Disables an experimental focus manager to track text input clients. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_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-scrolling ⊗ | Disable multithreaded, compositor scrolling of web content. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-v8-idle-notification-after-commit ⊗ | Disable V8 idle notification after commit. Overrides kEnableV8IdleNotificationAfterCommit. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-vaapi-accelerated-video-encode[5] ⊗ | Enables VA-API accelerated video encode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-views-rect-based-targeting ⊗ | Specifies if a heuristic should be used to determine the most probable target of a gesture, where the touch region is represented by a rectangle. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/views/views_switches.cc. |
| --disable-virtual-keyboard-overscroll ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc. |
| --disable-volume-adjust-sound ⊗ | Disables volume adjust sound. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-webrtc[8] ⊗ | WebRTC is enabled by default on Android. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webrtc-encryption[7] ⊗ | Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content, it ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webrtc-hw-decoding[7] ⊗ | Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-webrtc-hw-encoding[7] ⊗ | Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-x-token ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --disable-xslt ⊗ | Disables support for XSLT. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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. |
| --disable-zero-copy ⊗ | Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles. Overrides the kEnableZeroCopy flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-04. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --disable-zero-suggest[8] ⊗ | Disables zero suggest experiment on Dev channel. ↪ 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. |
| --disallow-autofill-sync-credential ⊗ | Disallow autofilling of the sync credential. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc. |
| --disallow-autofill-sync-credential-for-reauth ⊗ | Disallow autofilling of the sync credential only for transactional reauth pages. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_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. |
| --display[10] ⊗ | Which X11 display to connect to. Emulates the GTK+ "--display=" command line argument. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/x/x11_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. |
| --do-not-ignore-autocomplete-off ⊗ | Forces the password manager to not ignore autocomplete='off' for password forms. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-05. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_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. |
| --domain-name ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --dump-browser-histograms ⊗ | Requests that a running browser process dump its collected histograms to a given file. The file is overwritten if it exists. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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. |
| --egl ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc. |
| --embedded-extension-options ⊗ | Enables extension options to be embedded in chrome://extensions rather than a new tab. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --enable-2d-canvas-clip-aa ⊗ | Enable antialiasing on 2d canvas clips (as opposed to draw operations) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-jpeg-decoding ⊗ | Enable partially decoding jpeg images using the GPU. At least YUV decoding will be accelerated when using this flag. Has no effect unless GPU rasterization is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-accessibility-tab-switcher[8] ⊗ | Enable the accessibility tab switcher. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-account-consistency ⊗ | Enables consistent identity features. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --enable-android-password-link ⊗ | Enable the link in the password manager settings page that points to account central. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-04. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc. |
| --enable-answers-in-suggest ⊗ | Enables the experimental Answers in Suggest feature. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/omnibox/omnibox_switches.cc. |
| --enable-app-install-alerts[8] ⊗ | Enables app install alerts. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-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-apps-file-associations ⊗ | Enable OS integration for Chrome app file associations. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-apps-show-on-first-paint ⊗ | Show apps windows after the first paint. Windows will be shown significantly later for heavy apps loading resources synchronously but it will be insignificant for apps that load most of their resources asynchronously. ↪ 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-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-automatic-password-saving ⊗ | Disables the save-password prompt. Passwords are then saved automatically, without asking the user. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc. |
| --enable-avfoundation[3] ⊗ | AVFoundation is available in versions 10.7 and onwards, and is to be used http://crbug.com/288562 for both audio and video device monitoring and for video capture. Being a dynamically loaded NSBundle and library, it hits the Chrome startup time (http://crbug.com/311325 and http://crbug.com/311437); for experimentation purposes, in particular library load time issue, the usage of this library can be enabled by using this flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_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-bleeding-edge-rendering-fast-paths ⊗ | Enable bleeding-edge code to make Chrome draw content faster. The changes behind this path are very likely to break lots of content. ** DO NOT use this flag unless you know what you are doing. ** ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-bookmark-undo ⊗ | Enables the multi-level undo system for bookmarks. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-browser-side-navigation ⊗ | PlzNavigate: Use the experimental browser-side navigation path. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-centered-app-list ⊗ | If set, the app list will be centered and wide instead of tall. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc. |
| --enable-chromevox-next ⊗ | Enables the next generation version of ChromeVox. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-client-hints ⊗ | Enables client hints, which adds hints about browser state to HTTP requests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-cloud-backup ⊗ | Enables cloud backup feature. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-cloud-devices ⊗ | Enable Google Cloud Devices code. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/cloud_devices/common/cloud_devices_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-cloud-print-xps[4] ⊗ | Fallback to XPS. By default connector uses CDD. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-consumer-management ⊗ | Enables consumer management, which allows user to enroll, remotely lock and locate the device. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-container-culling ⊗ | Enable experimental container node culling. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-content-video-view-power-save-blocker[8] ⊗ | Enable the PowerSaveBlocker in ContentVideoView. Android only. ↪ Removed on 2014-10-30. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-contextual-search[8] ⊗ | Enables Contextual Search. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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[11] ⊗ | 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-credential-manager-api ⊗ | Enable the experimental Credential Manager JavaScript API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-data-reduction-proxy-alt ⊗ | Enable the alternative data reduction proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_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-discovery-notifications ⊗ | Enable device discovery notifications. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-directwrite-for-ui[4] ⊗ | Enables DirectWrite font rendering for general UI elements. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc. |
| --enable-display-list-2d-canvas ⊗ | Enables display list based 2d canvas implementation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-distance-field-text ⊗ | Enables using signed distance fields when rendering text. Only valid if GPU rasterization is enabled as well. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-dom-distiller ⊗ | Enables the DOM distiller. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-domain-reliability ⊗ | Enables Domain Reliability Monitoring. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-drop-sync-credential ⊗ | Enable dropping the credential used to sync passwords. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc. |
| --enable-embedded-extension-options ⊗ | Hack so that feature switch can work with about_flags. See kEnableScriptsRequireAction. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --enable-embedded-signin ⊗ | If this switch is set, Chrome OS login screen uses |EmbeddedSignin| endpoint of GAIA. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-embeddedsearch-api[8] ⊗ | Enables EmbeddedSearch API in the search results page. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/search/search_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-ephemeral-apps ⊗ | Enables experimentation with ephemeral apps, which are launched without installing in Chrome. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-exclusive-audio[4] ⊗ | 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-app-list ⊗ | If set, the experimental app list will be used. Implies --enable-centered-app-list. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_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-extension-apis ⊗ | Enables extension APIs that are in development. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --enable-experimental-hotwording ⊗ | Enables experimental hotword detection features. These features include using a new component extension for performing hotword detection, new UI flows, and always-on detection. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-experimental-input-view-features ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_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-extension-action-redesign ⊗ | Hack so that feature switch can work with about_flags. See kEnableScriptsRequireAction. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-extension-assets-sharing ⊗ | Enabled sharing assets for installed default apps. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-transitions ⊗ | Enables animated transitions during first-run tutorial. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-font-antialiasing ⊗ | Enable font antialiasing for pixel tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_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-rasterization ⊗ | Allow heuristics to determine when a layer tile should be drawn with the Skia GPU backend. Only valid with GPU accelerated compositing + impl-side painting. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-hardware-overlays ⊗ | Enable compositing individual elements via hardware overlays when permitted by device. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --enable-harfbuzz-rendertext ⊗ | Enables the HarfBuzz port of RenderText on all platforms. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/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-input-view ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc. |
| --enable-instant-search-clicks[8] ⊗ | Enables instant search clicks feature. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-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-layer-squashing ⊗ | Enables experimental feature that maps multiple RenderLayers to one composited layer to avoid pathological layer counts. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-lcd-text ⊗ | Enables LCD text. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-leak-detection ⊗ | Enables the leak detection of loading webpages. This allows us to check whether or not reloading a webpage releases web-related objects correctly. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --enable-linkable-ephemeral-apps ⊗ | Enables experimentation with launching ephemeral apps via hyperlinks. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-local-file-accesses[8] ⊗ | Enable file accesses for debug. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/common/chromecast_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-low-res-tiling ⊗ | When using CPU rasterizing generate low resolution tiling. Low res tiles may be displayed during fast scrolls especially on slower devices. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-main-frame-before-activation ⊗ | Enables sending the next BeginMainFrame before the previous commit activates. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc. |
| --enable-manager-for-sync-signin ⊗ | Enable saving and filling for the sync signin form. Currently the default behavior. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc. |
| --enable-material-design-ntp ⊗ | Enables the Material Design NTP. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-message-center-always-scroll-up-upon-notification-removal ⊗ | Enables message center to always move other notifications upwards when a notification is removed, no matter whether the message center is displayed top down or not. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/message_center/message_center_switches.cc. |
| --enable-mime-handler-view ⊗ | Hack so that feature switch can work with about_flags. See kEnableScriptsRequireAction. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --enable-mojo-serial-service ⊗ | Enables the mojo implementation of the serial API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-nacl-nonsfi-mode ⊗ | Enables Non-SFI mode, in which programs can be run without NaCl's SFI sandbox. ↪ 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 2014-11-14. 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-network-information ⊗ | Enables the network information API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-network-portal-notification ⊗ | Enables notifications about captive portals in session. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-new-avatar-menu ⊗ | Enable the new avatar menu and the User Manager. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --enable-new-korean-ime ⊗ | If this switch is set, the new Korean IME will be available in chrome://settings/languages. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-auto-reload ⊗ | Enable auto-reload of error pages if offline. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only ⊗ | Only auto-reload error pages when the tab is visible. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-offline-load-stale-cache ⊗ | Enable/Disable offering a "Load stale copy" option to the user if offline. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-one-copy ⊗ | Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-origin-chip-always ⊗ | Controls which branch of the origin chip in location bar experiment is enabled. We're using independent flags here (as opposed to a common flag with different values) to be able to enable/disable the entire experience associated with this feature server-side from the FieldTrial (the complete experience includes other flag changes as well). It is not currently possible to do that with "flag=value" flags. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-origin-chip-on-srp ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-overlay-fullscreen-video ⊗ | Enables use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Android only. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-overlay-scrollbar ⊗ | Enables overlay scrollbars on Aura or Linux. Does nothing on Mac. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/native_theme/native_theme_switches.cc. |
| --enable-override-bookmarks-ui ⊗ | Enables extensions to hide bookmarks UI elements. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-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-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-permissions-bubbles ⊗ | Use bubbles for content permissions requests instead of infobars. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-physical-keyboard-autocorrect ⊗ | If this switch is set, the US keyboard input method will provide suggestions as typing on physical keyboard. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-pixel-output-in-tests ⊗ | Forces tests to produce pixel output when they normally wouldn't. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --enable-plugin-placeholder-shadow-dom ⊗ | Enables presenting plugin placeholder content as shadow DOM. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-plugin-power-saver[1] ⊗ | Enables the plugin power saver feature. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-power-overlay ⊗ | Enables the Power overlay in Settings. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-precache ⊗ | Enables the proactive populating of the disk cache with Web resources that are likely to be needed in future page fetches. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/precache/core/precache_switches.cc. |
| --enable-precise-memory-info ⊗ | Make the values returned to window.performance.memory more granular and more up to date in shared worker. Without this flag, the memory information is still available, but it is bucketized and updated less frequently. This flag also applys to workers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-prefer-compositing-to-lcd-text ⊗ | Enable the creation of compositing layers when it would prevent LCD text. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-print-preview-register-promos ⊗ | Enables showing unregistered printers in print preview ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-privet-storage ⊗ | Enable Privet storage. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-profile-shortcut-manager[4] ⊗ | Force-enables the profile shortcut manager. This is needed for tests since they use a custom-user-data-dir which disables this. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-query-extraction ⊗ | Enables query in the omnibox. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-pacing ⊗ | Disable use of pacing of QUIC packets. This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-quic-port-selection ⊗ | Enable use of Chromium's port selection for the ephemeral port via bind(). This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-reader-mode-toolbar-icon ⊗ | Enables context-sensitive reader mode button in the toolbar. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-remote-assistance ⊗ | Allows remote assistance connection to this computer using the Chrome Remote Desktop app on Chrome OS. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --enable-renderer-mojo-channel ⊗ | Replaces renderer-browser IPC channel with ChnanelMojo. ↪ 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-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-screenshot-testing-with-mode ⊗ | Enables using screenshots in tests and seets mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --enable-scripts-require-action ⊗ | FeatureSwitch and about_flags don't play nice. Feature switch expects either --enable-<feature> or --<feature>=1, but about_flags expects the command line argument to enable it (or a selection). Hack this in, so enabling it in about_flags enables the feature. Appending this flag has the same effect as --scripts-require-action=1. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --enable-scroll-prediction ⊗ | Enable scroll prediction for scroll update events. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc. |
| --enable-sdch-over-https ⊗ | Enables SDCH for https schemes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-search-button-in-omnibox-always ⊗ | Controls which branch of the "search button in omnibox" experiment is enabled. We're using independent flags here (as opposed to a common flag with different values) to be able to enable/disable the entire experience associated with this feature server-side from the FieldTrial (the complete experience includes other flag changes as well). It is not currently possible to do that with "flag=value" flags. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-search-button-in-omnibox-for-str ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-search-button-in-omnibox-for-str-or-iip ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-seccomp-filter-sandbox ⊗ | Enables seccomp-bpf support for Android. Requires experimental kernel support. <http://crbug.com/166704> ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-service-worker-sync ⊗ | Enable support for sync events in ServiceWorkers. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-session-crashed-bubble ⊗ | Enables using bubbles for session restore request instead of infobars. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-settings-window ⊗ | Enable or disable settings in a separate browser window per profile (see SettingsWindowEnabled() below). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-show-modal-dialog ⊗ | Enables the deprecated window.showModalDialog API. This is slated for removal. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-slimming-paint ⊗ | Enables slimming paint: http://www.chromium.org/blink/slimming-paint ↪ 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-spatial-navigation ⊗ | Enable spatial navigation ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spdy-proxy-auth ⊗ | Enable the data reduction proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spdy-proxy-dev-auth-origin ⊗ | Enables the origin of the data reduction proxy dev. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spdy4 ⊗ | Enable SPDY/4, aka HTTP/2. This is a temporary testing flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-speech-dispatcher[12] ⊗ | Allows sending text-to-speech requests to speech-dispatcher, a common Linux speech service. Because it's buggy, the user must explicitly enable it so that visiting a random webpage can't cause instability. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-speech-recognition[8] ⊗ | Enable the recognition part of the Web Speech API. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spelling-auto-correct[13] ⊗ | Enables auto correction for misspelled words. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-spelling-feedback-field-trial[13] ⊗ | Enables participation in the field trial for user feedback to spelling service. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-ssl-connect-job-waiting ⊗ | Enables a feature that holds back some SSLConnectJobs in order to minimize the number of full SSL handshakes completed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-stale-while-revalidate ⊗ | Enables implementation of the Cache-Control: stale-while-revalidate directive which permits servers to allow the use of stale resources while revalidation proceeds in the background. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-streamlined-hosted-apps ⊗ | Enables an experimental hosted app experience. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-suggestions-service ⊗ | Enables the suggestions service. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-supervised-user-blacklist ⊗ | Enables the supervised user host blacklist. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-supervised-user-safesites ⊗ | Enables SafeSites filtering for supervised users. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-swipe-selection ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc. |
| --enable-sync-app-list ⊗ | Enables syncing of the app list independent of extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc. |
| --enable-sync-articles ⊗ | Enables synced articles. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-tab-audio-muting ⊗ | Enables user control over muting tab audio from the tab strip. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-blobs ⊗ | Enable experimental text blob rendering. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-text-input-focus-manager ⊗ | Enables an experimental focus manager to track text input clients. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_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-threaded-texture-mailboxes ⊗ | Simulates shared textures when share groups are not available. Not available everywhere. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_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-touch-feedback ⊗ | Enables additional visual feedback to touch input. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc. |
| --enable-tracing ⊗ | Enable tracing during the execution of browser tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-tracing-output ⊗ | The filename to write the output of the test tracing to. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-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-transparent-visuals[14] ⊗ | When enabled, tries to get a transparent X11 visual so that we can have per-pixel alpha in windows. TODO(erg): Remove this switch once we've stabilized the code path. http://crbug.com/369209 ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/views/views_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-v8-idle-notification-after-commit ⊗ | Send a notification from RenderWidgetCompositor to V8 to do idle work (e.g. garbage collection) after the commit until the beginning of the next frame. This moves the work off the critical path where compositor is waiting for the main thread. The flag is experimental until the implementation of the V8 idle handler is completed. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-v8-script-streaming ⊗ | Enables streaming scripts to V8 while loading. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-video-player-chromecast-support ⊗ | Enables the chromecast support for video player app. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-viewport-meta ⊗ | Enables the use of the legacy viewport meta tag. Turning this on also turns on the @viewport CSS rule ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-virtual-keyboard ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc. |
| --enable-virtual-keyboard-overscroll ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_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-web-based-signin ⊗ | Enables the pure web-based flow for sign in on first run/NTP/wrench menu/ settings page. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_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-webgl-image-chromium ⊗ | Enables WebGL rendering into a scanout buffer for overlay support. ↪ 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-hw-h264-encoding[7] ⊗ | Enables H264 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-webrtc-hw-vp8-encoding[7] ⊗ | Enables VP8 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-website-settings-manager ⊗ | Enables the Website Settings page on the Settings page. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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. |
| --enable-webview-based-signin ⊗ | Enables the webview-based flow for sign in. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --enable-zero-copy ⊗ | Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --enable-zero-suggest-most-visited[8] ⊗ | Enables zero suggest functionality on Dev channel, showing most visited sites as default suggestions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enable-zero-suggest-most-visited-without-serp[8] ⊗ | Enable zero suggest functionality on Dev channel, showing most visited sites on non-search-result pages as default suggestions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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 ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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. |
| --enforce_strict ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enhanced-bookmarks-experiment ⊗ | Enable Enhanced Bookmarks. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --enterprise-enable-forced-re-enrollment ⊗ | Whether to enable forced enterprise re-enrollment. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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. |
| --enterprise-enrollment-skip-robot-auth ⊗ | Don't create robot account on enrollment. Used when testing device enrollment against YAPS or the Python test server. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --error-console ⊗ | Allows the ErrorConsole to collect runtime and manifest errors, and display them in the chrome:extensions page. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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. |
| --expose-ipc-echo ⊗ | Expose window.ipcTester object for testing ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc. |
| --extended-response ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --extension-action-redesign ⊗ | Whether to switch to extension action redesign mode (experimental). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --extension-content-verification ⊗ | Name of the command line flag to force content verification to be on in one of various modes. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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-install-verification ⊗ | Turns on extension install verification if it would not otherwise have been turned on. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --extensions-multi-account ⊗ | Enables multiple account versions of chrome.identity APIs. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --extensions-not-webstore ⊗ | Specifies a comma-separated list of extension ids that should be forced to be treated as not from the webstore when doing install verification. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --extensions-on-chrome-urls ⊗ | Enables extensions running scripts on chrome:// URLs. Extensions still need to explicitly request access to chrome:// URLs in the manifest. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/search_engines/search_engines_switches.cc. |
| --fake-cloud-policy-type[15] ⊗ | 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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/policy/core/common/policy_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. |
| --fast-user-switching ⊗ | Allows displaying the list of existing profiles in the avatar bubble for fast switching between profiles. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc. |
| --feedback-server ⊗ | Alternative feedback server to use when submitting user feedback ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/feedback/feedback_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. |
| --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-auxiliary-bitmap ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in android_webview/common/aw_switches.cc. |
| --force-desktop[4] ⊗ | 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-dev-mode-highlighting ⊗ | Whether to force developer mode extensions highlighting. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-directshow[4] ⊗ | 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-first-run-ui ⊗ | Forces first-run UI to be shown for every login. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-gpu-rasterization ⊗ | Always use the Skia GPU backend for drawing layer tiles. Only valid with GPU accelerated compositing + impl-side painting. Overrides the kEnableGpuRasterization flag. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --force-immersive[4] ⊗ | 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-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-mediafoundation[4] ⊗ | Force the use of MediaFoundation for video capture. This is only supported in Windows 7 and above. Used, like |kForceDirectShowVideoCapture|, to troubleshoot problems in Windows platforms. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --force-qtkit[3] ⊗ | QTKit is the media capture API predecessor to AVFoundation, available up and until Mac OS X 10.9 (despite being deprecated in this last one). This flag is used for troubleshooting and testing, and forces QTKit in builds and configurations where AVFoundation would be used otherwise. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_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-use-overlay-embedded-video[8] ⊗ | Always use the video overlay for the embedded video. This switch is intended only for tests. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --force-variation-ids ⊗ | Forces additional Chrome Variation Ids that will be sent in X-Client-Data header, specified as a 64-bit encoded list of numeric experiment ids. Ids prefixed with the character "t" will be treated as Trigger Variation Ids. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --force-wave-audio[4] ⊗ | 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. |
| --full-memory-crash-report ⊗ | Generates full memory crash dump. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --gaia-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --golden-screenshots-dir ⊗ | Screenshot testing: specifies the directory where the golden screenshots are stored. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --google-apis-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/google/core/browser/google_switches.cc. |
| --google-profile-info ⊗ | Enables using GAIA information to populate profile name and icon. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_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-sandbox-failures-fatal ⊗ | Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --gpu-sandbox-start-early ⊗ | Starts the GPU sandbox before creating a GL context. ↪ 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-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. |
| --homedir ⊗ | Defines user homedir. This defaults to primary user homedir. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-pairing-oobe ⊗ | With this switch, start remora OOBE with the pairing screen. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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. |
| --http-port ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --ignore-autocomplete-off-autofill ⊗ | Ignores autocomplete="off" for Autofill data (profiles + credit cards). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_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-resolution-limits-for-accelerated-video-decode ⊗ | Bypass autodetection of the upper limit on resolution of streams that can be hardware decoded. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_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. |
| --ignore-user-profile-mapping-for-tests ⊗ | If true, profile selection in UserManager will always return active user's profile. TODO(nkostlyev): http://crbug.com/364604 - Get rid of this switch after we turn on multi-profile feature on ChromeOS. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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. |
| --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-chrome-app ⊗ | Causes Chrome to initiate an installation flow for the given app. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --install-ephemeral-app-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. This is allowed *only* for ephemeral apps. All other ids will be ignored. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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. |
| --invalidation-use-gcm-channel ⊗ | Invalidation service should use GCM network channel even if experiment is not enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --ipc-connection-timeout ⊗ | Overrides the timeout, in seconds, that a child process waits for a connection from the browser before killing itself. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --ipc-fuzzer-testcase ⊗ | Specifies the testcase used by the IPC fuzzer. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --javascript-harmony ⊗ | Enables experimental Harmony (ECMAScript 6) features. ↪ 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. |
| --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 2014-11-14. 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. |
| --local-heuristics-only-for-password-generation ⊗ | Removes the requirement that we recieved a ping from the autofill servers and that the user doesn't have the given form blacklisted. Used in testing. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --log-gpu-control-list-decisions ⊗ | Logs GPU control list decisions when enforcing blacklist rules. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-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-user ⊗ | Specifies the user which is already logged in. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --low-end-device-mode ⊗ | Force low-end device when set to 1; Auto-detect low-end device when set to 2; Force non-low-end device when set to other values or empty; ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --lso-url ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --main-frame-resizes-are-orientation-changes ⊗ | Resizes of the main frame are the caused by changing between landscape and portrait mode (i.e. Android) so the page should be rescaled to fit ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-id ⊗ | Sets the supervised user ID for any loaded or newly created profile to the given value. Pass an empty string to mark the profile as non-supervised. Used for testing. ↪ 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. |
| --manual-enhanced-bookmarks ⊗ | Use to opt-in user into Finch experiment groups. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --manual-enhanced-bookmarks-optout ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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[8] ⊗ | 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. |
| --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. |
| --migrate-data-dir-for-sxs[12] ⊗ | Triggers migration of user data directory to another directory specified as a parameter. The migration is done under singleton lock, and sanity checks are made to avoid corrupting the profile. The browser exits after migration is complete. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --mime-handler-view ⊗ | Whether or not mime handler view guests are enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc. |
| --mock ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_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-dangerous-no-sandbox-nonsfi ⊗ | Disable sandbox even for non SFI mode. This is particularly unsafe as non SFI NaCl heavily relies on the seccomp sandbox. ↪ 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-nonsfi ⊗ | Value for --type that causes the process to run as a NativeClient loader for non SFI mode. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_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[8] ⊗ | 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-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. |
| --NewProfileManagement ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/profile_management_switches.cc. |
| --no-announcement ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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-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-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. |
| --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. |
| --oauth2-client-id ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --oauth2-client-secret ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc. |
| --oobe-guest-session ⊗ | Indicates that a guest session has been started before OOBE completion. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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. |
| --oobe-timer-interval ⊗ | Interval at which we check for total time on OOBE. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc. |
| --open-ash[17] ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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. |
| --out-of-process-pdf ⊗ | Enable the out of process PDF plugin. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --override-metrics-upload-url ⊗ | Override the URL to which metrics logs are sent for debugging. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/common/chromecast_switches.cc. |
| --override-use-gl-with-osmesa-for-tests ⊗ | Forces the use of OSMesa instead of hardware gpu. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_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. |
| --ozone-dump-file ⊗ | Specify location for image dumps. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/ozone/public/ozone_switches.cc. |
| --ozone-platform ⊗ | Specify ozone platform implementation to use. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/ozone/public/ozone_switches.cc. |
| --ozone-test-single-overlay-support ⊗ | Enable support for a single overlay plane. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/ozone/public/ozone_switches.cc. |
| --ozone-use-surfaceless ⊗ | Specify if the accelerated path should use surfaceless rendering. In this mode there is no EGL surface. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/ozone/public/ozone_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[18] ⊗ | 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. |
| --permission-request-api-scope ⊗ | Development flag for permission request API. This flag is needed until the API is finalized. TODO(bauerb): Remove when this flag is not needed anymore. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --permission-request-api-url ⊗ | Development flag for permission request API. This flag is needed until the API is finalized. TODO(bauerb): Remove when this flag is not needed anymore. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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[19] ⊗ | 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. |
| --power-stub ⊗ | Specifies power stub behavior: 'cycle=2' - Cycles power states every 2 seconds. See FakeDBusThreadManager::ParsePowerCommandLineSwitch for full details. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-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. |
| --precache-config-settings-url ⊗ | The URL that provides the PrecacheConfigurationSettings proto. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/precache/core/precache_switches.cc. |
| --precache-manifest-url-prefix ⊗ | Precache manifests will be served from URLs with this prefix. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/precache/core/precache_switches.cc. |
| --prefetch-search-results ⊗ | Triggers prerendering of search base page to prefetch results for the typed omnibox query. Only has an effect when prerender is enabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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. |
| --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. |
| --profiler-timing ⊗ | Configure whether chrome://profiler will contain timing information. This option is enabled by default. A value of "0" will disable profiler timing, while all other values will enable it. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_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. |
| --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. |
| --quic-connection-options ⊗ | Specifies a comma separated list of QUIC connection options to send to the server. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --quic-max-packet-length ⊗ | Specifies the maximum length for a QUIC packet. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --quic-version ⊗ | Specifies the version of QUIC to use. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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. |
| --reduce-security-for-testing ⊗ | Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used for testing purposes only. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --register-font-files ⊗ | Registers additional font files on Windows (for fonts outside the usual %WINDIR%\Fonts location). Multiple files can be used by separating them with a semicolon (;). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_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[4] ⊗ | 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[3] ⊗ | 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. |
| --remember-cert-error-decisions ⊗ | Remember user proceeds through SSL interstitials for a specified amount of time. In particular, remember these decisions through session restart. The time delta to remember certificates should be specified in seconds. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-socket-name[8] ⊗ | 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-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. |
| --renderer-wait-for-java-debugger[8] ⊗ | Block ChildProcessMain thread of the renderer's ChildProcessService until a Java debugger is attached. ↪ 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-app-list-install-state ⊗ | If set, the app list will forget it has been installed on 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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/metrics/metrics_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. |
| --sandbox-ipc ⊗ | Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --scripts-require-action ⊗ | Notify the user and require consent for extensions running scripts. Appending --scripts-require-action=1 has the same effect as --enable-scripts-require-action (see below). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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. |
| --service-name ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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. |
| --shill-stub ⊗ | Overrides network stub behavior. By default, ethernet, wifi and vpn are enabled, and transitions occur instantaneously. Multiple options can be comma separated (no spaces). Note: all options are in the format 'foo=x'. See FakeShillManagerClient::SetInitialNetworkState for implementation. Examples: 'clear=1' - Clears all default configurations 'wifi=on' - A wifi network is initially connected ('1' also works) 'wifi=off' - Wifi networks are all initially disconnected ('0' also works) 'wifi=disabled' - Wifi is initially disabled 'wifi=none' - Wifi is unavailable 'wifi=portal' - Wifi connection will be in Portal state 'cellular=1' - Cellular is initially connected 'interactive=3' - Interactive mode, connect/scan/etc requests take 3 secs ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-component-extension-options ⊗ | Makes component extensions appear in chrome://settings/extensions. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/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-layer-animation-bounds ⊗ | Renders a border that represents the bounding box for the layer's animation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/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-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-outdated-no-au ⊗ | Simulates that current version is outdated and auto-update is off. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --simulate-printing-errors ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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. |
| --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-fallback ⊗ | The origin of the data reduction proxy fallback. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --spdy-proxy-auth-origin ⊗ | The origin of the data reduction proxy. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --spdy-proxy-auth-value ⊗ | A test key for data reduction proxy authentication. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --spdy-proxy-dev-auth-origin ⊗ | The origin of the data reduction proxy dev. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc. |
| --speculative-resource-prefetching ⊗ | Speculative resource prefetching. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --spelling-service-feedback-interval-seconds[13] ⊗ | 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[13] ⊗ | 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-fallback-min ⊗ | Specifies the minimum SSL/TLS version ("ssl3", "tls1", "tls1.1", or "tls1.2") that TLS fallback will accept. ↪ 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-fullscreen ⊗ | Specifies if the browser should start in fullscreen mode, like if the user had pressed F11 right after startup. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --state-path ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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. |
| --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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/invalidation/invalidation_switches.cc. |
| --sync-deferred-startup-timeout-seconds ⊗ | Allows overriding the deferred init fallback timeout. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc. |
| --sync-disable-deferred-startup ⊗ | Enables deferring sync backend initialization until user initiated changes occur. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-notification-host-port ⊗ | Overrides the default host:port used for notifications. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/invalidation/invalidation_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-touchmove ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --test-auto-update-ui ⊗ | Enables testing for auto update UI. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-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-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[20] ⊗ | 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[21] ⊗ | 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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc. |
| --touch-events ⊗ | Enable support for touch events. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc. |
| --touch-scrolling-mode ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --touchcancel ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --trace-to-file ⊗ | Sends trace events from these categories to a file. --trace-to-file on its own sends to default categories. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --trace-to-file-name ⊗ | Specifies the file name for --trace-to-file. If unspecified, it will go to a default file name. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc. |
| --trace-upload-url ⊗ | Sets the target URL for uploading tracing data. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/translate/core/common/translate_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[4] ⊗ | 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. |
| --ttl ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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-impl-side-painting ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc. |
| --ui-enable-zero-copy ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. 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-animation-bounds ⊗ | 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. |
| --unicast-respond ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc. |
| --uninstall ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_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-cras[22] ⊗ | Use CRAS, the ChromeOS audio server. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc. |
| --use-discardable-memory ⊗ | Overrides the preferred discardable memory implementation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-file-for-fake-video-capture ⊗ | Use a raw video file as fake video capture device. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_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[3] ⊗ | No description ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/os_crypt/os_crypt_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-surfaces ⊗ | Use the new surfaces system to handle compositor delegation. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc. |
| --use-warp ⊗ | On Windows only: use the WARP software rasterizer in the GPU process. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_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. |
| --utility-run-elevated ⊗ | No description ↪ 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. |
| --v8-cache-options ⊗ | Set options to cache V8 data. (off, preparse data, or code) ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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. |
| --validate-input-event-stream ⊗ | In debug builds, asserts that the stream of input events is valid. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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-launch-via-appid[4] ⊗ | 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. |
| --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[4] ⊗ | 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. |
| --wake-on-packets ⊗ | Enables waking the device based on the receipt of some network packets. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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-sandbox ⊗ | Use the sandbox Online Wallet service URL (for developer testing). ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc. |
| --waveout-buffers[4] ⊗ | Number of buffers to use for WaveOut. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_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[4] ⊗ | 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. |
| --wm-window-animations-disabled ⊗ | If present animations are disabled. ↪ Removed on 2014-11-14. This switch was listed in ui/wm/core/wm_core_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_MACOSX must be defined.
- The constant OS_WIN must be defined.
- The constant OS_CHROMEOS must be defined.
- The constant OFFICIAL_BUILD must not be defined, and the constant ENABLE_PRINT_PREVIEW must be defined.
- The constant ENABLE_WEBRTC must be defined.
- The constant OS_ANDROID must be defined.
- The constant OS_IOS must not be defined, and the constant OS_MACOSX must be defined.
- The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined.
- The constant OS_POSIX must be defined.
- The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined, and the constant OS_LINUX must be defined.
- The constant ENABLE_SPELLCHECK must be defined.
- The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined, and the constant USE_X11 must be defined.
- The constants OS_ANDROID and OS_IOS must be defined.
- The constant NDEBUG must not be defined.
- The constant USE_ASH must 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 constant OS_LINUX must be defined.
- The constant USE_CRAS must be defined.