List of Chromium Command Line Switches (for 2015-05-14)

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 2024-11-17.

Condition Explanation
--0 Value of the --profiler-timing flag that will disable timing information for chrome://profiler.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc.
--adaboost No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/dom_distiller/core/dom_distiller_switches.cc.
--aggressive No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--aggressive-cache-discard No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--aggressive-tab-discard No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--allow-autofill-sync-credential Force the password manager to allow sync credentials to be autofilled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--allow-external-pages Allow access to external pages during layout tests.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--allow-insecure-localhost Enables TLS/SSL errors on localhost to be ignored (no interstitial, no blocking of requests).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--allow-outdated-plugins Don't block outdated plugins.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--allow-ra-in-dev-mode Allows remote attestation (RA) in dev mode for testing purpose. Usually RA is disabled in dev mode because it will always fail. However, there are cases in testing where we do want to go through the permission flow even in dev mode. This can be enabled by this flag.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--allow-running-insecure-content By default, an https page cannot run JavaScript, CSS or plugins from http URLs. This provides an override to get the old insecure behavior.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/test/base/test_switches.cc.
--alternative-service-probability-threshold Specifies the probability threshold for alternative services: an advertised alternative service will only be honored if the advertised probability is greater than or equal to this threshold.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 plugins.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--alwaystrue No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/dom_distiller/core/dom_distiller_switches.cc.
--app Used just for debugging to make it easier to attach debuggers. The actual app path that is used is sent over IPC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--app-id Specifies that the extension-app with the specified id should be launched according to its configuration.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--app-mode-oem-manifest Path for app's OEM manifest file.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--app-shell-allow-roaming Allow roaming in the cellular network.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc.
--app-shell-host-window-size Size for the host window to create (i.e. "800x600").
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc.
--app-shell-install-crx ID of an extension CRX to be downloaded from the web store.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc.
--app-shell-preferred-network SSID of the preferred WiFi network.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc.
--app-shell-user User email address of the current user.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/shell/common/switches.cc.
--apple No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--artifacts-dir Screenshot testing: specifies the directoru where artifacts will be stored.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/test/base/test_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-debug-shortcuts Enable keyboard shortcuts useful for debugging.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-disable-maximize-mode-window-backdrop Disables the window backdrops normally used in maximize mode (TouchView).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-disable-screen-orientation-lock[5] Disable the support for WebContents to lock the screen orientation.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-enable-fullscreen-app-list[5] Enables fullscreen app list if Ash is in maximize mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-enable-magnifier-key-scroller[5] Enables key bindings to scroll magnified screen.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-enable-mirrored-screen Enables mirrored screen.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-enable-software-mirroring Enables software based mirroring.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-enable-unified-desktop[5] Enables unified desktop mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-screen-rotation-animation Specifies the screen rotation animation to use. Possible values are: "partial-rotation", "partial-rotation-slow", "full-rotation", and "full-rotation-slow". See ash/rotator/screen_rotation_animator.cc for more details.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--ash-touch-hud Enables the heads-up display for tracking touch points.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--audio-buffer-size Allow users to specify a custom buffer size for debugging purpose.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--audio-modem-dump-tokens-to-dir Directory to dump encoded tokens to, for debugging. If empty (the default), tokens are not dumped. If invalid (not a writable directory), Chrome will crash!
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/audio_modem/audio_modem_switches.cc.
--audio-modem-enable-audible-broadcast Allow broadcast of audible audio tokens. Defaults to true.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/audio_modem/audio_modem_switches.cc.
--audio-modem-enable-inaudible-broadcast Allow broadcast of inaudible audio tokens. Defaults to true.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/audio_modem/audio_modem_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ash/ash_switches.cc.
--auth-ext-path Enables overriding the path for the default authentication extension.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--bypass-app-banner-engagement-checks This flag causes the user engagement checks for showing app banners to be bypasses. It is intended to be used by developers who wish to test that their sites otherwise meet the criteria needed to show app banners.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--cc-rebaseline-pixeltests Makes pixel tests write their output instead of read it.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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_url,log_description:log_key:log_url,... 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. log_url is a URL for the log, excluding the schema (which is always assumed to be HTTPS as required by RFC6962). Multiple logs can be specified by repeating description:key pairs, separated by a comma.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ipc/ipc_switches.cc.
--check-for-update-interval How often (in seconds) to check for updates. Should only be used for testing purposes.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--child-process Used internally by the main process to indicate that a new process should be a child process. Not for user use.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--child-wallpaper-large Default wallpaper to use for kids accounts (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable JPEG files).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--child-wallpaper-small No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--ChromeOSMemoryPressureHandling The memory pressure thresholds selection which is used to decide whether and when a memory pressure event needs to get fired.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--cipher-suite-blacklist Comma-separated list of SSL cipher suites to disable.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--clear-data-reduction-proxy-data-savings Clear data savings on Chrome startup.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--clear-token-service Clears the token service before using it. This allows simulating the expiration of credentials during testing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--connectivity-check-url Url for network connectivity checking. Default is "https://clients3.google.com/generate_204".
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/net/net_switches.cc.
--conservative No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--console No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--content-handlers Comma separated list like: text/html,mojo:html_viewer,application/bravo,https://abarth.com/bravo
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--content-shell-host-window-size Size for the content_shell's host window (i.e. "800x600").
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--copresence-server Address for calls to the Copresence server (via Apiary). Defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/copresence/v2/copresence.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/copresence/copresence_switches.cc.
--copresence-tracing-token Apiary tracing token for calls to the Copresence server.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/copresence/copresence_switches.cc.
--crash-dumps-dir The directory breakpad should store minidumps in.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--crash-test Causes the browser process to crash on startup.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--cryptauth-http-host Overrides the default URL for Google APIs (https://www.googleapis.com) used by CryptAuth.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/proximity_auth/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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc.
--d3d11 No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--d3d9 No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--data-path Makes Content Shell use the given path for its data directory.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--data-reduction-proxy-config-url The URL from which to retrieve the Data Reduction Proxy configuration.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--data-reduction-proxy-experiment The name of a Data Reduction Proxy experiment to run. These experiments are defined by the proxy server. Use --force-fieldtrials for Data Reduction Proxy field trials.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--data-reduction-proxy-secure-proxy-check-url Sets a secure proxy check URL to test before committing to using the Data Reduction Proxy. Note this check does not go through the Data Reduction Proxy.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--debug-print[6] Enables support to debug printing subsystem.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--default No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--default-tile-height No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--default-tile-width Sets the tile size used by composited layers.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--default-wallpaper-large Default wallpaper to use (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable JPEG files).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--default-wallpaper-small No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--delete No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc.
--demo No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--derelict-detection-timeout Time before a machine at OOBE is considered derelict.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--derelict-idle-timeout Time before a derelict machines starts demo mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--desktop No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--diagnostics Triggers a plethora of diagnostic modes.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-accelerated-2d-canvas Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-accelerated-jpeg-decoding Disable partially decoding jpeg images using the GPU. At least YUV decoding will be accelerated when not using this flag. Has no effect unless GPU rasterization is enabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-account-consistency Disables consistent identity features.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--disable-affiliation-based-matching Disable affiliation based matching, so that credentials stored for an Android application will not be considered matches for, and will not be filled into corresponding Web applications.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/omnibox/omnibox_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc.
--disable-appcontainer Disables appcontainer/lowbox for renderer on Win8+ platforms.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-async-dns Disables the experimental asynchronous DNS client.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-boot-animation Disables wallpaper boot animation (except of OOBE case).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-breakpad Disables the crash reporting.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc.
--disable-bundled-ppapi-flash Disables the bundled PPAPI version of Flash.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-cache Force dynamically loaded apps / services to be loaded irrespective of cache instructions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--disable-canvas-aa Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-captive-portal-bypass-proxy Disable bypass proxy for captive portal authorization.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-cast[7] Disables support for playing videos on Chromecast devices.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-cast-streaming-hw-encoding Disable hardware encoding support for Cast Streaming.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-child-account-detection Disables detection of child accounts.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-click-delay[7] Disable the click delay by sending click events during double tap.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-cloud-import Disables cloud backup feature.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-component-cloud-policy Disables fetching and storing cloud policy for components.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-component-update No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-composited-antialiasing Disables layer-edge anti-aliasing in the compositor.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--disable-confirmation No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--disable-core-animation-plugins[8] Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-credit-card-scan Disables using device's camera to scan a new credit card when filling out a credit card form.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--disable-d3d11 Disables use of D3D11.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--disable-databases Disables HTML5 DB support.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-datasaver-prompt Switches and optional value for Data Saver prompt on cellular networks.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-default-apps Disables installation of default apps on first run. This is used during automated testing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-delay-agnostic-aec Disables Delay Agnostic AEC in WebRTC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-delegated-renderer Disables delegated renderer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-demo-mode Disables the ChromeOS demo.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-device-discovery-notifications Disables device discovery notifications.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-dinosaur-easter-egg Disables the dinosaur easter egg on the offline interstitial.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc.
--disable-directwrite-for-ui[4] Disables DirectWrite font rendering for general UI elements.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc.
--disable-display-color-calibration[5] No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/display/display_switches.cc.
--disable-display-list-2d-canvas No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-distance-field-text Disables distance field text.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-domain-reliability Disables Domain Reliability Monitoring.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--disable-easy-unlock Disable Easy unlock.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/proximity_auth/switches.cc.
--disable-encrypted-media Disables (unprefixed) Encrypted Media Extensions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-experimental-app-list No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc.
--disable-extensions Disable extensions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-file-system Disable FileSystem API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-fill-on-account-select Disables the experiment for the password manager to only fill on account selection, rather than autofilling on page load.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--disable-flash-3d Disable 3D inside of flapper.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-flash-stage3d Disable Stage3D inside of flapper.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback[7] Disable user gesture requirement for media playback.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--disable-gl-error-limit Disable the GL error log limit.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--disable-glsl-translator Disable the GLSL translator.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-gpu-compositing Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--disable-gpu-early-init Disable proactive early init of GPU process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-gpu-program-cache Turn off gpu program caching
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-gpu-sandbox Disable the GPU process sandbox.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-hid-detection-on-oobe Disable HID-detection OOBE screen.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-hide-inactive-stacked-tab-close-buttons Disable hiding the close buttons of inactive tabs when the tabstrip is in stacked mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-histogram-customizer Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-hosted-app-shim-creation[3] Disables app shim creation for hosted apps on Mac.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-icon-ntp Disables large icons on the New Tab page.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--disable-impl-side-painting Paint content on the main thread instead of the compositor thread.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-infobar-for-protected-media-identifier[7] Disables the infobar popup for accessing protected media identifier.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--disable-infobars Prevent infobars from appearing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/infobars/core/infobars_switches.cc.
--disable-input-view No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--disable-ipv4 No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--disable-ipv6 No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--disable-java Prevent Java from running.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-javascript-harmony-shipping Disable latest shipping ECMAScript 6 features.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-lcd-text Disables LCD text.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-local-storage Disable LocalStorage.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-login-animations Avoid doing expensive animations upon login.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-low-end-device-mode Force disabling of low-end device mode when set.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc.
--disable-media-source Disables Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-memory-pressure-chromeos Disable memory pressure checks on ChromeOS.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-method-check No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-mojo-channel Disale ChannelMojo usage regardless of the platform or the process type.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/mojo_channel_switches.cc.
--disable-mtp-write-support Disables mtp write support.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-namespace-sandbox Disables usage of the namespace sandbox.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-network-portal-notification Disables notifications about captive portals in session.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--disable-new-bookmark-apps Disables the new bookmark app system.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-new-channel-switcher-ui Disable new channel switcher UI.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-new-md-input-view No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--disable-new-offline-error-page Disables the new offline error page generated by NetErrorHelper for ChromeOS and instead uses the old error page generated by OfflineResourceThrottle.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-new-profile-management Disables new profile management system, including new profile chooser UI.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--disable-new-video-renderer Disables the new vsync driven video renderering path.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--disable-new-zip-unpacker Disables the new File System Provider API based ZIP unpacker.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-notifications Disables the Web Notification and the Push APIs.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-ntp-other-sessions-menu Disables the menu on the NTP for accessing sessions from other devices.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-offer-store-unmasked-wallet-cards Force hiding the local save checkbox in the autofill dialog box for getting the full credit card number for a wallet card. The card will never be stored locally.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-offline-auto-reload Disable auto-reload of error pages if offline.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-one-copy Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory. Overrides the kEnableOneCopy flag.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-overlay-scrollbar Disables overlay scrollbars on Aura or Linux. Does nothing on Mac.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/native_theme/native_theme_switches.cc.
--disable-overscroll-edge-effect[7] Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-panel-fitting[5] Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode).
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-pdf-material-ui Disable the new material UI - requires out of process PDF plugin.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-pepper-3d Disable Pepper3D.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-physical-keyboard-autocorrect If this switch is set, the options for suggestions as typing on physical keyboard will be disabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-pinch Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-pinch-virtual-viewport No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--disable-plugin-power-saver Disables the experimental Plugin Power Saver feature.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/plugins/common/plugins_switches.cc.
--disable-plugins-discovery Disable discovering third-party plugins. Effectively loading only ones shipped with the browser plus third-party ones as specified by --extra-plugin-dir and --load-plugin switches.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-pnacl-crash-throttling Disables crash throttling for Portable Native Client.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/policy/core/common/policy_switches.cc.
--disable-popup-blocking Disable pop-up blocking.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-preconnect Disable speculative TCP/IP preconnection.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-print-preview Disables print preview (For testing, and for users who don't like us. :[ )
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-pull-to-refresh-effect[7] Disable the pull-to-refresh effect when vertically overscrolling content.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-quic Disables support for the QUIC protocol.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-reading-from-canvas Taints all <canvas> elements, regardless of origin.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-remote-core-animation[8] Enable use of cross-process CALayers to display content directly from the GPU process on Mac.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-renderer-accessibility Turns off the accessibility in the renderer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-rollback-option Disables rollback option on reset screen.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-save-password-bubble Prevents the save password bubble from being enabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-screen-orientation-lock[7] Disable the locking feature of the screen orientation API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-sdch-persistence Prevents SDCH persistence from being used.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-session-crashed-bubble Disables using bubbles for session restore request.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-settings-window No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-setuid-sandbox Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only).
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--disable-shared-workers Disable shared workers.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--disable-single-click-autofill The "disable" flag for kEnableSingleClickAutofill.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--disable-single-thread-proxy-scheduler For tests, disable single thread scheduler and only manually composite.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-site-engagement-service Disables the Site Engagement service, which records interaction with sites and allocates certain resources accordingly.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-smart-virtual-keyboard No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--disable-smooth-scrolling Disable smooth scrolling for testing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-software-rasterizer Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--disable-speech-api Disables the Web Speech API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-suggestions-service Disables the suggestions service.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-surfaces Disable the use of the new surfaces system to handle compositor delegation.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-svg1dom Disables SVG 1.1 DOM.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-sync Disables syncing browser data to a Google Account.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-sync-rollback Disable sync rollback.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-text-blobs Disable text blob rendering.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-text-input-focus-manager Disables an experimental focus manager to track text input clients.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--disable-threaded-animation No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--disable-threaded-compositing Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-threaded-scrolling Disable multithreaded, compositor scrolling of web content.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-timezone-tracking-option Disable automatic timezone update.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-touch-adjustment Disables touch adjustment.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--disable-touch-drag-drop Disables touch event based drag and drop.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--disable-touch-editing Disables controls that support touch base text editing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--disable-touch-feedback Disables additional visual feedback to touch input.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/translate/core/common/translate_switches.cc.
--disable-v8-idle-tasks Disable V8 idle tasks.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-vaapi-accelerated-video-encode[5] Disables VA-API accelerated video encode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/views/views_switches.cc.
--disable-virtual-keyboard-overscroll No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--disable-voice-input No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--disable-volume-adjust-sound Disables volume adjust sound.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-wake-on-wifi Disables wake on wifi features.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-web-resources Disables the backend service for web resources.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-webaudio Disable web audio API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-webgl Disable experimental WebGL support.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-webrtc[7] WebRTC is enabled by default on Android.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-webrtc-encryption[9] Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content, it ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-webrtc-hw-decoding[9] Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-webrtc-hw-encoding[9] Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-webview-signin-flow Disable new GAIA sign-in flow.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--disable-win32k-renderer-lockdown[4] Disables the Win32K process mitigation policy for renderer processes.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--disable-x-token No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--disable-xss-auditor Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective XSS.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disable-zero-suggest[7] Disables zero suggest experiment on Dev channel.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--disabled No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--disallow-autofill-sync-credential Disallow autofilling of the sync credential.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/x/x11_switches.cc.
--dns-log-details No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--dns-prefetch-disable Disables prefetching of DNS information.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--dom-automation Specifies if the |DOMAutomationController| needs to be bound in the renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when automating dom based tests.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--domain-name No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--dont-delete-on-download If set apps downloaded are not deleted.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/shell/switches.cc.
--dubious No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--dump-render-tree Request the render trees of pages to be dumped as text once they have finished loading. Note that this switch has been deprecated, and the identically functioning |kRunLayoutTest| switch should be used instead.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--eafe-path No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--eafe-url EAFE url and path to use for Easy bootstrapping.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--easy-unlock-app-path Overrides the path of Easy Unlock component app.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--egl No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--emulate-shader-precision Emulate ESSL lowp and mediump float precisions by mutating the shaders to round intermediate values in ANGLE.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--enable-2d-canvas-clip-aa Enable antialiasing on 2d canvas clips (as opposed to draw operations)
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-accelerated-2d-canvas Enable accelerated 2D canvas.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--enable-accessibility-tab-switcher[7] Enable the accessibility tab switcher.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-account-consistency Enables consistent identity features.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--enable-affiliation-based-matching Enable affiliation based matching, so that credentials stored for an Android application will also be considered matches for, and be filled into corresponding Web applications.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc.
--enable-aggressive-domstorage-flushing Enable the aggressive flushing of DOM Storage to minimize data loss.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-answers-in-suggest Enables the experimental Answers in Suggest feature.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/omnibox/omnibox_switches.cc.
--enable-app-list If set, the app list will be enabled as if enabled from CWS.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-app-window-controls Enables the <window-controls> tag in platform apps.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-apps-file-associations Enable OS integration for Chrome app file associations.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-async-dns Enables the experimental asynchronous DNS client.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-audio-hang-monitor Enables the audio thread hang monitor. Allows us to find users in the field who have stuck audio threads. See crbug.com/422522 and crbug.com/478932. TODO(dalecurtis): This should be removed once those issues are resolved.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--enable-autofill-keyboard-accessory-view No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-automatic-password-saving Disables the save-password prompt. Passwords are then saved automatically, without asking the user.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-benchmarking Enables the benchmarking extensions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-bookmark-undo Enables the multi-level undo system for bookmarks.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-browser-side-navigation PlzNavigate: Use the experimental browser-side navigation path.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-centered-app-list If set, the app list will be centered and wide instead of tall.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc.
--enable-child-account-detection Enables detection of child accounts.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-cma-media-pipeline Enable the CMA media pipeline.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/common/chromecast_switches.cc.
--enable-compositor-animation-timelines Enables new cc/animation system (Project Heaviside). crbug.com/394772
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-consumer-management Enables consumer management, which allows user to enroll, remotely lock and locate the device.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc.
--enable-credential-manager-api Enable the experimental Credential Manager JavaScript API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-credit-card-scan Enables using device's camera to scan a new credit card when filling out a credit card form.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-crx-hash-check Enable package hash check: the .crx file sha256 hash sum should be equal to the one received from update manifest.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-data-reduction-proxy-alt Enable the alternative data reduction proxy.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--enable-data-reduction-proxy-bypass-warning Enable the data reduction proxy bypass warning.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--enable-data-reduction-proxy-config-client Enable the data reduction proxy config client.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--enable-data-reduction-proxy-lo-fi Enable Data Reduction Proxy Lo-Fi mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--enable-datasaver-prompt No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-deferred-image-decoding Defer image decoding in WebKit until painting.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-delay-agnostic-aec Enables Delay Agnostic AEC in WebRTC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-delegated-renderer Enables delegated renderer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-device-discovery-notifications Enable device discovery notifications.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-devtools-experiments If true devtools experimental settings are enabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-display-list-2d-canvas Enables display list based 2d canvas implementation. Options: 1. Enable: allow browser to use display list for 2d canvas (browser makes decision). 2. Force: browser always uses display list for 2d canvas.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-dom-distiller Enables the DOM distiller.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-dom-distiller-button-animation[7] Enables the DOM distiller animated button UI for Android.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-domain-reliability Enables Domain Reliability Monitoring.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-download-notification Enables Download Notification.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-download-resumption Enables restarting interrupted downloads.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-embeddedsearch-api[7] Enables EmbeddedSearch API in the search results page.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/search/search_switches.cc.
--enable-ephemeral-apps-in-webstore Enables experimentation with ephemeral apps to be launched from the webstore.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--enable-experimental-app-list Enable/disable the experimental app list. If enabled, implies --enable-centered-app-list.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-experimental-extension-apis Enables extension APIs that are in development.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-experimental-input-view-features No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-extension-activity-log-testing No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-extension-activity-logging Enables logging for extension activity.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-extension-assets-sharing Enabled sharing assets for installed default apps.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-fill-on-account-select Enables the experiment for the password manager to only fill on account selection, rather than autofilling on page load, with highlighting of fields.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-fill-on-account-select-no-highlighting Enables the experiment for the password manager to only fill on account selection, rather than autofilling on page load, with no highlighting of fields.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-firewall-hole-punching Enable Chrome OS firewall hole-punching for Chrome Apps.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-first-run-ui-transitions Enables animated transitions during first-run tutorial.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-font-antialiasing Enable font antialiasing for pixel tests.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--enable-gpu-benchmarking Enables the GPU benchmarking extension
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--enable-gpu-client-logging Enable GPU client logging.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-gpu-command-logging Turn on Logging GPU commands.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-gpu-service-logging Turns on GPU logging (debug build only).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--enable-gpu-service-tracing Turns on calling TRACE for every GL call.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-hardware-overlays Enable compositing individual elements via hardware overlays when permitted by device.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc.
--enable-harfbuzz-rendertext[3] Enables the HarfBuzz port of RenderText on Mac (it's already used only for text editing; this enables it for everything else).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gfx/switches.cc.
--enable-hosted-app-quit-notification[3] Shows a notification when quitting Chrome with hosted apps running. Default behavior is to also quit all hosted apps.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-hotword-hardware Enables experimental hotword features specific to always-on.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-icon-ntp Enables large icons on the New Tab page.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--enable-iframe-based-signin Enables the old iframe-based flow for sign in. When not enabled, uses the webview-based flow.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--enable-image-color-profiles Dynamically apply color profiles to web content images.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--enable-input-view No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--enable-instant-search-clicks[7] Enables instant search clicks feature.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-ios-open-from-clipboard Enables Open from Clipboard.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ios/chrome/browser/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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-launcher-search-provider-api Enables launcher search provider api.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc.
--enable-lcd-text Enables LCD text.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-local-file-accesses Enable file accesses. It should not be enabled for most Cast devices.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-low-end-device-mode Force low-end device mode when set.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-mac-views-app-list[3] Enables use of the toolkit-views app list on Mac.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc.
--enable-main-frame-before-activation Enables sending the next BeginMainFrame before the previous commit activates.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/password_manager/core/common/password_manager_switches.cc.
--enable-md-settings Enables the material design Settings feature.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-media-router Enables Media Router.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-media-thread-for-media-playback[7] Sets the MediaSource player that uses the separate media thread
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--enable-memory-benchmarking Enables the memory benchmarking extension
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/message_center/message_center_switches.cc.
--enable-mojo-serial-service Enables the mojo implementation of the serial API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-multiprocess Load apps in separate processes. TODO(vtl): Work in progress; doesn't work. Flip this to "disable" (or maybe change it to "single-process") when it works.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/shell/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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-nacl-debug Enables debugging via RSP over a socket.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc.
--enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers Enable native GPU memory buffer support when available.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-natural-scroll-default Enables natural scroll by default.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-net-benchmarking Enables the network-related benchmarking extensions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-network-information Enables the network information API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-network-portal-notification Enables notifications about captive portals in session.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-new-avatar-menu Enable the new avatar menu and the User Manager.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--enable-new-bookmark-apps Enables the new bookmark app system.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-new-korean-ime If this switch is set, the new Korean IME will be available in chrome://settings/languages.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-npapi Enables the use of NPAPI plugins.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-offer-store-unmasked-wallet-cards Force showing the local save checkbox in the autofill dialog box for getting the full credit card number for a wallet card.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-offline-auto-reload Enable auto-reload of error pages if offline.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-one-copy Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-overlay-fullscreen-video Enables use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Android only.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-panels Enables panels (always on-top docked pop-up windows).
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-password-save-in-page-navigation Enable showing password save prompt on in-page navigations
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-pdf-material-ui Enable the new material UI - requires out of process PDF plugin.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-pepper-testing Enables the testing interface for PPAPI.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-physical-keyboard-autocorrect If this switch is set, the options for suggestions as typing on physical keyboard will be enabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--enable-pinch Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-plugin-placeholder-testing Enables testing features of the Plugin Placeholder. For internal use only.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-plugin-power-saver Enables the experimental Plugin Power Saver feature.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/plugins/common/plugins_switches.cc.
--enable-pnacl-subzero Enable use of the Subzero as the PNaCl translator instead of LLC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc.
--enable-potentially-annoying-security-features Enables a number of potentially annoying security features (strict mixed content mode, powerful feature restrictions, etc.)
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-power-overlay Enables the Power overlay in Settings.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-property-tree-verification Ensures that the draw properties computed via the property trees match those computed by CalcDrawProperties.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--enable-proximity-auth-bluetooth-low-energy-discovery Enables discovery of the phone over Bluetooth Low Energy.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/proximity_auth/switches.cc.
--enable-proximity-auth-proximity-detection Enables close proximity detection. This allows the user to set a setting to require very close proximity between the remote device and the local device in order to unlock the local device, which trades off convenience for security.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/proximity_auth/switches.cc.
--enable-push-message-payload Enables payloads for received push messages when using the W3C Push API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-push-messaging-has-permission Enable hasPermission() method of the W3C Push API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-query-extraction Enables query in the omnibox.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-reader-mode-toolbar-icon[7] Enables context-sensitive reader mode button in the toolbar.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-renderer-mojo-channel Replaces renderer-browser IPC channel with ChnanelMojo. TODO(morrita): Now ChannelMojo for the renderer is on by default. Remove this once the change sticks.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/mojo_channel_switches.cc.
--enable-request-tablet-site Enables request of tablet site (via user agent override).
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-save-password-bubble Enables save password prompt bubble.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-scroll-prediction Enable scroll prediction for scroll update events.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc.
--enable-sdch-persistence Enables SDCH persistence.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-service-worker-sync Enable support for sync events in ServiceWorkers.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--enable-single-click-autofill Enables/disables suggestions without typing anything (on first click).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--enable-site-engagement-service Enable the Site Engagement service, which records interaction with sites and allocates certain resources accordingly.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-skia-benchmarking Enables the Skia benchmarking extension
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-spatial-navigation Enable spatial navigation
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-spdy-proxy-auth Enable the data reduction proxy.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-spelling-auto-correct[13] Enables auto correction for misspelled words.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-strict-mixed-content-checking Blocks all insecure requests from secure contexts, and prevents the user from overriding that decision.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-strict-powerful-feature-restrictions Blocks insecure usage of number of powerful features (geolocation, for example) that we haven't yet deprecated for the web at large.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-subscribe-uniform-extension Enable WebGL subscribe uniform extension.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--enable-suggestions-service Enables the suggestions service.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-supervised-user-managed-bookmarks-folder Enables the supervised user managed bookmarks folder.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-surface-worker Enables the experimental feature SurfaceWorker.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-swipe-selection No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/app_list/app_list_switches.cc.
--enable-sync-articles Enables synced articles.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--enable-threaded-compositing Enabled threaded compositing for layout tests.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-touch-drag-drop Enables touch event based drag and drop.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--enable-touch-editing Enables controls that support touch base text editing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--enable-trace-app-source Pass launch source to platform apps.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--enable-tracing Enable tracing during the execution of browser tests.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-translate-new-ux[3] Enables Translate experimental new UX which replaces the infobar.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/views/views_switches.cc.
--enable-unsafe-es3-apis Enable OpenGL ES 3 APIs without proper service side validation.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--enable-user-controlled-alternate-protocol-ports Enables Alternate-Protocol when the port is user controlled (> 1024).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-usermedia-screen-capturing Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-viewport-meta Enables the viewport meta tag, the de facto way to control layout which works only on mobile browsers.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-virtual-keyboard No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--enable-virtual-keyboard-overscroll No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--enable-vtune-support Enable the Vtune profiler support.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-webrtc-hw-h264-encoding[9] Enables H264 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-webrtc-stun-origin[9] Enables Origin header in Stun messages for WebRTC.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-wifi-credential-sync Enables synchronizing WiFi credentials across devices, using Chrome Sync.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-zero-copy Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--enable-zero-suggest-most-visited[7] Enables zero suggest functionality on Dev channel, showing most visited sites as default suggestions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enable-zero-suggest-most-visited-without-serp[7] Enable zero suggest functionality on Dev channel, showing most visited sites on non-search-result pages as default suggestions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enabled No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--encode-binary Encode binary layout test results (images, audio) using base64.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--enforce No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enforce-gl-minimums Enforce GL minimums.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--enforce_strict No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enhanced-bookmarks-experiment Enable Enhanced Bookmarks.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--enterprise-enable-forced-re-enrollment Whether to enable forced enterprise re-enrollment.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--expose-ipc-echo Expose window.ipcTester object for testing
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--extended-response No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--extension-process Marks a renderer as extension process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--extensions-multi-account Enables multiple account versions of chrome.identity APIs.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--extensions-update-frequency Frequency in seconds for Extensions auto-update.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--extra-plugin-dir Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/feedback/feedback_switches.cc.
--filemgr-ext-path[16] Enables overriding the path of file manager extension.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--flag-switches-end No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--floating-virtual-keyboard No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--font-cache-shared-handle[4] DirectWrite FontCache is shared by browser to renderers using shared memory. This switch allows us to pass the shared memory handle to the renderer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--force-dev-mode-highlighting Whether to force developer mode extensions highlighting.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--force-display-list-2d-canvas No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--force-fieldtrial-params This option can be used to force parameters of field trials when testing changes locally. The argument is a list of key/value pairs prefixed by Trial/Group pair. The following shows setting parameters to 2 experiments where in the first, it forces "id" to be "foo" for the "Enabled" group of the "EnhancedBookmarks" trial: "EnhancedBookmarks.Enabled:id/foo,Experiment2.Group1:key1/value1" Trial names, groups names, parameter names, and value should all be URL escaped for all non-alphanumeric characters.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--force-in-process In multiprocess mode, force these apps to be loaded in the main process. Comma-separate list of URLs. Example: --force-in-process=mojo:native_viewport_service,mojo:network_service
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--force-load-easy-unlock-app-in-tests Force easy unlock app loading in test. TODO(xiyuan): Remove this when app could be bundled with Chrome.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/proximity_auth/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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--force-text-blobs Always use text blob rendering, overriding kDisableTextBlobs and any heuristics that may otherwise disable it. TODO(fmalita): remove after --disable-impl-side-painting is phased out.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--full-memory-crash-report Generates full memory crash dump.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc.
--gaia-url No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc.
--gesture-editing No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--gesture-typing No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/keyboard/keyboard_switches.cc.
--gl No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--gl-shader-interm-output Include ANGLE's intermediate representation (AST) output in shader compilation info logs.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--gles No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--golden-screenshots-dir Screenshot testing: specifies the directory where the golden screenshots are stored.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--google-apis-url No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--google-url No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc.
--gpu-device-id Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/config/gpu_switches.cc.
--gpu-driver-vendor Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--gpu-process Makes this process a GPU sub-process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in gpu/command_buffer/service/gpu_switches.cc.
--gpu-rasterization-msaa-sample-count The number of multisample antialiasing samples for GPU rasterization. Requires MSAA support on GPU to have an effect. 0 disables MSAA.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm Allows shmat() system call in the GPU sandbox.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--guest-wallpaper-large Wallpaper to use in guest mode (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable JPEG files).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--guest-wallpaper-small No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--h No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--hdmi-sink-supported-codecs The bitmask of codecs (media_caps.h) supported by the current HDMI sink.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/common/chromecast_switches.cc.
--help Print the usage message and exit.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--hide-icons[4] 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--homedir Defines user homedir. This defaults to primary user homedir.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--host-resolver-rules These mappings only apply to the host resolver.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--http-port No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--ignore-certificate-errors Ignores certificate-related errors.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--ignore-gpu-blacklist Ignores GPU blacklist.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests Causes net::URLFetchers to ignore requests for SSL client certificates, causing them to attempt an unauthenticated SSL/TLS session. This is intended for use when testing various service URLs (eg: kPromoServerURL, kSbURLPrefix, kSyncServiceURL, etc)
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--incognito Causes the browser to launch directly in incognito mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--install No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--install-supervised-user-whitelists A list of whitelists to install for a supervised user, for testing. The list is of the following form: <id>[:<name>],[<id>[:<name>],...]
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--instant-process Marks a renderer as an Instant process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--internal-display-color-profile-file File to load internal display ICC file from.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--invalidation-use-gcm-channel Invalidation service should use GCM network channel even if experiment is not enabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--ios-memory-wedge-size-mb Defines the value in MB of the memory wedge to insert at cold launch.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ios/chrome/browser/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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--ipc-dump-directory Dumps IPC messages sent from renderer processes to the browser process to the given directory. Used primarily to gather samples for IPC fuzzing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--ipc-fuzzer-testcase[17] Specifies the testcase used by the IPC fuzzer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--javascript-harmony Enables experimental Harmony (ECMAScript 6) features.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--js-flags Specifies the flags passed to JS engine
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--kiosk Enable Kiosk mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--kiosk-printing Print automatically in kiosk mode. |kKioskMode| must be set as well. See http://crbug.com/31395.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/base/ui_base_switches.cc.
--last-launched-app Pass the app id information to the renderer process, to be used for logging. last-launched-app should be the app that just launched and is spawning the renderer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/common/chromecast_switches.cc.
--learning Speculative resource prefetching will only learn about resources that need to be prefetched but will not prefetch them.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in apps/switches.cc.
--load-apps Path to a comma-separated list of apps to load at startup. The first app in the list will be launched.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--load-component-extension Comma-separated list of directories with component extensions to load.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--load-extension Loads an extension from the specified directory.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--load-plugin Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--login-manager Enables Chrome-as-a-login-manager behavior.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--login-user Specifies the user which is already logged in.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--lso-url No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--make-default-browser Makes Chrome default browser
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--map-origin Specify origin to map to base url. See url_resolver.cc for details. Can be used multiple times.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--mark-non-secure-as Use to opt-in to marking HTTP as non-secure.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--max-gum-fps[9] Override the maximum framerate as can be specified in calls to getUserMedia. This flag expects a value. Example: --max-gum-fps=17.5
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--max-tiles-for-interest-area Max tiles allowed for each tilings interest area.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--max-untiled-layer-width No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--memory-pressure-off No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--memory-pressure-thresholds No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--memory-pressure-thresholds-mb[4] Sets the free memory thresholds below which the system is considered to be under moderate and critical memory pressure. Used in the browser process, and ignored if invalid. Specified as a pair of comma separated integers. See base/win/memory_pressure_monitor.cc for defaults.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--metrics-client-id[3] This is how the metrics client ID is passed from the browser process to its children. With Crashpad, the metrics client ID is distinct from the crash client ID.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--mock No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--monitoring-destination-id Allows setting a different destination ID for connection-monitoring GCM messages. Useful when running against a non-prod management server.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--mute-audio Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during automated testing.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc.
--net-log-capture-mode Sets the granularity of events to capture in the network log. The mode can be set to one of the following values: "Default" "IncludeCookiesAndCredentials" "IncludeSocketBytes" See the functions of the corresponding name in net_log_capture_mode.h for a description of their meaning.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--netifs-to-ignore List of network interfaces to ignore. Ignored interfaces will not be used for network connectivity.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/net/net_switches.cc.
--network-country-iso[7] The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number detection.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--neutral No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--new-profile-management Enables new profile management system, including lock mode.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/signin_switches.cc.
--new-window Launches URL in new browser window.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--NewProfileManagement No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/signin/core/common/profile_management_switches.cc.
--no-announcement No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--no-network-profile-warning[4] 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--no-pings Don't send hyperlink auditing pings
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--no-referrers Don't send HTTP-Referer headers.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--no-wifi Disable features that require WiFi management.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/common/chromecast_switches.cc.
--noerrdialogs Suppresses all error dialogs when present.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc.
--non-secure No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--none No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/dom_distiller/core/dom_distiller_switches.cc.
--num-pac-threads Specifies the maximum number of threads to use for running the Proxy Autoconfig (PAC) script.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--num-raster-threads Number of worker threads used to rasterize content.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--oauth2-client-id No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in google_apis/gaia/gaia_switches.cc.
--oauth2-client-secret No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--oobe-skip-postlogin Skips all other OOBE pages after user login.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--oobe-timer-interval Interval at which we check for total time on OOBE.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--open-ash[18] No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--opengraph No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/dom_distiller/core/dom_distiller_switches.cc.
--origin Map mojo: URLs to a shared library of similar name at this origin. See url_resolver.cc for details.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--origin-to-force-quic-on Force use of QUIC for requests to the specified origin.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--osmesa No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--override-metrics-upload-url Override the URL to which metrics logs are sent for debugging.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--ozone-dump-file Specify location for image dumps.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/ozone/public/ozone_switches.cc.
--ozone-initial-display-bounds Specifies the size of the primary display at initialization.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/ozone/public/ozone_switches.cc.
--ozone-initial-display-physical-size-mm Specifies the physical display size in millimeters.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/ozone/public/ozone_switches.cc.
--ozone-platform Specify ozone platform implementation to use.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--password-store[19] Specifies which password store to use (detect, default, gnome, kwallet).
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--plugin Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--power-stub Specifies power stub behavior: 'cycle=2' - Cycles power states every 2 seconds. See FakeDBusThreadManager::ParsePowerCommandLineSwitch for full details.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--ppapi Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process type.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--ppapi-in-process Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--ppapi-plugin-launcher Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--precache-config-settings-url The URL that provides the PrecacheConfigurationSettings proto.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/precache/core/precache_switches.cc.
--predictable-app-filenames If set apps downloaded are saved in with a predictable filename, to help remote debugging: when gdb is used through gdbserver, it needs to be able to find locally any loaded library. For this, gdb use the filename of the library. When using this flag, the application are named with the sha256 of their content.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/shell/switches.cc.
--prefetch-search-results[7] Triggers prerendering of search base page to prefetch results for the typed omnibox query. Only has an effect when prerender is enabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--previous-app previous-app should be the app that was running when last-launched-app started.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromecast/common/chromecast_switches.cc.
--primary Values for the kShowSavedCopy flag.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--privet-ipv6-only Use IPv6 only for privet HTTP.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--promo-server-url Specifies a custom URL for fetching NTP promo data.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/web_resource/web_resource_switches.cc.
--proxy-auto-detect Forces proxy auto-detection.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--proxy-pac-url Uses the pac script at the given URL
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--quic-max-packet-length Specifies the maximum length for a QUIC packet.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--quic-version Specifies the version of QUIC to use.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--reader-mode-heuristics No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/dom_distiller/core/dom_distiller_switches.cc.
--reduce-security-for-testing Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used for testing purposes only.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--reduced-referrer-granularity Reduce the default `referer` header's granularity.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--remote-debugging-port Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--remote-debugging-socket-name[7] Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--renderer-cmd-prefix The contents of this flag are prepended to the renderer command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args".
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--renderer-wait-for-java-debugger[7] Block ChildProcessMain thread of the renderer's ChildProcessService until a Java debugger is attached.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--require-audio-hardware-for-testing When running tests on a system without the required hardware or libraries, this flag will cause the tests to fail. Otherwise, they silently succeed.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--requirements No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--root-layer-scrolls Handles frame scrolls via the root RenderLayer instead of the FrameView.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--run-layout-test Request the render trees of pages to be dumped as text once they have finished loading.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--safebrowsing-disable-extension-blacklist Disables safebrowsing feature that checks for blacklisted extensions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--SafeSites No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/browser/supervised_user/experimental/supervised_user_filtering_switches.cc.
--sandbox-ipc Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--secondary No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--service No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/service/service_switches.cc.
--service-name No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_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'. Values are case sensitive and based on Shill names in service_constants.h. 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 'cellular=LTE' - Cellular is initially connected, technology is LTE 'interactive=3' - Interactive mode, connect/scan/etc requests take 3 secs
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--show-app-list If true the app list will be shown.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--show-autofill-type-predictions Annotates forms with Autofill field type predictions.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--show-icons[4] See kHideIcons.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--show-saved-copy Command line flag offering a "Show saved copy" option to the user if offline. The various modes are disabled, primary, or secondary. Primary/secondary refers to button placement (for experiment).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--show-screenspace-rects Show rects in the HUD around the screen-space transformed bounds of every layer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--simulate-critical-update Simulates a critical update being available.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--simulate-elevated-recovery Simulates that elevation is needed to recover upgrade channel.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--simulate-outdated Simulates that current version is outdated.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--simulate-printing-errors No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--simulate-upgrade Simulates an update being available.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--sms-test-messages Sends test messages on first call to RequestUpdate (stub only).
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--spdy-proxy-auth-fallback The origin of the data reduction proxy fallback.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/data_reduction_proxy/core/common/data_reduction_proxy_switches.cc.
--speculative-resource-prefetching Speculative resource prefetching.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--ssl-version-fallback-min Specifies the minimum SSL/TLS version ("tls1", "tls1.1", or "tls1.2") that TLS fallback will accept.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--ssl-version-max Specifies the maximum SSL/TLS version ("tls1", "tls1.1", or "tls1.2").
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--ssl-version-min Specifies the minimum SSL/TLS version ("tls1", "tls1.1", or "tls1.2").
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--ssl3 These values aren't switches, but rather the values that kSSLVersionMax, kSSLVersionMin and kSSLVersionFallbackMin can have.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 kRunLayoutTest is set. For the features' level, see http://dev.chromium.org/blink/runtime-enabled-features.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/shell/common/shell_switches.cc.
--start No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--start-maximized Starts the browser maximized, regardless of any previous settings.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--state-path No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--stop No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--supervised-user-safesites Enables/disables SafeSites filtering for supervised users. Possible values are "enabled", "disabled", "blacklist-only", and "online-check-only".
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--supports-dual-gpus Indicates whether the dual GPU switching is supported or not.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--surface-worker Enables the SurfaceWorker experiment.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--swiftshader No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--swiftshader-path No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/invalidation/invalidation_switches.cc.
--sync-deferred-startup-timeout-seconds Allows overriding the deferred init fallback timeout.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--sync-enable-get-update-avoidance Enables feature to avoid unnecessary GetUpdate requests.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--sync-notification-host-port Overrides the default host:port used for notifications.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--sync-url Overrides the default server used for profile sync.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--system-developer-mode Indicates that the system is running in dev mode. The dev mode probing is done by session manager.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--tab-capture-downscale-quality Upscale defaults to "good".
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--test-auto-update-ui Enables testing for auto update UI.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--test-metronome-timer Enables testing Metronome client with a periodic timer.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc.
--test-name Passes the name of the current running automated test to Chrome.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--test-type Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui").
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--testing-fixed-https-port No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--tls1 These values aren't switches, but rather the values that kSSLVersionMax, kSSLVersionMin and kSSLVersionFallbackMin can have.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--tls1.1 No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--tls1.2 No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--top-controls-hide-threshold Percentage of the top controls need to be hidden before they will auto hide.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--touch-calibration[20] The calibration factors given as "<left>,<right>,<top>,<bottom>".
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc.
--touch-events Enable support for touch events.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc.
--touch-noise-filtering[20] Tells Chrome to do additional touch noise filtering. Should only be used if the driver level filtering is insufficient.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/events/event_switches.cc.
--touch-selection-strategy Controls how text selection granularity changes when touch text selection handles are dragged. Should be "character" or "direction". If not specified, the platform default is used.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--trace-export-events-to-etw[4] Enables the exporting of the tracing events to ETW. This is only supported on Windows Vista and later.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--trace-startup Starts tracing when the shell starts up, saving a trace file on disk after 5 seconds or when the shell exits.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in base/base_switches.cc.
--trace-upload-url Sets the target URL for uploading tracing data.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--translate-script-url Overrides the default server used for Google Translate.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--ttl No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--ui-disable-slimming-paint No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc.
--ui-disable-threaded-compositing No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc.
--ui-enable-compositor-animation-timelines No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc.
--ui-enable-impl-side-painting No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc.
--ui-enable-zero-copy No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc.
--ui-show-fps-counter No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--ui-show-layer-animation-bounds No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--ui-show-layer-borders No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--ui-show-paint-rects No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/compositor/compositor_switches.cc.
--ui-show-property-changed-rects No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--ui-show-replica-screenspace-rects No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--ui-show-screenspace-rects No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--ui-show-surface-damage-rects No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cc/base/switches.cc.
--unicast-respond No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in cloud_print/gcp20/prototype/gcp20_switches.cc.
--uninstall No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--unsafety-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure Treat given (insecure) origins as secure origins. Multiple origins can be supplied. Has no effect unless --user-data-dir is also supplied. Example: --unsafety-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure=http://a.test,http://b.test --user-data-dir=/test/only/profile/dir
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--url-mappings Specifies a set of mappings to apply when resolving urls. The value is a set of ',' separated mappings, where each mapping consists of a pair of urls giving the to/from url to map. For example, 'a=b,c=d' contains two mappings, the first maps 'a' to 'b' and the second 'c' to 'd'.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in mojo/runner/switches.cc.
--use-angle Select which ANGLE backend to use. Options are: default: Attempts several ANGLE renderers until one successfully initializes, varying ES support by platform. d3d9: Legacy D3D9 renderer, ES2 only. d3d11: D3D11 renderer, ES2 and ES3. warp: D3D11 renderer using software rasterization, ES2 and ES3. gl: Desktop GL renderer, ES2 and ES3. gles: GLES renderer, ES2 and ES3.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--use-cras[22] Use CRAS, the ChromeOS audio server.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--use-fake-device-for-media-stream Use fake device for Media Stream to replace actual camera and microphone.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--use-file-for-fake-audio-capture Play a .wav file as the microphone. Note that for WebRTC calls we'll treat the bits as if they came from the microphone, which means you should disable audio processing (lest your audio file will play back distorted). The input file is converted to suit Chrome's audio buses if necessary, so most sane .wav files should work.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--use-file-for-fake-video-capture Use an .y4m file to play as the webcam. See the comments in media/video/capture/file_video_capture_device.h for more details.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--use-gpu-in-tests Use hardware gpu, if available, for tests.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--use-image-texture-target Overrides the default texture target used with CHROMIUM_image extension.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--use-mobile-user-agent Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--use-mock-keychain[3] No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/os_crypt/os_crypt_switches.cc.
--use-nacl-helper-nonsfi Use nacl_helper_nonsfi executable (the new, newlib-based version of the Non-SFI runtime) to run Non-SFI nexe, instead of nacl_helper executable (which uses the older, glib-based runtime for Non-SFI mode). TODO(hidehiko): Make this default and then remove this flag after nacl_helper_nonsfi is supported.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/nacl/common/nacl_switches.cc.
--use-normal-priority-for-tile-task-worker-threads Use normal priority for tile task worker threads. Otherwise they may be run at background priority on some platforms.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--use-simple-cache-backend Uses experimental simple cache backend if possible.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--use-surfaces Use the new surfaces system to handle compositor delegation.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--user-agent A string used to override the default user agent with a custom one.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--utility Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--utility-cmd-prefix 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--utility-enable-mdns Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--utility-run-elevated No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--v8-natives-passed-by-fd Signals that the V8 natives file has been transfered to the child process by a file descriptor.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--v8-pac-mojo-in-process Enables using an in-process Mojo service for the v8 proxy resolver.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--v8-pac-mojo-out-of-process Enables using an out-of-process Mojo service for the v8 proxy resolver.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--v8-snapshot-passed-by-fd Signals that the V8 startup snapshot file has been transfered to the child process by a file descriptor.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in content/public/common/content_switches.cc.
--validate-crx Examines a .crx for validity and prints the result.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--version Prints version information and quits.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--video-threads Set number of threads to use for video decoding.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in media/base/media_switches.cc.
--video-underflow-threshold-ms Allows clients to override the threshold for when the media renderer will declare the underflow state for the video stream when audio is present. TODO(dalecurtis): Remove once experiments for http://crbug.com/470940 finish.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in components/autofill/core/common/autofill_switches.cc.
--warp No description
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/gl/gl_switches.cc.
--waveout-buffers[4] Number of buffers to use for WaveOut.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in extensions/common/switches.cc.
--win-jumplist-action Specifies which category option was clicked in the Windows Jumplist that resulted in a browser startup.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--window-position Specify the initial window position: --window-position=x,y
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--window-size Specify the initial window size: --window-size=w,h
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in chrome/common/chrome_switches.cc.
--wm-window-animations-disabled If present animations are disabled.
Removed on 2015-05-14. This switch was listed in ui/wm/core/wm_core_switches.cc.
--zygote Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote.
Removed on 2015-05-14. 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.

  1. The constant ENABLE_PLUGINS must be defined.
  2. The constants OS_FREEBSD, OS_LINUX and OS_SOLARIS must be defined.
  3. The constant OS_MACOSX must be defined.
  4. The constant OS_WIN must be defined.
  5. The constant OS_CHROMEOS must be defined.
  6. The constant OFFICIAL_BUILD must not be defined, and the constant ENABLE_PRINT_PREVIEW must be defined.
  7. The constant OS_ANDROID must be defined.
  8. The constant OS_IOS must not be defined, and the constant OS_MACOSX must be defined.
  9. The constant ENABLE_WEBRTC must be defined.
  10. The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined.
  11. The constant OS_POSIX must be defined.
  12. The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined, and the constant OS_LINUX must be defined.
  13. The constant ENABLE_SPELLCHECK must be defined.
  14. The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined, and the constant USE_X11 must be defined.
  15. The constants OS_ANDROID and OS_IOS must be defined.
  16. The constant NDEBUG must not be defined.
  17. The constant ENABLE_IPC_FUZZER must be defined.
  18. The constant USE_ASH must be defined.
  19. The constants OS_CHROMEOS and OS_MACOSX must not be defined, and the constant OS_POSIX must be defined.
  20. The constants USE_OZONE and USE_X11 must be defined.
  21. The constant OS_LINUX must be defined.
  22. The constant USE_CRAS must be defined.