Chrome的启动参数集锦

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List of Chromium Command Line Switches

Condition

Explanation

--[1] 

Classic, non-material, mode for the |kTopChromeMD| switch. 

--0 

Value of the --profiler-timing flag that will disable timing information   for chrome://profiler. 

--? 

No description 

--adaboost 

No description 

--agc-startup-min-volume 

Override the default minimum starting volume of the Automatic Gain   Control algorithm in WebRTC used with audio tracks from getUserMedia. The   valid range is 12-255. Values outside that range will be clamped to the   lowest or highest valid value inside WebRTC. TODO(tommi): Remove this switch   when crbug.com/555577 is fixed. 

--aggressive 

No description 

--aggressive-cache-discard 

No description 

--aggressive-tab-discard 

No description 

--allow-autofill-sync-credential 

Force the password manager to allow sync credentials to be   autofilled. 

--allow-cross-origin-auth-prompt 

Allows third-party content included on a page to prompt for a HTTP basic   auth username/password pair. 

--allow-external-pages 

Allow access to external pages during layout tests. 

--allow-file-access 

On ChromeOS, file:// access is disabled except for certain whitelisted   directories. This switch re-enables file:// for testing. 

--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. 

--allow-hidden-media-playback 

Allows media playback for hidden WebContents 

--allow-http-background-page 

Allows non-https URL for background_page for hosted apps. 

--allow-http-screen-capture 

Allow non-secure origins to use the screen capture API and the   desktopCapture extension API. 

--allow-insecure-localhost 

Enables TLS/SSL errors on localhost to be ignored (no interstitial, no   blocking of requests). 

--allow-legacy-extension-manifests 

Allows the browser to load extensions that lack a modern manifest when   that would otherwise be forbidden. 

--allow-loopback-in-peer-connection 

Allows loopback interface to be added in network list for peer   connection. 

--allow-nacl-crxfs-api[2] 

Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant access   to CRX file system APIs. 

--allow-nacl-file-handle-api[2] 

Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant access   to file handle APIs. 

--allow-nacl-socket-api[2] 

Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant access   to TCP/UDP socket APIs. 

--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. 

--allow-outdated-plugins 

Don't block outdated plugins. 

--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. 

--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. 

--allow-sandbox-debugging 

Allows debugging of sandboxed processes (see   zygote_main_linux.cc). 

--allow-unchecked-dangerous-downloads[3] 

No description 

--alsa-input-device[4] 

The Alsa device to use when opening an audio input stream. 

--alsa-output-device[4] 

The Alsa device to use when opening an audio stream. 

--also-emit-success-logs 

Also emit full event trace logs for successful tests. 

--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. 

--always-authorize-plugins 

Prevents Chrome from requiring authorization to run certain widely   installed but less commonly used plugins. 

--always-on 

No description 

--always-use-complex-text 

Always use the complex text path for layout tests. 

--alwaystrue 

No description 

--app 

Specifies that the associated value should be launched in   "application" mode. 

--app-id 

Specifies that the extension-app with the specified id should be   launched according to its configuration. 

--app-mode-auth-code 

Value of GAIA auth code for --force-app-mode. 

--app-mode-oauth-token 

Value of OAuth2 refresh token for --force-app-mode. 

--app-mode-oem-manifest 

Path for app's OEM manifest file. 

--app-shell-allow-roaming 

Allow roaming in the cellular network. 

--app-shell-host-window-size 

Size for the host window to create (i.e. "800x600"). 

--app-shell-preferred-network 

SSID of the preferred WiFi network. 

--app-shell-refresh-token 

Refresh token for identity API calls for the current user. Used for   testing. 

--app-shell-user 

User email address of the current user. 

--apple 

No description 

--apps-gallery-download-url 

The URL that the webstore APIs download extensions from. Note: the URL   must contain one '%s' for the extension ID. 

--apps-gallery-update-url 

The update url used by gallery/webstore extensions. 

--apps-gallery-url 

The URL to use for the gallery link in the app launcher. 

--apps-keep-chrome-alive-in-tests[5] 

Prevents Chrome from quitting when Chrome Apps are open. 

--artifacts-dir 

Screenshot testing: specifies the directoru where artifacts will be   stored. 

--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). 

--ash-browsertests[6] 

Force browser tests to run in Ash/Metro on Windows 8. 

--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. 

--ash-debug-shortcuts 

Enable keyboard shortcuts useful for debugging. 

--ash-disable-maximize-mode-window-backdrop 

Disables the window backdrops normally used in maximize mode   (TouchView). 

--ash-disable-screen-orientation-lock[7] 

Disable the support for WebContents to lock the screen   orientation. 

--ash-disable-stable-overview-order 

Enables / disables a stable order between overview sessions, independent   of the MRU order which attempts to preserve relative window positions. 

--ash-disable-system-sounds 

When this flag is set, system sounds will not be played. 

--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. 

--ash-enable-fullscreen-app-list[7] 

Enables fullscreen app list if Ash is in maximize mode. 

--ash-enable-magnifier-key-scroller[7] 

Enables key bindings to scroll magnified screen. 

--ash-enable-mirrored-screen 

Enables mirrored screen. 

--ash-enable-software-mirroring 

Enables software based mirroring. 

--ash-enable-stable-overview-order 

No description 

--ash-enable-system-sounds 

When this flag is set, system sounds will be played whether the   ChromeVox is enabled or not. 

--ash-enable-touch-view-testing 

Enables touch view testing. TODO(skuhne): Remove TOGGLE_TOUCH_VIEW_TESTING   accelerator once this flag is removed. 

--ash-enable-unified-desktop[7] 

Enables unified desktop mode. 

--ash-force-desktop[6] 

Force Ash to open its root window on the desktop, even on Windows 8   where it would normally end up in metro. 

--ash-hide-notifications-for-factory 

Hides notifications that are irrelevant to Chrome OS device factory   testing, such as battery level updates. 

--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. 

--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) 

--ash-touch-hud 

Enables the heads-up display for tracking touch points. 

--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. 

--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. 

--audio-buffer-size 

Allow users to specify a custom buffer size for debugging purpose. 

--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! 

--audio-modem-enable-audible-broadcast

Allow broadcast of audible audio tokens. Defaults to true. 

--audio-modem-enable-inaudible-broadcast 

Allow broadcast of inaudible audio tokens. Defaults to true. 

--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. 

--auth-ext-path 

Enables overriding the path for the default authentication   extension. 

--auth-server-whitelist 

Whitelist for Negotiate Auth servers 

--auth-spnego-account-type[8] 

Android authentication account type for SPNEGO authentication 

--auto 

The values the kTouchEvents switch may have, as in   --touch-events=disabled. auto: enabled at startup when an attached   touchscreen is present. 

--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. 

--blink-platform-log-channels 

Choose which logging channels in blink platform to activate. See   Logging.cpp in blink's Source/platform for a list of available   channels. 

--blink-settings 

Set blink settings. Format is   <name>[=<value],<name>[=<value>],... The names are   declared in Settings.in. For boolean type, use "true",   "false", or omit '=<value>' part to set to true. For enum   type, use the int value of the enum value. Applied after other command line   flags and prefs. 

--bootstrap 

Values for the kExtensionContentVerification flag. See   ContentVerifierDelegate::Mode for more explanation. 

--browser-subprocess-path 

Path to the exe to run for the renderer and plugin subprocesses. 

--browser-test 

Tells Content Shell that it's running as a content_browsertest. 

--bwsi 

Indicates that the browser is in "browse without sign-in"   (Guest session) mode. Should completely disable extensions, sync and   bookmarks. 

--bypass-app-banner-engagement-checks

This flag causes the user engagement checks for showing app banners to   be bypassed. It is intended to be used by developers who wish to test that   their sites otherwise meet the criteria needed to show app banners. 

--canvas-msaa-sample-count 

The number of MSAA samples for canvas2D. Requires MSAA support by GPU to   have an effect. 0 disables MSAA. 

--cc-layer-tree-test-no-timeout 

Prevents the layer tree unit tests from timing out. 

--cc-rebaseline-pixeltests 

Makes pixel tests write their output instead of read it. 

--cellular-only 

No description 

--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. 

--channel 

The value of this switch tells the child process which IPC channel the   browser expects to use to communicate with it. 

--check-for-update-interval 

How often (in seconds) to check for updates. Should only be used for   testing purposes. 

--check-layout-test-sys-deps 

Check whether all system dependencies for running layout tests are   met. 

--child-process 

Used internally by the main process to indicate that a new process   should be a child process. Takes the absolute path to the mojo application to   load as an argument. Not for user use. 

--child-wallpaper-large 

Default wallpaper to use for kids accounts (as paths to trusted,   non-user-writable JPEG files). 

--child-wallpaper-small 

No description 

--ChromeOSMemoryPressureHandling 

The memory pressure thresholds selection which is used to decide whether   and when a memory pressure event needs to get fired. 

--cipher-suite-blacklist 

Comma-separated list of SSL cipher suites to disable. 

--clear-data-reduction-proxy-data-savings

Clear data savings on Chrome startup. 

--clear-token-service 

Clears the token service before using it. This allows simulating the   expiration of credentials during testing. 

--cloud-devices-url 

The URL of the cloud devices service to use. 

--cloud-print-file 

Tells chrome to display the cloud print dialog and upload the specified   file for printing. 

--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. 

--cloud-print-job-title 

Used with kCloudPrintFile to specify a title for the resulting print   job. 

--cloud-print-print-ticket 

Used with kCloudPrintFile to specify a JSON print ticket for the   resulting print job. Defaults to null if unspecified. 

--cloud-print-setup-proxy 

Setup cloud print proxy for provided printers. This does not start   service or register proxy for autostart. 

--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. 

--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. 

--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. 

--compile-shader-always-succeeds 

Always return success when compiling a shader. Linking will still   fail. 

--component-updater 

Comma-separated options to troubleshoot the component updater. Only   valid for the browser process. 

--connect-to-metro-viewer 

On Windows only: requests that Chrome connect to the running Metro   viewer process. 

--connectivity-check-url 

Url for network connectivity checking. Default is "https://clients3.google.com/generate_204". 

--conservative 

No description 

--console 

No description 

--consumer-device-management-url 

Specifies the URL of the consumer device management backend. 

--content-handlers 

Comma separated list like:   text/html,mojo:html_viewer,application/bravo,https://abarth.com/bravo 

--content-image-texture-target 

Texture target for CHROMIUM_image backed content textures. 

--content-shell-host-window-size 

Size for the content_shell's host window (i.e.   "800x600"). 

--controller 

No description 

--copresence-server 

Address for calls to the Copresence server (via Apiary). Defaults to   https://www.googleapis.com/copresence/v2/copresence. 

--copresence-tracing-token 

Apiary tracing token for calls to the Copresence server. 

--crash-dumps-dir 

The directory breakpad should store minidumps in. 

--crash-on-failure 

When specified to "enable-leak-detection" command-line option,   causes the leak detector to cause immediate crash when found leak. 

--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. 

--crash-test 

Causes the browser process to crash on startup. 

--crashpad-handler[6] 

A process type (switches::kProcessType) that indicates chrome.exe is   being launched as crashpad_handler. This is only used on Windows. We bundle   the handler into chrome.exe on Windows because there is high probability of a   "new" .exe being blocked or interfered with by application   firewalls, AV software, etc. On other platforms, crashpad_handler is a   standalone executable. 

--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) 

--cros-region 

Forces CrOS region value. 

--cros-regions-mode 

Control regions data load: "" - default "override" -   regions data is read first "hide" - VPD values are hidden 

--cryptauth-http-host 

Overrides the default URL for Google APIs (https://www.googleapis.com)   used by CryptAuth. 

--custom-launcher-page 

Specifies the chrome-extension:// URL for the contents of an additional   page added to the experimental app launcher. 

--d3d11 

No description 

--d3d9 

No description 

--daemon 

No description 

--daemon-pipe 

No description 

--data-path 

Makes Content Shell use the given path for its data directory. 

--data-reduction-proxy-config-url 

The URL from which to retrieve the Data Reduction Proxy   configuration. 

--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. 

--data-reduction-proxy-http-proxies 

The semicolon-separated list of proxy server URIs to override the list   of HTTP proxies returned by the Data Saver API. If set, the value of this   flag overrides any proxies specified by other flags like   --spdy-proxy-auth-origin or --spdy-proxy-auth-fallback. If the URI omits a   scheme, then the proxy server scheme defaults to HTTP, and if the port is   omitted then the default port for that scheme is used. E.g. "http://foo.net:80",   "http://foo.net", "foo.net:80", and "foo.net"   are all equivalent. 

--data-reduction-proxy-lo-fi 

The mode for Data Reduction Proxy Lo-Fi. The various modes are   always-on, cellular-only, slow connections only and disabled. 

--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. 

--data-reduction-proxy-secure-proxy-disabled 

Starts the secure Data Reduction Proxy in the disabled state until the   secure proxy check succeeds.

--data-reduction-proxy-warmup-url 

Sets a URL to fetch to warm up the data reduction proxy on startup and   network changes. 

--data-reduction-ssl-proxy 

The origin of the data reduction SSL proxy. 

--dbus-stub 

Forces the stub implementation of dbus clients. 

--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. 

--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). 

--debug-packed-apps 

Adds debugging entries such as Inspect Element to context menus of   packed apps. 

--debug-plugin-loading 

Dumps extra logging about plugin loading to the log file. 

--debug-print[9] 

Enables support to debug printing subsystem. 

--default 

No description 

--default-tile-height 

No description 

--default-tile-width 

Sets the tile size used by composited layers. 

--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). 

--default-wallpaper-large 

Default wallpaper to use (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable JPEG   files). 

--default-wallpaper-small 

No description 

--delete 

No description 

--demo 

No description 

--derelict-detection-timeout 

Time before a machine at OOBE is considered derelict. 

--derelict-idle-timeout 

Time before a derelict machines starts demo mode. 

--desktop 

No description 

--device-management-url 

Specifies the URL at which to fetch configuration policy from the device   management backend. 

--device-scale-factor[6] 

Device scale factor passed to certain processes like renderers,   etc. 

--diagnostics 

Triggers a plethora of diagnostic modes. 

--diagnostics-format 

Sets the output format for diagnostic modes enabled by diagnostics   flag. 

--diagnostics-recovery 

Tells the diagnostics mode to do the requested recovery step(s). 

--disable 

No description 

--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. 

--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. 

--disable-accelerated-2d-canvas 

Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas. 

--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. 

--disable-accelerated-mjpeg-decode 

Disable hardware acceleration of mjpeg decode for captured frame, where   available. 

--disable-accelerated-video-decode 

Disables hardware acceleration of video decode, where available. 

--disable-account-consistency 

Disables consistent identity features. 

--disable-add-to-shelf 

Disables the display of a banner allowing the user to add a web app to   their shelf (or platform-specific equivalent) 

--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. 

--disable-android-compositor-animation-timelines[8] 

Disable external animation system for Android compositor. See also   kDisableCompositorAnimationTimelines for renderer compositors. 

--disable-app-info-dialog-mac[5] 

Disable the toolkit-views App Info dialog for Mac. 

--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). 

--disable-app-window-cycling[5] 

Disables custom Cmd+` window cycling for platform apps and hosted   apps. 

--disable-appcontainer 

No description 

--disable-async-dns 

Disables the experimental asynchronous DNS client. 

--disable-auto-hiding-toolbar-threshold[8]

Sets the threshold for when to disable auto-hiding the toolbar. If the   device's width and height are above the threshold, the toolbar will never be   hidden due to scrolling. It will still be hidden if page contents go   fullscreen. 

--disable-autofill-keyboard-accessory-view[8] 

Disables showing suggestions in a keyboard accessory view. 

--disable-autofill-save-card-bubble 

Disables showing bubble instead of infobar for save credit card   prompt. 

--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. 

--disable-background-timer-throttling 

Disable task throttling of timer tasks from background pages. 

--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. 

--disable-blink-features 

Disable one or more Blink runtime-enabled features. Use names from   RuntimeEnabledFeatures.in, separated by commas. Applied after   kEnableBlinkFeatures, and after other flags that change these features. 

--disable-boot-animation 

Disables wallpaper boot animation (except of OOBE case). 

--disable-breakpad 

Disables the crash reporting. 

--disable-bundled-ppapi-flash 

Disables the bundled PPAPI version of Flash. 

--disable-cache 

Force dynamically loaded apps or services to be loaded irrespective of   cache instructions. 

--disable-cached-picture-raster 

Disables the use of a cached picture for raster in the renderer, making   raster go directly from the display item list (this is the data structure   surfaced to tracing). This is useful for debugging to remove the cached   picture from the pipeline to narrow down bugs. 

--disable-canvas-aa 

Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas. 

--disable-captive-portal-bypass-proxy 

Disable bypass proxy for captive portal authorization. 

--disable-cast-streaming-hw-encoding 

Disable hardware encoding support for Cast Streaming. 

--disable-child-account-detection 

Disables detection of child accounts. 

--disable-clear-browsing-data-counters 

Disables data volume counters in the Clear Browsing Data dialog. 

--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. 

--disable-cloud-import 

Disables cloud backup feature. 

--disable-component-cloud-policy 

Disables fetching and storing cloud policy for components. 

--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. 

--disable-component-update 

No description 

--disable-composited-antialiasing 

Disables layer-edge anti-aliasing in the compositor. 

--disable-compositor-animation-timelines

Disables new cc/animation system (Project Heaviside).   crbug.com/394772 

--disable-compositor-property-trees 

Disables the use of property trees rather than CalcDrawProps for   computing draw properties. 

--disable-confirmation 

No description 

--disable-contextual-search 

Disables Contextual Search. 

--disable-core-animation-plugins[10] 

Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when   accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430. 

--disable-credit-card-scan 

Disables using device's camera to scan a new credit card when filling   out a credit card form. 

--disable-d3d11 

Disables use of D3D11. 

--disable-databases 

Disables HTML5 DB support. 

--disable-datasaver-prompt 

Switches and optional value for Data Saver prompt on cellular   networks. 

--disable-default-apps 

Disables installation of default apps on first run. This is used during   automated testing. 

--disable-delay-agnostic-aec 

Disables Delay Agnostic AEC in WebRTC. 

--disable-demo-mode 

Disables the ChromeOS demo. 

--disable-device-disabling 

If this switch is set, the device cannot be remotely disabled by its   owner. 

--disable-device-discovery-notifications 

Disables device discovery notifications. 

--disable-dinosaur-easter-egg 

Disables the dinosaur easter egg on the offline interstitial. 

--disable-direct-npapi-requests 

Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins through the renderer. 

--disable-direct-write[6] 

Disables the DirectWrite font rendering system on windows. 

--disable-directwrite-for-ui[6] 

Disables DirectWrite font rendering for general UI elements. 

--disable-display-color-calibration[7] 

No description 

--disable-display-list-2d-canvas 

No description 

--disable-distance-field-text 

Disables distance field text. 

--disable-domain-blocking-for-3d-apis 

Disable the per-domain blocking for 3D APIs after GPU reset. This switch   is intended only for tests. 

--disable-domain-reliability 

Disables Domain Reliability Monitoring. 

--disable-download-notification 

Disable download notification. 

--disable-drive-search-in-app-launcher 

No description 

--disable-drop-sync-credential 

Disable dropping the credential used to sync passwords. 

--disable-dwm-composition 

Disables use of DWM composition for top level windows. 

--disable-encrypted-media 

Disables (unprefixed) Encrypted Media Extensions. 

--disable-experimental-app-list 

No description 

--disable-extensions 

Disable extensions. 

--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. 

--disable-extensions-http-throttling 

Disable the net::URLRequestThrottlerManager functionality for requests   originating from extensions.

--disable-fast-web-scroll-view-insets 

Disables a workaround for fast inset updates for   UIWebView.scrollView. 

--disable-features 

Lists separated by commas the name of features to disable. See   base::FeatureList::InitializeFromCommandLine for details. 

--disable-field-trial-config 

Disable field trial tests configured in   fieldtrial_testing_config.json. 

--disable-file-system 

Disable FileSystem API. 

--disable-fill-on-account-select 

Disables the experiment for the password manager to only fill on account   selection, rather than autofilling on page load. 

--disable-flash-3d 

Disable 3D inside of flapper. 

--disable-flash-stage3d 

Disable Stage3D inside of flapper. 

--disable-full-form-autofill-ios 

Disables the experimental Full Form Autofill on iOS feature. 

--disable-gaia-services 

Disable GAIA services such as enrollment and OAuth session restore. Used   by 'fake' telemetry login.

--disable-gesture-editing 

No description 

--disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback 

Disable user gesture requirement for media playback. 

--disable-gesture-typing 

No description 

--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. 

--disable-gl-error-limit 

Disable the GL error log limit. 

--disable-gl-extensions 

Disables specified comma separated GL Extensions if found. 

--disable-glsl-translator 

Disable the GLSL translator. 

--disable-gpu 

Disables GPU hardware acceleration. If software renderer is not in   place, then the GPU process won't launch. 

--disable-gpu-compositing 

Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation. 

--disable-gpu-driver-bug-workarounds 

Disable workarounds for various GPU driver bugs. 

--disable-gpu-early-init 

Disable proactive early init of GPU process. 

--disable-gpu-memory-buffer-compositor-resources 

Do not force that all compositor resources be backed by GPU memory   buffers. 

--disable-gpu-memory-buffer-video-frames

Disable GpuMemoryBuffer backed VideoFrames. 

--disable-gpu-process-crash-limit 

Disable the limit on the number of times the GPU process may be   restarted This switch is intended only for tests. 

--disable-gpu-program-cache 

Turn off gpu program caching 

--disable-gpu-rasterization 

Disable GPU rasterization, i.e. rasterize on the CPU only. Overrides the   kEnableGpuRasterization and kForceGpuRasterization flags. 

--disable-gpu-sandbox 

Disable the GPU process sandbox. 

--disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache 

Disables the GPU shader on disk cache. 

--disable-gpu-vsync 

Stop the GPU from synchronizing on the vsync before presenting. We can   select from the options below: beginframe : Next frame can start without any   delay on cc::scheduler. gpu : Disable gpu vsync. default: Set both   flags. 

--disable-gpu-watchdog 

Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding   to messages. 

--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. 

--disable-hid-detection-on-oobe 

Disable HID-detection OOBE screen. 

--disable-hide-inactive-stacked-tab-close-buttons 

Disable hiding the close buttons of inactive tabs when the tabstrip is   in stacked mode. 

--disable-histogram-customizer 

Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer. 

--disable-hosted-app-shim-creation[5] 

Disables app shim creation for hosted apps on Mac. 

--disable-hosted-apps-in-windows[5] 

Prevents hosted apps from being opened in windows on Mac. 

--disable-icon-ntp 

Disables large icons on the New Tab page. 

--disable-infobars 

Prevent infobars from appearing. 

--disable-input-view 

No description 

--disable-ios-password-generation 

Disable password generation for iOS. 

--disable-ios-password-suggestions 

Disable showing available password credentials in the keyboard accessory   view when focused on form fields. 

--disable-ipv4 

No description 

--disable-ipv6 

No description 

--disable-javascript-harmony-shipping 

Disable latest shipping ECMAScript 6 features. 

--disable-keyboard-commands 

Disables support for keyboard commands. 

--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. 

--disable-lcd-text 

Disables LCD text. 

--disable-legacy-window[6] 

Disable the Legacy Window which corresponds to the size of the   WebContents. 

--disable-local-storage 

Disable LocalStorage. 

--disable-logging 

Force logging to be disabled. Logging is enabled by default in debug   builds. 

--disable-login-animations 

Avoid doing expensive animations upon login. 

--disable-low-end-device-mode 

Force disabling of low-end device mode when set. 

--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. 

--disable-lru-snapshot-cache 

Disable the snapshots lru cache. 

--disable-mac-overlays[10] 

Fall back to using CAOpenGLLayers display content, instead of the   IOSurface based overlay display path. 

--disable-mac-views-native-app-windows[5] 

Disables use of toolkit-views based native app windows. 

--disable-main-frame-before-activation 

Disables sending the next BeginMainFrame before the previous commit   activates. Overrides the kEnableMainFrameBeforeActivation flag. 

--disable-manager-for-sync-signin 

Disable both saving and filling for the sync signin form. 

--disable-md-downloads 

Disables the Material Design version of chrome://downloads. 

--disable-media-source 

Disables Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object). 

--disable-media-suspend 

No description 

--disable-media-thread-for-media-playback[8] 

Sets the MediaSource player that uses UI thread for frame   processing. 

--disable-merge-key-char-events[6] 

Disables merging the key event (WM_KEY*) with the char event   (WM_CHAR). 

--disable-method-check 

No description 

--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. 

--disable-mojo-channel 

Disale ChannelMojo usage regardless of the platform or the process   type. 

--disable-mtp-write-support 

Disables mtp write support. 

--disable-multilingual-spellchecker[11] 

Disables the multilingual spellchecker. 

--disable-namespace-sandbox 

Disables usage of the namespace sandbox. 

--disable-native-gpu-memory-buffers 

Disables native GPU memory buffer support. 

--disable-network-portal-notification 

Disables notifications about captive portals in session. 

--disable-new-app-list-mixer 

No description 

--disable-new-bookmark-apps 

Disables the new bookmark app system. 

--disable-new-channel-switcher-ui 

Disable new channel switcher UI. 

--disable-new-kiosk-ui 

Disables new Kiosk UI when kiosk apps are represented as user   pods. 

--disable-new-korean-ime 

If this switch is set, the new Korean IME will not be available in   chrome://settings/languages. 

--disable-new-profile-management 

Disables new profile management system, including new profile chooser   UI. 

--disable-new-task-manager[12] 

Disables the new implementation of the task manager. 

--disable-new-zip-unpacker 

Disables the new File System Provider API based ZIP unpacker. 

--disable-notifications 

Disables the Web Notification and the Push APIs. 

--disable-ntp-favicons 

Disables NTP favicons. 

--disable-ntp-popular-sites 

Disables showing popular sites on the NTP. 

--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. 

--disable-offer-upload-credit-cards 

Disables offering to upload credit cards. 

--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. 

--disable-offline-auto-reload 

Disable auto-reload of error pages if offline. 

--disable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only 

Disable only auto-reloading error pages when the tab is visible. 

--disable-offline-pages 

Disable Offline Pages. 

--disable-out-of-process-pac 

Disable out-of-process V8 proxy resolver. 

--disable-overlay-scrollbar 

Disables overlay scrollbars on Aura or Linux. Does nothing on Mac. 

--disable-overscroll-edge-effect[8] 

Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views. 

--disable-page-visibility 

No description 

--disable-panel-fitting[7] 

Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode). 

--disable-password-generation 

Disables password generation when we detect that the user is going   through account creation. 

--disable-password-manager-reauthentication 

Disable the setting to prompt the user for their OS account password   before revealing plaintext passwords in the password manager. 

--disable-password-separated-signin-flow

Disables new gaia password-separated sign in flow. 

--disable-pdf-material-ui 

Disable the new material UI - requires out of process PDF plugin. 

--disable-pepper-3d 

Disable Pepper3D. 

--disable-permissions-api 

Disables the Permissions API. 

--disable-permissions-blacklist 

Disables the Permissions Blacklist, which blocks access to permissions   for blacklisted sites. 

--disable-physical-keyboard-autocorrect 

If this switch is set, the options for suggestions as typing on physical   keyboard will be disabled. 

--disable-pinch 

Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures. 

--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. 

--disable-pnacl-crash-throttling 

Disables crash throttling for Portable Native Client. 

--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. 

--disable-popup-blocking 

Disable pop-up blocking. 

--disable-preconnect 

Disable speculative TCP/IP preconnection. 

--disable-prefer-compositing-to-lcd-text 

Disable the creation of compositing layers when it would prevent LCD   text. 

--disable-presentation-api 

Disables the Presentation API. 

--disable-print-preview 

Disables print preview (For testing, and for users who don't like us. :[   ) 

--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. 

--disable-pull-to-refresh-effect[8] 

Disable the pull-to-refresh effect when vertically overscrolling   content. 

--disable-push-api-background-mode 

No description 

--disable-quic 

Disables support for the QUIC protocol. 

--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. 

--disable-reading-from-canvas 

Taints all <canvas> elements, regardless of origin. 

--disable-remote-core-animation[10] 

Disable use of cross-process CALayers to display content directly from   the GPU process on Mac. 

--disable-remote-fonts 

Disables remote web font support. SVG font should always work whether   this option is specified or not. 

--disable-renderer-accessibility 

Turns off the accessibility in the renderer. 

--disable-renderer-backgrounding 

Prevent renderer process backgrounding when set. 

--disable-rgba-4444-textures 

Disables RGBA_4444 textures. 

--disable-rollback-option 

Disables rollback option on reset screen. 

--disable-rtc-smoothness-algorithm 

Disables the new rendering algorithm for webrtc, which is designed to   improve the rendering smoothness. 

--disable-save-password-bubble[5] 

Prevents the save password bubble from being enabled. 

--disable-screen-orientation-lock[8] 

Disable the locking feature of the screen orientation API. 

--disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox 

Disable the seccomp filter sandbox (seccomp-bpf) (Linux only). 

--disable-session-crashed-bubble 

Disables using bubbles for session restore request. 

--disable-settings-window 

No description 

--disable-setuid-sandbox 

Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only). 

--disable-shader-name-hashing 

Turn off user-defined name hashing in shaders. 

--disable-shared-workers 

Disable shared workers. 

--disable-signin-scoped-device-id 

Disables sending signin scoped device id to LSO with refresh token   request. 

--disable-simplified-fullscreen-ui 

No description 

--disable-single-click-autofill 

The "disable" flag for kEnableSingleClickAutofill. 

--disable-site-engagement-service 

Disables the Site Engagement service, which records interaction with   sites and allocates certain resources accordingly. 

--disable-smart-virtual-keyboard 

No description 

--disable-smooth-scrolling 

Disable smooth scrolling for testing. 

--disable-software-rasterizer 

Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer. 

--disable-spdy-proxy-dev-auth-origin 

Disables the origin of the data reduction proxy dev. 

--disable-speech-api 

Disables the Web Speech API. 

--disable-surfaces 

Disable the use of the new surfaces system to handle compositor   delegation. 

--disable-sync 

Disables syncing browser data to a Google Account. 

--disable-sync-app-list 

No description 

--disable-sync-backup 

Disable data backup when user's not signed in. 

--disable-sync-rollback 

Disable sync rollback. 

--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' 

--disable-tab-switcher 

Disables the tab switcher. 

--disable-threaded-animation 

No description 

--disable-threaded-compositing 

Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content. 

--disable-threaded-scrolling 

Disable multithreaded, compositor scrolling of web content. 

--disable-timezone-tracking-option 

Disable automatic timezone update. 

--disable-touch-adjustment 

Disables touch adjustment. 

--disable-touch-drag-drop 

Disables touch event based drag and drop. 

--disable-touch-feedback 

Disables additional visual feedback to touch input. 

--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. 

--disable-translate-new-ux[5] 

Disables Translate experimental new UX which replaces the infobar. 

--disable-usb-keyboard-detect[6] 

Disables the USB keyboard detection for blocking the OSK on Win8+. 

--disable-v8-idle-tasks 

Disable V8 idle tasks. 

--disable-vaapi-accelerated-video-encode[7] 

Disables VA-API accelerated video encode. 

--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. 

--disable-virtual-keyboard-overscroll 

No description 

--disable-voice-input 

No description 

--disable-volume-adjust-sound 

Disables volume adjust sound. 

--disable-wake-on-wifi 

Disables wake on wifi features. 

--disable-web-notification-custom-layouts

Disables Web Notification custom layouts. 

--disable-web-resources 

Disables the backend service for web resources. 

--disable-web-security 

Don't enforce the same-origin policy. (Used by people testing their   sites.) 

--disable-webaudio 

Disable web audio API. 

--disable-webgl 

Disable experimental WebGL support. 

--disable-webrtc-encryption[13] 

Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content,   it ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels. 

--disable-webrtc-hw-decoding[13] 

Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC. 

--disable-webrtc-hw-encoding[13] 

Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC. 

--disable-win32k-renderer-lockdown[6] 

Disables the Win32K process mitigation policy for renderer   processes. 

--disable-wkwebview 

Disables the use of WKWebView instead of UIWebView. 

--disable-x-token 

No description 

--disable-xss-auditor 

Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective   XSS. 

--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) 

--disable-zero-copy 

Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with   tiles. 

--disabled 

disabled: touch events are disabled. 

--disallow-autofill-sync-credential 

Disallow autofilling of the sync credential. 

--disallow-autofill-sync-credential-for-reauth 

Disallow autofilling of the sync credential only for transactional   reauth pages. 

--disallow-unchecked-dangerous-downloads[3] 

No description 

--disk-cache-dir 

Use a specific disk cache location, rather than one derived from the UserDatadir. 

--disk-cache-size 

Forces the maximum disk space to be used by the disk cache, in   bytes. 

--display[14] 

Which X11 display to connect to. Emulates the GTK+   "--display=" command line argument. 

--dmg-device[5] 

When switches::kProcessType is switches::kRelauncherProcess, if this   switch is also present, the relauncher process will unmount and eject a   mounted disk image and move its disk image file to the trash. The argument's   value must be a BSD device name of the form "diskN" or   "diskNsM". 

--dns-log-details 

No description 

--dns-prefetch-disable 

Disables prefetching of DNS information. 

--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. 

--domain-name 

No description 

--dont-delete-on-download 

If set apps downloaded are not deleted. 

--dump-browser-histograms 

Requests that a running browser process dump its collected histograms to   a given file. The file is overwritten if it exists. 

--dump-line-box-trees 

When run-layout-test is enabled, this causes the line box tree for each   LayoutBlockFlow to be dumped as well. 

--eafe-path 

No description 

--eafe-url 

EAFE url and path to use for Easy bootstrapping. 

--early-tracing[15] 

No description 

--easy-unlock-app-path 

Overrides the path of Easy Unlock component app. 

--egl 

No description 

--elevate 

No description 

--embedded-extension-options 

Enables extension options to be embedded in chrome://extensions rather   than a new tab. 

--emphasize-titles-in-omnibox-dropdown

Causes the omnibox dropdown to emphasize the titles of URL suggestions   for query-like inputs. 

--emulate-shader-precision 

Emulate ESSL lowp and mediump float precisions by mutating the shaders   to round intermediate values in ANGLE. 

--enable-2d-canvas-clip-aa 

Enable antialiasing on 2d canvas clips (as opposed to draw   operations) 

--enable-accelerated-2d-canvas 

Enable accelerated 2D canvas. 

--enable-accelerated-vpx-decode[6] 

Enables experimental hardware acceleration for VP8/VP9 video   decoding. 

--enable-accessibility-tab-switcher[8] 

Enable the accessibility tab switcher. 

--enable-account-consistency 

Enables consistent identity features. 

--enable-adaptive-selection-handle-orientation[8] 

Enable inverting of selection handles so that they are not clipped by   the viewport boundaries. 

--enable-add-to-shelf 

Enables the display of a banner allowing the user to add a web app to   their shelf (or platform-specific equivalent) 

--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. 

--enable-aggressive-domstorage-flushing

Enable the aggressive flushing of DOM Storage to minimize data   loss. 

--enable-alternative-services 

Enables support for HTTP alternative services. 

--enable-android-spellchecker[11] 

Enables use of the Android spellchecker. 

--enable-app-info-dialog-mac[5] 

Enable the toolkit-views App Info dialog for Mac. This is accessible   from chrome://apps and chrome://extensions and is already enabled on   non-mac. 

--enable-app-list 

If set, the app list will be enabled as if enabled from CWS. 

--enable-app-window-controls 

Enables the <window-controls> tag in platform apps. 

--enable-app-window-cycling[5] 

Enables custom Cmd+` window cycling for platform apps and hosted   apps. 

--enable-appcontainer 

Enable or disable appcontainer/lowbox for renderer on Win8+   platforms. 

--enable-apps-file-associations 

Enable OS integration for Chrome app file associations. 

--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. 

--enable-arc 

Enables starting the ARC instance upon session start. 

--enable-autofill-keyboard-accessory-view[8] 

Enables showing suggestions in a keyboard accessory view. 

--enable-autofill-save-card-bubble 

Enables showing bubble instead of infobar for save credit card   prompt. 

--enable-avfoundation[5] 

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. 

--enable-begin-frame-scheduling 

Use a BeginFrame signal from browser to renderer to schedule   rendering. 

--enable-benchmarking 

Enables the benchmarking extensions. 

--enable-ble-advertising-in-apps 

Enable BLE Advertisiing in apps. 

--enable-blink-features 

Disable one or more Blink runtime-enabled features. Use names from   RuntimeEnabledFeatures.in, separated by commas. Applied before   kDisableBlinkFeatures, and after other flags that change these   features. 

--enable-bookmark-undo 

Enables the multi-level undo system for bookmarks. 

--enable-browser-side-navigation 

PlzNavigate: Use the experimental browser-side navigation path. 

--enable-centered-app-list 

If set, the app list will be centered and wide instead of tall. 

--enable-child-account-detection 

Enables detection of child accounts. 

--enable-clear-browsing-data-counters 

Enables data volume counters in the Clear Browsing Data dialog. 

--enable-clear-sync-data-on-passphrase-encryption 

Enables clearing of sync data when a user enables passphrase   encryption. 

--enable-cloud-print-proxy 

This applies only when the process type is "service". Enables   the Cloud Print Proxy component within the service process. 

--enable-cloud-print-xps[6] 

Fallback to XPS. By default connector uses CDD. 

--enable-cma-media-pipeline 

Enable the CMA media pipeline. 

--enable-consumer-management 

Enables consumer management, which allows user to enroll, remotely lock   and locate the device. 

--enable-contextual-search 

Enables Contextual Search. 

--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. 

--enable-crash-reporter-for-testing[16] 

Used for turning on Breakpad crash reporting in a debug environment   where crash reporting is typically compiled but disabled. 

--enable-credential-manager-api 

Enable the experimental Credential Manager JavaScript API. 

--enable-credit-card-scan 

Enables using device's camera to scan a new credit card when filling out   a credit card form. 

--enable-crx-hash-check 

Enable package hash check: the .crx file sha256 hash sum should be equal   to the one received from update manifest. 

--enable-data-reduction-proxy-bypass-warning 

Enable the data reduction proxy bypass warning. 

--enable-data-reduction-proxy-carrier-test

Enables the origin of the carrier test data reduction proxy. 

--enable-data-reduction-proxy-config-client 

Enable the data reduction proxy config client. 

--enable-data-reduction-proxy-lo-fi-preview 

Enables preview mode for Lo-Fi. This means a preview should be requested   instead of placeholders whenever Lo-Fi mode is on. Lo-Fi must also be enabled   via a flag or field trial. 

--enable-datasaver-prompt 

No description 

--enable-device-discovery-notifications 

Enable device discovery notifications. 

--enable-devtools-experiments 

If true devtools experimental settings are enabled. 

--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. 

--enable-distance-field-text 

Enables using signed distance fields when rendering text. Only valid if   GPU rasterization is enabled as well. 

--enable-dom-distiller 

No description 

--enable-dom-distiller-button-animation[8]

Enables the DOM distiller animated button UI for Android. 

--enable-domain-reliability 

Enables Domain Reliability Monitoring. 

--enable-download-resumption 

Enables restarting interrupted downloads. 

--enable-drive-search-in-app-launcher 

Enable/disable drive search in chrome launcher. 

--enable-drop-sync-credential 

Enable dropping the credential used to sync passwords. 

--enable-embedded-extension-options 

Hack so that feature switch can work with about_flags. See   kEnableScriptsRequireAction. 

--enable-embeddedsearch-api[8] 

Enables EmbeddedSearch API in the search results page. 

--enable-exclusive-audio[6] 

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. 

--enable-experimental-app-list 

Enable/disable the experimental app list. If enabled, implies   --enable-centered-app-list. 

--enable-experimental-canvas-features 

Enable experimental canvas features, e.g. canvas 2D context   attributes 

--enable-experimental-extension-apis 

Enables extension APIs that are in development. 

--enable-experimental-input-view-features 

No description 

--enable-experimental-web-platform-features 

Enables Web Platform features that are in development. 

--enable-extension-action-redesign 

Hack so that feature switch can work with about_flags. See   kEnableScriptsRequireAction. 

--enable-extension-activity-log-testing 

No description 

--enable-extension-activity-logging 

Enables logging for extension activity. 

--enable-extension-assets-sharing 

Enabled sharing assets for installed default apps. 

--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 . 

--enable-fast-web-scroll-view-insets 

Enables a workaround for fast inset updates for   UIWebView.scrollView. 

--enable-features 

Lists separated by commas the name of features to disable. See   base::FeatureList::InitializeFromCommandLine for details. 

--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. 

--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. 

--enable-first-run-ui-transitions 

Enables animated transitions during first-run tutorial. 

--enable-floating-virtual-keyboard 

No description 

--enable-font-antialiasing 

Enable font antialiasing for pixel tests. 

--enable-full-form-autofill-ios 

Enables the experimental Full Form Autofill on iOS feature. 

--enable-gl-path-rendering 

Enables using path rendering implementation implemented currently in   NV_path_rendering OpenGL extension. Requires compatible hardware and driver.   This is used in GPU rasterization. 

--enable-gpu-benchmarking 

Enables the GPU benchmarking extension 

--enable-gpu-client-logging 

Enable GPU client logging. 

--enable-gpu-client-tracing 

Enables TRACE for GL calls in the renderer. 

--enable-gpu-command-logging 

Turn on Logging GPU commands. 

--enable-gpu-debugging 

Turn on Calling GL Error after every command. 

--enable-gpu-memory-buffer-compositor-resources 

Specify that all compositor resources should be backed by GPU memory   buffers. 

--enable-gpu-memory-buffer-video-frames

Enable GpuMemoryBuffer backed VideoFrames. 

--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. 

--enable-gpu-service-logging 

Turns on GPU logging (debug build only). 

--enable-gpu-service-tracing 

Turns on calling TRACE for every GL call. 

--enable-grouped-history 

Enables grouping websites by domain and filtering them by period. 

--enable-hardware-overlays 

Enable compositing individual elements via hardware overlays when   permitted by device. 

--enable-harfbuzz-rendertext[5] 

Enables the HarfBuzz port of RenderText on Mac (it's already used only   for text editing; this enables it for everything else). 

--enable-heap-profiling 

Makes memory allocators keep track of their allocations and context, so   a detailed breakdown of memory usage can be presented in chrome://tracing   when the memory-infra category is enabled. 

--enable-hosted-app-quit-notification[5] 

Shows a notification when quitting Chrome with hosted apps running.   Default behavior is to also quit all hosted apps. 

--enable-hosted-apps-in-windows[5] 

Allows hosted apps to be opened in windows on Mac. 

--enable-hosted-mode[8] 

Enables chrome hosted mode for Android. 

--enable-hotword-hardware 

Enables experimental hotword features specific to always-on. 

--enable-hung-renderer-infobar[8] 

Enables a hung renderer InfoBar allowing the user to close or wait on   unresponsive web content. 

--enable-icon-ntp 

Enables large icons on the New Tab page. 

--enable-iframe-based-signin 

Enables the old iframe-based flow for sign in. When not enabled, uses   the webview-based flow. 

--enable-image-color-profiles 

Dynamically apply color profiles to web content images. 

--enable-inband-text-tracks 

Enables support for inband text tracks in media content. 

--enable-ios-handoff-to-other-devices 

Enables support for Handoff from Chrome on iOS to the default browser of   other Apple devices. 

--enable-ios-password-generation 

Enable password generation for iOS. 

--enable-kiosk-mode 

Enable Kiosk mode for ChromeOS. Note this switch refers to retail mode   rather than the kiosk app mode. 

--enable-lcd-text 

Enables LCD text. 

--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. 

--enable-link-disambiguation-popup 

Enables a zoomed popup bubble that allows the user to select a   link. 

--enable-local-file-accesses 

Enable file accesses. It should not be enabled for most Cast   devices. 

--enable-logging 

Force logging to be enabled. Logging is disabled by default in release   builds. 

--enable-longpress-drag-selection[8] 

Enable drag manipulation of longpress-triggered text selections. 

--enable-low-end-device-mode 

Force low-end device mode when set. 

--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. 

--enable-lru-snapshot-cache 

Enables the snapshot lru cache. 

--enable-mac-views-app-list[5] 

Enables use of the toolkit-views app list on Mac. 

--enable-mac-views-dialogs[5] 

Causes Chrome to use an equivalent toolkit-views version of a browser   dialog when available, rather than a Cocoa one. 

--enable-mac-views-native-app-windows[5] 

Enables use of toolkit-views based native app windows. 

--enable-main-frame-before-activation 

Enables sending the next BeginMainFrame before the previous commit   activates. 

--enable-manager-for-sync-signin 

Enable saving and filling for the sync signin form. Currently the   default behavior. 

--enable-md-downloads 

Enables the Material Design version of chrome://downloads. 

--enable-md-extensions 

Enables the Material Design version of chrome://extensions. 

--enable-md-history 

Enables the Material Design version of chrome://history. 

--enable-md-policy-page 

Enables the Material Design policy page at chrome://md-policy. 

--enable-media-suspend 

Suspend media pipeline on background tabs. 

--enable-media-thread-for-media-playback[8] 

Sets the MediaSource player that uses the separate media thread 

--enable-memory-benchmarking 

Enables the memory benchmarking extension 

--enable-merge-key-char-events[6] 

Enables merging the key event (WM_KEY*) with the char event   (WM_CHAR). 

--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. 

--enable-mojo-serial-service 

Enables the mojo implementation of the serial API. 

--enable-mojo-shell-connection 

Enable the Mojo shell connection in renderers. 

--enable-multilingual-spellchecker[11] 

Enables the multilingual spellchecker. 

--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. 

--enable-nacl 

Runs the Native Client inside the renderer process and enables GPU   plugin (internally adds lEnableGpuPlugin to the command line). 

--enable-nacl-debug 

Enables debugging via RSP over a socket. 

--enable-nacl-nonsfi-mode 

Enables Non-SFI mode, in which programs can be run without NaCl's SFI   sandbox. 

--enable-native-gpu-memory-buffers 

Enable native GPU memory buffer support when available. 

--enable-natural-scroll-default 

Enables natural scroll by default. 

--enable-navigation-tracing 

Enables tracing for each navigation. It will attempt to trace each   navigation for 10s, until the buffer is full, or until the next navigation.   It only works if a URL was provided by --trace-upload-url. 

--enable-net-benchmarking 

Enables the network-related benchmarking extensions. 

--enable-network-information 

Enables the network information API. 

--enable-network-portal-notification 

Enables notifications about captive portals in session. 

--enable-new-app-list-mixer 

Enable/disable the new "blended" algorithm in app_list::Mixer.   This is just forcing the AppListMixer/Blended field trial. 

--enable-new-bookmark-apps 

Enables the new bookmark app system. 

--enable-ntp-favicons 

Enables NTP favicons. 

--enable-ntp-popular-sites 

Enables showing popular sites on the NTP. 

--enable-ntp-search-engine-country-detection 

Enables using the default search engine country to show country specific   popular sites on the NTP. 

--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. 

--enable-offer-upload-credit-cards 

Enables offering to upload credit cards. 

--enable-offline-auto-reload 

Enable auto-reload of error pages if offline. 

--enable-offline-auto-reload-visible-only 

Only auto-reload error pages when the tab is visible. 

--enable-offline-pages 

Enable Offline Pages. 

--enable-overlay-scrollbar 

Enables overlay scrollbars on Aura or Linux. Does nothing on Mac. 

--enable-override-bookmarks-ui 

Enables extensions to hide bookmarks UI elements. 

--enable-panels 

Enables panels (always on-top docked pop-up windows). 

--enable-partial-raster 

Enables partial raster. Enabling this switch also enables the use of   persistent gpu memory buffers. 

--enable-password-generation 

Enables password generation when we detect that the user is going   through account creation. 

--enable-password-separated-signin-flow

Enables new gaia password-separated sign in flow. 

--enable-pdf-material-ui 

Enable the new material UI - requires out of process PDF plugin. 

--enable-pepper-testing 

Enables the testing interface for PPAPI. 

--enable-permissions-blacklist 

Enables the Permissions Blacklist, which blocks access to permissions   for blacklisted sites. 

--enable-physical-keyboard-autocorrect 

If this switch is set, the options for suggestions as typing on physical   keyboard will be enabled. 

--enable-physical-web[8] 

Enable Physical Web scanning. 

--enable-pinch 

Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures. 

--enable-pixel-output-in-tests 

Forces tests to produce pixel output when they normally wouldn't. 

--enable-plugin-placeholder-testing 

Enables testing features of the Plugin Placeholder. For internal use   only. 

--enable-pnacl-subzero 

Enable use of the Subzero as the PNaCl translator instead of LLC. 

--enable-potentially-annoying-security-features 

Enables a number of potentially annoying security features (strict mixed   content mode, powerful feature restrictions, etc.) 

--enable-power-overlay 

Enables the Power overlay in Settings. 

--enable-precache 

Enables the proactive populating of the disk cache with Web resources   that are likely to be needed in future page fetches. 

--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. 

--enable-prefer-compositing-to-lcd-text 

Enable the creation of compositing layers when it would prevent LCD   text. 

--enable-prefixed-encrypted-media 

Enables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g.   webkitGenerateKeyRequest()). 

--enable-print-preview-register-promos 

Enables showing unregistered printers in print preview 

--enable-profile-shortcut-manager[6] 

Force-enables the profile shortcut manager. This is needed for tests   since they use a custom-user-data-dir which disables this. 

--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. 

--enable-property-tree-verification 

Ensures that the draw properties computed via the property trees match   those computed by CalcDrawProperties. 

--enable-proximity-auth-bluetooth-low-energy-discovery 

Enables discovery of the phone over Bluetooth Low Energy. 

--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. 

--enable-push-api-background-mode 

Enable or disable background mode for the Push API. 

--enable-query-extraction[17] 

Enables query in the omnibox. 

--enable-quic 

Enables support for the QUIC protocol. This is a temporary testing   flag. 

--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. 

--enable-reader-mode-toolbar-icon 

Enables context-sensitive reader mode button in the toolbar. 

--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. 

--enable-request-tablet-site 

Enables request of tablet site (via user agent override). 

--enable-rgba-4444-textures 

Enables RGBA_4444 textures. 

--enable-sandbox 

Enables the sandbox on this process. 

--enable-sandbox-logging 

Cause the OS X sandbox write to syslog every time an access to a resource   is denied by the sandbox. 

--enable-save-password-bubble[5] 

Enables save password prompt bubble. 

--enable-screenshot-testing-with-mode 

Enables using screenshots in tests and seets mode. 

--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. 

--enable-scroll-prediction 

Enable scroll prediction for scroll update events. 

--enable-session-crashed-bubble 

Enables using bubbles for session restore request instead of   infobars. 

--enable-settings-window 

Enable or disable settings in a separate browser window per profile (see   SettingsWindowEnabled() below). 

--enable-share-group-async-texture-upload 

Allows async texture uploads (off main thread) via GL context   sharing. 

--enable-simplified-fullscreen-ui 

A new user experience for transitioning into fullscreen and mouse   pointer lock states. 

--enable-single-click-autofill 

Enables/disables suggestions without typing anything (on first   click). 

--enable-site-engagement-eviction-policy

Enable the Site Engagement Eviction Policy which evicts temporary   storage using the site engagement service. Implicitly enables the site   engagement service. 

--enable-site-engagement-service 

Enable the Site Engagement service, which records interaction with sites   and allocates certain resources accordingly. 

--enable-skia-benchmarking 

Enables the Skia benchmarking extension 

--enable-slimming-paint-v2 

Enables slimming paint phase 2: http://www.chromium.org/blink/slimming-paint 

--enable-smooth-scrolling 

On platforms that support it, enables smooth scroll animation. 

--enable-spatial-navigation 

Enable spatial navigation 

--enable-spdy-proxy-auth 

Enable the data reduction proxy. 

--enable-spdy-proxy-dev-auth-origin 

Enables the origin of the data reduction proxy dev. 

--enable-speech-dispatcher[18] 

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. 

--enable-spelling-feedback-field-trial[11] 

Enables participation in the field trial for user feedback to spelling   service. 

--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. 

--enable-stats-collection-bindings 

Specifies if the |StatsCollectionController| needs to be bound in html   pages. 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. 

--enable-stats-table 

Enables StatsTable, logging statistics to a global named shared memory   table. 

--enable-strict-mixed-content-checking 

Blocks all insecure requests from secure contexts, and prevents the user   from overriding that decision. 

--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. 

--enable-subscribe-uniform-extension 

Enable WebGL subscribe uniform extension. 

--enable-suggestions-with-substring-match 

Enables suggestions with substring matching instead of prefix   matching. 

--enable-supervised-user-managed-bookmarks-folder 

Enables the supervised user managed bookmarks folder. 

--enable-sync-app-list 

Enable/disable syncing of the app list independent of extensions. 

--enable-sync-articles 

No description 

--enable-tab-audio-muting 

Enables user control over muting tab audio from the tab strip. 

--enable-tab-switcher 

Enables the tab switcher. 

--enable-tab-switcher-in-document-mode[8] 

Enabled tab switcher in document mode. 

--enable-tcp-fastopen 

Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the SYN   packet. 

--enable-threaded-compositing 

Enabled threaded compositing for layout tests. 

--enable-threaded-texture-mailboxes 

Simulates shared textures when share groups are not available. Not   available everywhere. 

--enable-thumbnail-retargeting 

Enables fanciful thumbnail processing. Used with NTP for   instant-extended-api, where thumbnails are generally smaller. 

--enable-tile-compression 

Compress tile textures for GPUs supporting it. 

--enable-touch-drag-drop 

Enables touch event based drag and drop. 

--enable-touchview[7] 

Enables the observation of accelerometer events to enter touch-view   mode. 

--enable-trace-app-source 

Pass launch source to platform apps. 

--enable-tracing 

Enable tracing during the execution of browser tests. 

--enable-tracing-output 

The filename to write the output of the test tracing to. 

--enable-translate-new-ux[5] 

Enables Translate experimental new UX which replaces the infobar. 

--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 

--enable-unified-media-pipeline[8] 

Use WebMediaPlayerImpl instead of WebMediaPlayerAndroid. This is a   temporary switch for experimenting with unifying the Android playback   pipeline. 

--enable-unsafe-es3-apis 

Enable OpenGL ES 3 APIs without proper service side validation. 

--enable-use-zoom-for-dsf 

Enable the mode that uses zooming to implment device scale factor   behavior. 

--enable-user-controlled-alternate-protocol-ports 

Enables Alternate-Protocol when the port is user controlled (>   1024). 

--enable-usermedia-screen-capturing 

Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API. 

--enable-video-player-chromecast-support

Enables the chromecast support for video player app. 

--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. 

--enable-virtual-keyboard 

No description 

--enable-virtualized-time 

Enable Virtualized time where the render thread's time source skips   forward to the next scheduled delayed time if there is no more non-delayed   work to be done. 

--enable-vtune-support 

Enable the Vtune profiler support. 

--enable-wayland-server[19] 

Enables Wayland display server support. 

--enable-web-app-frame 

Enables a new "web app" style frame for hosted apps (including   bookmark apps). 

--enable-web-bluetooth 

Enable Web Bluetooth. 

--enable-web-notification-custom-layouts

Enables Web Notification custom layouts. 

--enable-webgl-draft-extensions 

Enables WebGL extensions not yet approved by the community. 

--enable-webgl-image-chromium 

Enables WebGL rendering into a scanout buffer for overlay support. 

--enable-webrtc-dtls12[13] 

Enables negotiation of DTLS 1.2 for WebRTC. 

--enable-webrtc-hw-h264-encoding[13] 

Enables H264 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC. 

--enable-webrtc-stun-origin[13] 

Enables Origin header in Stun messages for WebRTC. 

--enable-webvr 

Enables interaction with virtual reality devices. 

--enable-wifi-credential-sync 

Enables synchronizing WiFi credentials across devices, using Chrome   Sync. 

--enable-win32k-lockdown-mimetypes[6]

Enables the Win32K process mitigation policy for certain PPAPI mime   types. Each mime type is separated by a comma. Specify * to enable the policy   for all mime types. 

--enable-wkwebview 

Enables the use of WKWebView instead of UIWebView. 

--enable-zero-copy 

Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with   tiles. 

--enabled 

enabled: touch events always enabled. 

--encode-binary 

Encode binary layout test results (images, audio) using base64. 

--enforce 

No description 

--enforce-gl-minimums 

Enforce GL minimums. 

--enforce-webrtc-ip-permission-check[13]

Enforce IP Permission check. TODO(guoweis): Remove this once the feature   is not under finch and becomes the default. 

--enforce_strict 

No description 

--enhanced-bookmarks-experiment 

Enable Enhanced Bookmarks. 

--enterprise-enable-forced-re-enrollment

Whether to enable forced enterprise re-enrollment. 

--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. 

--enterprise-enrollment-modulus-limit 

Power of the power-of-2 maximum modulus that will be used by the   auto-enrollment client. 

--error-console 

Allows the ErrorConsole to collect runtime and manifest errors, and   display them in the chrome:extensions page. 

--explicitly-allowed-ports 

Explicitly allows additional ports using a comma-separated list of port   numbers. 

--expose-internals-for-testing 

Exposes the window.internals object to JavaScript for interactive   development and debugging of layout tests that rely on it. 

--extended-response 

No description 

--extension-action-redesign 

Whether to switch to extension action redesign mode   (experimental). 

--extension-content-verification 

Name of the command line flag to force content verification to be on in   one of various modes. 

--extension-process 

Marks a renderer as extension process. 

--extensions-install-verification 

Turns on extension install verification if it would not otherwise have   been turned on. 

--extensions-multi-account 

Enables multiple account versions of chrome.identity APIs. 

--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. 

--extensions-on-chrome-urls 

Enables extensions running scripts on chrome:// URLs. Extensions still   need to explicitly request access to chrome:// URLs in the manifest. 

--extensions-update-frequency 

Frequency in seconds for Extensions auto-update. 

--extra-plugin-dir 

Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory. 

--extra-search-query-params 

Additional query params to insert in the search and instant URLs. Useful   for testing. 

--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. 

--fast 

Defines that Material Design visual feedback animations should be   fast. 

--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. 

--feedback-server 

Alternative feedback server to use when submitting user feedback 

--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. 

--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. 

--flag-switches-end 

No description 

--font-cache-shared-handle[6] 

DirectWrite FontCache is shared by browser to renderers using shared   memory. This switch allows us to pass the shared memory handle to the   renderer. 

--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. 

--force-desktop[6] 

For the DelegateExecute verb handler to launch Chrome in desktop mode on   Windows 8 and higher. Used when relaunching metro Chrome. 

--force-dev-mode-highlighting 

Whether to force developer mode extensions highlighting. 

--force-device-scale-factor 

Overrides the device scale factor for the browser UI and the   contents. 

--force-directshow[6] 

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 

--force-display-list-2d-canvas 

No description 

--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. 

--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 can also   be used by the browser process to send the list of trials to a non-browser   process, using the same format. See FieldTrialList::CreateTrialsFromString()   in field_trial.h for details. 

--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). 

--force-first-run-ui 

Forces first-run UI to be shown for every login. 

--force-gpu-mem-available-mb 

Sets the total amount of memory that may be allocated for GPU   resources 

--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. 

--force-immersive[6] 

For the DelegateExecute verb handler to launch Chrome in metro mode on   Windows 8 and higher. Used when relaunching metro Chrome. 

--force-in-process 

In multiprocess mode, force these apps to be loaded in the main process.   This is a comma-separated list of URLs. Example:   --force-in-process=mojo:native_viewport_service,mojo:network_service 

--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. 

--force-local-ntp 

Forces Chrome to use localNTP instead of server (GWS) NTP. 

--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. 

--force-mediafoundation[6] 

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. 

--force-overlay-fullscreen-video 

Forces use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Useful for   testing the Android overlay fullscreen functionality on other platforms. 

--force-qtkit[5] 

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. 

--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. 

--force-ui-direction 

Force the UI to a specific direction. Valid values are "ltr"   (left-to-right) and "rtl" (right-to-left). 

--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. 

--force-wave-audio[6] 

Use Windows WaveOut/In audio API even if Core Audio is supported. 

--force-webrtc-ip-handling-policy[13] 

Override WebRTC IP handling policy to mimic the behavior when WebRTC IP   handling policy is specified in Preferences. 

--full-memory-crash-report 

Generates full memory crash dump. 

--gaia-url 

No description 

--gcm-checkin-url 

Sets the checkin service endpoint that will be used for performing   Google Cloud Messaging checkins.

--gcm-mcs-endpoint 

Sets the Mobile Connection Server endpoint that will be used for Google   Cloud Messaging. 

--gcm-registration-url 

Sets the registration endpoint that will be used for creating new Google   Cloud Messaging registrations. 

--generate-accessibility-test-expectations

For development / testing only. When running content_browsertests, saves   output of failing accessibility tests to their expectations files in   content/test/data/accessibility/, overwriting existing file content. 

--gl 

No description 

--gl-shader-interm-output 

Include ANGLE's intermediate representation (AST) output in shader   compilation info logs. 

--gles 

No description 

--golden-screenshots-dir 

Screenshot testing: specifies the directory where the golden screenshots   are stored. 

--google-apis-url 

No description 

--google-base-url 

Specifies an alternate URL to use for speaking to Google. Useful for   testing. 

--google-profile-info 

Enables using GAIA information to populate profile name and icon. 

--google-url 

No description 

--gpu-device-id 

Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process. 

--gpu-driver-bug-workarounds 

Pass a set of GpuDriverBugWorkaroundType ids, seperated by ','. 

--gpu-driver-vendor 

Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process. 

--gpu-driver-version 

Passes gpu driver_version from browser process to GPU process. 

--gpu-launcher 

Extra command line options for launching the GPU process (normally used   for debugging). Use like renderer-cmd-prefix. 

--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. 

--gpu-process 

Makes this process a GPU sub-process. 

--gpu-program-cache-size-kb 

Sets the maximum size of the in-memory gpu program cache, in kb 

--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. 

--gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm 

Allows shmat() system call in the GPU sandbox. 

--gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal 

Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal. 

--gpu-sandbox-start-early 

Starts the GPU sandbox before creating a GL context. 

--gpu-startup-dialog 

Causes the GPU process to display a dialog on launch. 

--gpu-vendor-id 

Passes gpu vendor_id from browser process to GPU process. 

--guest-wallpaper-large 

Wallpaper to use in guest mode (as paths to trusted, non-user-writable   JPEG files). 

--guest-wallpaper-small 

No description 

--h 

No description 

--has-chromeos-diamond-key 

If true, the Chromebook has a keyboard with a diamond key. 

--hdmi-sink-supported-codecs 

The bitmask of codecs (media_caps.h) supported by the current HDMI   sink. 

--help 

No description 

--hide 

No description 

--hide-icons[6] 

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. 

--homedir 

Defines user homedir. This defaults to primary user homedir. 

--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. 

--host 

No description 

--host-pairing-oobe 

With this switch, start remora OOBE with the pairing screen. 

--host-resolver-retry-attempts 

The maximum number of retry attempts to resolve the host. Set this to   zero to disable host resolver retry attempts. 

--host-resolver-rules 

These mappings only apply to the host resolver. 

--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). 

--http-port 

No description 

--ignore-autocomplete-off-autofill 

Ignores autocomplete="off" for Autofill data (profiles +   credit cards). 

--ignore-certificate-errors 

Ignores certificate-related errors. 

--ignore-gpu-blacklist 

Ignores GPU blacklist. 

--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) 

--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.

--in-process-gpu 

Run the GPU process as a thread in the browser process. 

--incognito 

Causes the browser to launch directly in incognito mode. 

--install 

No description 

--install-chrome-app 

Causes Chrome to initiate an installation flow for the given app. 

--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>],...] 

--instant-process 

Marks a renderer as an Instant process. 

--interests-url 

The URL for the interests API. 

--invalidation-use-gcm-channel 

Invalidation service should use GCM network channel even if experiment   is not enabled. 

--ipc-connection-timeout 

Overrides the timeout, in seconds, that a child process waits for a   connection from the browser before killing itself. 

--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. 

--ipc-fuzzer-testcase[20] 

Specifies the testcase used by the IPC fuzzer. 

--ipc-sync-compositing[8] 

Enable IPC-based synchronous compositing. Used by Android WebView. 

--isolate-extensions 

Enables site isolation for all chrome-extension:// urls. 

--isolate-sites-for-testing 

Enable site isolation (--site-per-process style isolation) for a subset   of sites. The argument is a wildcard pattern which will be matched against   the site URL to determine which sites to isolate. This can be used to isolate   just one top-level domain, or just one scheme. Example usages:   --isolate-sites-for-testing=*.com --isolate-sites-for-testing=https://* 

--javascript-harmony 

Enables experimental Harmony (ECMAScript 6) features. 

--js-flags 

Specifies the flags passed to JS engine 

--keep-alive-for-test 

Used for testing - keeps browser alive after last browser window   closes. 

--kiosk 

Enable Kiosk mode. 

--kiosk-printing 

Print automatically in kiosk mode. |kKioskMode| must be set as well. See   http://crbug.com/31395. 

--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. 

--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. 

--learning 

Speculative resource prefetching will only learn about resources that   need to be prefetched but will not prefetch them. 

--load-and-launch-app 

Loads an app from the specified directory and launches it. 

--load-apps 

Path to a comma-separated list of apps to load at startup. The first app   in the list will be launched. 

--load-component-extension 

Comma-separated list of directories with component extensions to   load. 

--load-extension 

Loads an extension from the specified directory. 

--load-plugin 

Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path. 

--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. 

--local-ntp-reload[21] 

Enables a live-reload for local NTP resources. This only works when   Chrome is running from a Chrome source directory. 

--log-gpu-control-list-decisions 

Logs GPU control list decisions when enforcing blacklist rules. 

--log-level 

Sets the minimum log level. Valid values are from 0 to 3: INFO = 0,   WARNING = 1, LOG_ERROR = 2, LOG_FATAL = 3. 

--log-net-log 

Enables saving net log events to a file and sets the file name to   use. 

--log-plugin-messages 

Make plugin processes log their sent and received messages to   VLOG(1). 

--login-manager 

Enables Chrome-as-a-login-manager behavior. 

--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. 

--login-user 

Specifies the user which is already logged in. 

--lso-url 

No description 

--ltr 

No description 

--main-frame-resizes-are-orientation-changes 

Resizes of the main frame are caused by changing between landscape and   portrait mode (i.e. Android) so the page should be rescaled to fit. 

--make-default-browser 

Makes Chrome default browser 

--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. 

--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. 

--map-origin 

Specify origin to map to base url. See url_resolver.cc for details. Can   be used multiple times. 

--mark-non-secure-as 

Use to opt-in to marking HTTP as non-secure. 

--material[1] 

Material design mode for the |kTopChromeMD| switch. 

--material-design-ink-drop-animation-speed 

Defines the speed of Material Design visual feedback animations. 

--material-hybrid[1] 

Material design hybrid mode for the |kTopChromeMD| switch. Targeted for   mouse/touch hybrid devices. 

--max-gum-fps[13] 

Override the maximum framerate as can be specified in calls to   getUserMedia. This flag expects a value. Example: --max-gum-fps=17.5 

--max-untiled-layer-height 

Sets the width and height above which a composited layer will get   tiled. 

--max-untiled-layer-width 

No description 

--media-cache-size 

Forces the maximum disk space to be used by the media cache, in   bytes. 

--media-router 

Enables Media Router. 

--memory-metrics 

Sample memory usage with high frequency and store the results to the   Renderer.Memory histogram. Used in memory tests. 

--memory-pressure-off 

No description 

--memory-pressure-thresholds 

No description 

--memory-pressure-thresholds-mb[6] 

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. 

--message-center-changes-while-open 

Flag to enable or disable notification changes while the message center   opens. This flag will be removed once the feature gets stable. 

--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.

--metrics-client-id[5] 

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. 

--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. 

--migrate-data-dir-for-sxs[18] 

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. 

--mock 

No description 

--monitoring-destination-id 

Allows setting a different destination ID for connection-monitoring GCM   messages. Useful when running against a non-prod management server. 

--mute-audio 

Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during   automated testing. 

--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). 

--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. 

--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. 

--nacl-gdb 

Native Client GDB debugger that will be launched automatically when   needed. 

--nacl-gdb-script 

GDB script to pass to the nacl-gdb debugger at startup. 

--nacl-loader 

Value for --type that causes the process to run as a NativeClient loader   for SFI mode. 

--nacl-loader-nonsfi 

Value for --type that causes the process to run as a NativeClient loader   for non SFI mode. 

--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. 

--netifs-to-ignore 

List of network interfaces to ignore. Ignored interfaces will not be   used for network connectivity. 

--network-country-iso[8] 

The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number   detection. 

--neutral 

No description 

--new-profile-management 

Enables new profile management system, including lock mode. 

--new-window 

Launches URL in new browser window. 

--NewProfileManagement 

No description 

--no-announcement 

No description 

--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. 

--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. 

--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. 

--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. 

--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. 

--no-network-profile-warning[6] 

Whether or not the browser should warn if the profile is on a network   share. This flag is only relevant for Windows currently. 

--no-pings 

Don't send hyperlink auditing pings 

--no-proxy-server 

Don't use a proxy server, always make direct connections. Overrides any   other proxy server flags that are passed. 

--no-referrers 

Don't send HTTP-Referer headers. 

--no-sandbox 

Disables the sandbox for debugging. (Why the Mojo prefix on the   constant? Because otherwise we conflict with content.) 

--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. 

--no-startup-window 

Does not automatically open a browser window on startup (used when launching   Chrome for the purpose of hosting background apps). 

--no-wifi 

Disable features that require WiFi management. 

--noerrdialogs 

Suppresses all error dialogs when present. 

--non-secure 

No description 

--none 

No description 

--ntp-switch-to-existing-tab[8] 

Switch to an existing tab for a suggestion opened from the New Tab   Page. 

--num-pac-threads 

Specifies the maximum number of threads to use for running the Proxy   Autoconfig (PAC) script. 

--num-raster-threads 

Number of worker threads used to rasterize content. 

--oauth2-client-id 

No description 

--oauth2-client-secret 

No description 

--off 

No description 

--on 

No description 

--oobe-bootstrapping-master 

Indicates that if we should start bootstrapping Master/Slave OOBE. 

--oobe-bootstrapping-slave 

No description 

--oobe-guest-session 

Indicates that a guest session has been started before OOBE   completion. 

--oobe-skip-postlogin 

Skips all other OOBE pages after user login. 

--oobe-timer-interval 

Interval at which we check for total time on OOBE. 

--oopif-always-create-new-frame-tree 

No description 

--open-ash[22] 

No description 

--opengraph 

No description 

--origin-to-force-quic-on 

Force use of QUIC for requests to the specified origin. 

--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.) 

--osmesa 

No description 

--override 

No description 

--override-metrics-upload-url 

Override the URL to which metrics logs are sent for debugging. 

--override-plugin-power-saver-for-testing

Override the behavior of plugin throttling for testing. By default the   throttler is only enabled for a hard-coded list of plugins. Set the value to   'ignore-list' to ignore the hard-coded list. Set the value to 'always' to   always throttle every plugin instance. 

--override-use-gl-with-osmesa-for-tests 

Forces the use of OSMesa instead of hardware gpu. 

--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'. 

--ozone-dump-file 

Specify location for image dumps. 

--ozone-initial-display-bounds 

Specifies the size of the primary display at initialization. 

--ozone-initial-display-physical-size-mm 

Specifies the physical display size in millimeters. 

--ozone-platform 

Specify ozone platform implementation to use. 

--ozone-test-single-overlay-support 

Enable support for a single overlay plane. 

--pack-extension 

Packages an extension to a .crx installable file from a given   directory. 

--pack-extension-key 

Optional PEM private key to use in signing packaged .crx. 

--parent-profile 

Specifies the path to the user data folder for the parent profile. 

--password-store[23] 

Specifies which password store to use (detect, default, gnome,   kwallet). 

--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. 

--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. 

--plugin 

Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess. 

--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" 

--plugin-path 

Tells the plugin process the path of the plugin to load 

--plugin-startup-dialog 

Causes the plugin process to display a dialog on launch. 

--power-stub 

Specifies power stub behavior: 'cycle=2' - Cycles power states every 2   seconds. See FakeDBusThreadManager::ParsePowerCommandLineSwitch for full   details. 

--ppapi 

Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process   type. 

--ppapi-broker 

Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI broker process   type. 

--ppapi-flash-args 

"Command-line" arguments for the PPAPI Flash; used for   debugging options. 

--ppapi-flash-path 

Use the PPAPI (Pepper) Flash found at the given path. 

--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". 

--ppapi-in-process 

Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process. 

--ppapi-plugin-launcher 

Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins. 

--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. 

--precache-config-settings-url 

The URL that provides the PrecacheConfigurationSettings proto. 

--precache-manifest-url-prefix 

Precache manifests will be served from URLs with this prefix. 

--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. 

--prefetch-search-results[8] 

Triggers prerendering of search base page to prefetch results for the   typed omnibox query. Only has an effect when prerender is enabled. 

--prerender 

Controls speculative prerendering of pages, and content prefetching.   Both are dispatched from <link rel=prefetch href=...> elements. 

--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. 

--previous-app 

previous-app should be the app that was running when last-launched-app   started. 

--primary 

Values for the kShowSavedCopy flag. 

--privet-ipv6-only 

Use IPv6 only for privet HTTP. 

--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). 

--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). 

--product-version 

Outputs the product version information and quit. Used as an internal   api to detect the installed version of Chrome on Linux. 

--profile-directory 

Selects directory of profile to associate with the first browser   launched. 

--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. 

--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. 

--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}.

--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. 

--progress-bar-animation[8] 

Specifies Android phone page loading progress bar animation. 

--promo-server-url 

Specifies a custom URL for fetching NTP promo data. 

--prompt-for-external-extensions[24] 

Should we prompt the user before allowing external extensions to   install? This flag is available on Chromium for testing purposes. 

--proxy-auto-detect 

Forces proxy auto-detection. 

--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. 

--proxy-pac-url 

Uses the pac script at the given URL 

--proxy-server 

Uses a specified proxy server, overrides system settings. This switch   only affects HTTP and HTTPS requests. 

--quic-connection-options 

Specifies a comma separated list of QUIC connection options to send to   the server. 

--quic-max-packet-length 

Specifies the maximum length for a QUIC packet. 

--quic-version 

Specifies the version of QUIC to use. 

--rdp_desktop_session 

No description 

--reader-mode-feedback 

No description 

--reader-mode-heuristics 

No description 

--rebaseline-pixel-tests[2] 

Makes browser pixel tests overwrite the reference if it does not   match. 

--reduce-security-for-testing 

Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used   for testing purposes only. 

--reduced-referrer-granularity 

Reduce the default `referer` header's granularity. 

--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 (;). 

--register-pepper-plugins 

Register Pepper plugins (see pepper_plugin_list.cc for its   format). 

--relaunch-shortcut[6] 

Relaunches metro Chrome on Windows 8 and higher using a given   shortcut. 

--relauncher[5] 

A process type (switches::kProcessType) that relaunches the browser. See   chrome/browser/mac/relauncher.h. 

--remote-debugging-port 

Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port. 

--remote-debugging-socket-name[8] 

Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name. 

--remote-debugging-targets 

Porvides a list of addresses to discover DevTools remote debugging   targets. The format is <host>:<port>,...,<host>:port. 

--renderer 

Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser. 

--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". 

--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. 

--renderer-startup-dialog 

Causes the renderer process to display a dialog on launch. 

--renderer-wait-for-java-debugger[8] 

Block ChildProcessMain thread of the renderer's ChildProcessService   until a Java debugger is attached. 

--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. 

--requirements 

No description 

--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.

--reset-variation-state 

Forces a reset of the one-time-randomized FieldTrials on this client,   also known as the Chrome Variations state. 

--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. 

--restrict-iframe-permissions 

Causes all iframes to be denied all permissions by default. Allowing   particular permissions for an iframe may involve listing the names of these   permissions as values of new iframe attributes. 

--root-layer-scrolls 

Handles frame scrolls via the root RenderLayer instead of the   FrameView. 

--rtl 

No description 

--run-layout-test 

Request the render trees of pages to be dumped as text once they have   finished loading. 

--safebrowsing-disable-auto-update 

If present, safebrowsing only performs update when   SafeBrowsingProtocolManager::ForceScheduleNextUpdate() is explicitly called.   This is used for testing only. 

--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. 

--safebrowsing-disable-extension-blacklist

Disables safebrowsing feature that checks for blacklisted   extensions. 

--safebrowsing-manual-download-blacklist

List of comma-separated sha256 hashes of executable files which the   download-protection service should treat as "dangerous." For a file   to show a warning, it also must be considered a dangerous filetype and not be   whitelisted otherwise (by signature or URL) and must be on a supported OS.   Hashes are in hex. This is used for manual testing when looking for ways to   by-pass download protection. 

--SafeSites 

No description 

--sandbox-ipc 

Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess. 

--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. 

--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). 

--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. 

--secondary 

No description 

--service 

No description 

--service-name 

No description 

--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 

--show-app-list 

If true the app list will be shown. 

--show-autofill-type-predictions 

Annotates forms with Autofill field type predictions. 

--show-component-extension-options 

Makes component extensions appear in chrome://settings/extensions. 

--show-composited-layer-borders 

Renders a border around compositor layers to help debug and study layer   compositing. 

--show-icons[6] 

See kHideIcons. 

--show-layer-animation-bounds 

Renders a border that represents the bounding box for the layer's   animation. 

--show-mac-overlay-borders[10] 

Show borders around CALayers corresponding to overlays and partial   damage. 

--show-paint-rects 

Visibly render a border around paint rects in the web page to help debug   and study painting behavior. 

--show-property-changed-rects 

Show rects in the HUD around layers whose properties have changed. 

--show-replica-screenspace-rects 

Show rects in the HUD around the screen-space transformed bounds of   every layer's replica, when they have one. 

--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). 

--show-screenspace-rects 

Show rects in the HUD around the screen-space transformed bounds of   every layer. 

--show-surface-damage-rects 

Show rects in the HUD around damage as it is recorded into each render   surface. 

--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. 

--silent-launch 

Causes Chrome to launch without opening any windows by default. Useful   if one wishes to use Chrome as an ash server. 

--simulate-critical-update 

Simulates a critical update being available. 

--simulate-elevated-recovery 

Simulates that elevation is needed to recover upgrade channel. 

--simulate-outdated 

Simulates that current version is outdated. 

--simulate-outdated-no-au 

Simulates that current version is outdated and auto-update is off. 

--simulate-printing-errors 

No description 

--simulate-upgrade 

Simulates an update being available. 

--single-process 

Load apps in a single processes. 

--site-per-process 

Enforces a one-site-per-process security policy: * Each renderer   process, for its whole lifetime, is dedicated to rendering pages for just one   site. * Thus, pages from different sites are never in the same process. * A   renderer process's access rights are restricted based on its site. * All   cross-site navigations force process swaps. * <iframe>s are rendered   out-of-process whenever the src= is cross-site. More details here:   http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-isolation

--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. 

--slow 

Defines that Material Design visual feedback animations should be   slow. 

--slow-connections-only 

No description 

--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. 

--sms-test-messages 

Sends test messages on first call to RequestUpdate (stub only). 

--spdy-proxy-auth-fallback 

The origin of the data reduction proxy fallback. 

--spdy-proxy-auth-origin 

The origin of the data reduction proxy. 

--spdy-proxy-auth-value 

A test key for data reduction proxy authentication. 

--spdy-proxy-dev-auth-origin 

The origin of the data reduction proxy dev. 

--speculative-resource-prefetching 

Speculative resource prefetching. 

--spelling-service-feedback-interval-seconds[11] 

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. 

--spelling-service-feedback-url[11] 

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. 

--ssl-key-log-file 

Causes SSL key material to be logged to the specified file for debugging   purposes. See   https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/NSS/Key_Log_Format   for the format. 

--ssl-version-fallback-min 

Specifies the minimum SSL/TLS version ("tls1",   "tls1.1", or "tls1.2") that TLS fallback will   accept. 

--ssl-version-max 

Specifies the maximum SSL/TLS version ("tls1",   "tls1.1", or "tls1.2"). 

--ssl-version-min 

Specifies the minimum SSL/TLS version ("tls1",   "tls1.1", or "tls1.2"). 

--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. 

--start 

No description 

--start-fullscreen 

Specifies if the browser should start in fullscreen mode, like if the   user had pressed F11 right after startup. 

--start-maximized 

Starts the browser maximized, regardless of any previous settings. 

--state-path 

No description 

--stop 

No description 

--strict-layer-property-change-checking 

Check that property changes during paint do not occur. 

--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 also modifies OwnerSettingsServiceChromeOS::HandlesSetting   such that no settings are handled by OwnerSettingsServiceChromeOS. This   option is for testing the chromeos build of chrome on the desktop only. 

--supervised-user-safesites 

Enables/disables SafeSites filtering for supervised users. Possible   values are "enabled", "disabled",   "blacklist-only", and "online-check-only". 

--supports-dual-gpus 

Indicates whether the dual GPU switching is supported or not. 

--swiftshader 

No description 

--swiftshader-path 

No description 

--sync-allow-insecure-xmpp-connection 

Allows insecure XMPP connections for sync (for testing). 

--sync-deferred-startup-timeout-seconds

Allows overriding the deferred init fallback timeout. 

--sync-disable-deferred-startup 

Enables deferring sync backend initialization until user initiated   changes occur. 

--sync-enable-get-update-avoidance 

Enables feature to avoid unnecessary GetUpdate requests. 

--sync-notification-host-port 

Overrides the default host:port used for notifications. 

--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. 

--sync-url 

Overrides the default server used for profile sync. 

--system-developer-mode 

Indicates that the system is running in dev mode. The dev mode probing   is done by session manager. 

--system-log-upload-frequency 

Frequency in Milliseconds for system log uploads. Should only be used   for testing purposes. 

--tab-capture-downscale-quality 

Upscale defaults to "good". 

--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". 

--test-auto-update-ui 

Enables testing for auto update UI. 

--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. 

--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. 

--test-name 

Passes the name of the current running automated test to Chrome. 

--test-type 

Type of the current test harness ("browser" or   "ui"). 

--testing-fixed-http-port 

Allows for forcing socket connections to http/https to use fixed   ports. 

--testing-fixed-https-port 

No description 

--tls1 

These values aren't switches, but rather the values that kSSLVersionMax,   kSSLVersionMin and kSSLVersionFallbackMin can have. 

--tls1.1 

No description 

--tls1.2 

No description 

--top-chrome-md[1] 

Enables top Chrome material design elements. 

--top-controls-hide-threshold 

Percentage of the top controls need to be hidden before they will auto hide. 

--top-controls-show-threshold 

Percentage of the top controls need to be shown before they will auto   show. 

--touch-calibration[25] 

The calibration factors given as   "<left>,<right>,<top>,<bottom>". 

--touch-devices[26] 

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'. 

--touch-events 

Enable support for touch events. 

--touch-noise-filtering[25] 

Tells Chrome to do additional touch noise filtering. Should only be used   if the driver level filtering is insufficient. 

--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. 

--trace-config-file 

Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded from startup. This flag will be   ignored if --trace-startup or --trace-shutdown is provided. 

--trace-export-events-to-etw[6] 

Enables the exporting of the tracing events to ETW. This is only   supported on Windows Vista and later. 

--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. 

--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 

--trace-startup 

No description 

--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. 

--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. 

--trace-to-console 

Sends a pretty-printed version of tracing info to the console. 

--trace-to-file 

Sends trace events from these categories to a file. --trace-to-file on   its own sends to default categories. 

--trace-to-file-name 

Specifies the file name for --trace-to-file. If unspecified, it will go   to a default file name. 

--trace-upload-url 

Sets the target URL for uploading tracing data. 

--translate-script-url 

Overrides the default server used for Google Translate. 

--translate-security-origin 

Overrides security-origin with which Translate runs in an isolated   world. 

--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. 

--try-chrome-again 

Experimental. Shows a dialog asking the user to try chrome. This flag is   to be used only by the upgrade process. 

--try-supported-channel-layouts[6] 

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. 

--ttl 

No description 

--type 

No description 

--ui-disable-partial-swap 

Disable partial swap which is needed for some OpenGL drivers /   emulators. 

--ui-enable-compositor-animation-timelines 

No description 

--ui-enable-rgba-4444-textures 

No description 

--ui-enable-zero-copy 

No description 

--ui-prioritize-in-gpu-process 

Prioritizes the UI's command stream in the GPU process 

--ui-show-layer-animation-bounds 

No description 

--ui-show-layer-borders 

No description 

--ui-show-paint-rects 

No description 

--ui-show-property-changed-rects 

No description 

--ui-show-replica-screenspace-rects 

No description 

--ui-show-screenspace-rects 

No description 

--ui-show-surface-damage-rects 

No description 

--unicast-respond 

No description 

--uninstall 

No description 

--unlimited-storage 

Overrides per-origin quota settings to unlimited storage for any   apps/origins. This should be used only for testing purpose. 

--unsafely-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:   --unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure=http://a.test,http://b.test   --user-data-dir=/test/only/profile/dir 

--url-mappings 

Specifies a set of mappings to apply when resolving URLs. The value is a   set of comma-separated mappings, where each mapping consists of a pair of   URLs giving the to/from URLs to map. For example, 'a=b,c=d' contains two mappings,   the first maps 'a' to 'b' and the second 'c' to 'd'. 

--use-android-midi-api[8] 

Use Android Midi API for WebMIDI 

--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. 

--use-cras[27] 

Use CRAS, the ChromeOS audio server. 

--use-fake-device-for-media-stream 

Use fake device for Media Stream to replace actual camera and   microphone. 

--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. 

--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. 

--use-file-for-fake-video-capture 

Use an .y4m file to play as the webcam. See the comments in   media/capture/video/file_video_capture_device.h for more details. 

--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. 

--use-gpu-in-tests 

Use hardware gpu, if available, for tests. 

--use-gpu-memory-buffers-for-capture 

Use GpuMemoryBuffers for Video Capture when this is an option for the   device. Experimental, see http://crbug.com/503835 and http://crbug.com/440843. 

--use-mobile-user-agent 

Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent. 

--use-mock-keychain[5] 

No description 

--use-mus-in-renderer 

Use the Mandoline UI Service in the Chrome render process. 

--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. 

--use-simple-cache-backend 

Uses experimental simple cache backend if possible. 

--use-spdy 

Uses Spdy for the transport protocol instead of HTTP. This is a   temporary testing flag. 

--use-surfaces 

Use the new surfaces system to handle compositor delegation. 

--use-temporary-user-data-dir 

When this is set, we create a temporary user data dir for the process,   and add a flag so kUserDataDir points to it. 

--use-updater 

Pull apps via component updater, rather than using default local   resolution to find them. 

--user-agent 

A string used to override the default user agent with a custom   one. 

--user-data-dir 

Specifies the user data directory. This is the one directory which   stores all persistent data. 

--utility 

Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess. 

--utility-allowed-dir 

The utility process is sandboxed, with access to one directory. This   flag specifies the directory that can be accessed. 

--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". 

--utility-enable-mdns 

Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process. 

--utility-run-elevated 

No description 

--v 

Gives the default maximal active V-logging level; 0 is the default.   Normally positive values are used for V-logging levels. 

--v8-cache-options 

Set options to cache V8 data. (off, preparse data, or code) 

--v8-natives-passed-by-fd 

Signals that the V8 natives file has been transfered to the child   process by a file descriptor. 

--v8-pac-mojo-in-process 

Enables using an in-process Mojo service for the v8 proxy   resolver. 

--v8-pac-mojo-out-of-process 

Enables using an out-of-process Mojo service for the v8 proxy   resolver. 

--v8-snapshot-passed-by-fd 

Signals that the V8 startup snapshot file has been transfered to the   child process by a file descriptor.

--validate-crx 

Examines a .crx for validity and prints the result. 

--validate-input-event-stream 

In debug builds, asserts that the stream of input events is valid. 

--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. 

--version 

No description 

--video-image-texture-target 

Texture target for CHROMIUM_image backed video frame textures. 

--video-threads 

Set number of threads to use for video decoding. 

--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. 

--viewer-launch-via-appid[6] 

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. 

--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.

--wait-for-debugger 

Will wait for 60 seconds for a debugger to come to attach to the   process. 

--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. 

--wait-for-mutex[6] 

Waits for the given handle to be signaled before relaunching metro   Chrome on Windows 8 and higher. 

--wake-on-wifi-packet 

Enables wake on wifi packet feature, which wakes the device on the   receipt of network packets from whitelisted sources. 

--wallet-secure-service-url 

Secure service URL for Online Wallet service. Used as the base url to   escrow credit card numbers. 

--wallet-service-url 

Service URL for Online Wallet service. Used as the base url for Online   Wallet API calls. 

--wallet-service-use-sandbox 

Use the sandbox Online Wallet service URL (for developer testing). 

--warp 

No description 

--waveout-buffers[6] 

Number of buffers to use for WaveOut. 

--webrtc-stun-probe-trial[13] 

Renderer process parameter for WebRTC Stun probe trial to determine the   interval. Please see SetupStunProbeTrial in   chrome_browser_field_trials_desktop.cc for more detail. 

--webview-sandboxed-renderer 

No description 

--whitelisted-extension-id 

Adds the given extension ID to all the permission whitelists. 

--win-jumplist-action 

Specifies which category option was clicked in the Windows Jumplist that   resulted in a browser startup. 

--window-depth[14] 

Color bit depth of the main window created in the browser process and matches   XWindowAttributes.depth. 

--window-position 

Specify the initial window position: --window-position=x,y 

--window-size 

Specify the initial window size: --window-size=w,h 

--windows8-search[6] 

Indicates that chrome was launched to service a search request in   Windows 8. 

--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. 

--wm-window-animations-disabled 

If present animations are disabled. 

--zygote 

Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote. 

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_TOPCHROME_MD must be defined.

2.     The constant ENABLE_PLUGINS must be defined.

3.     The constant FULL_SAFE_BROWSING must be defined.

4.     The constants OS_FREEBSDOS_LINUX and OS_SOLARIS must be defined.

5.     The constant OS_MACOSX must be defined.

6.     The constant OS_WIN must be defined.

7.     The constant OS_CHROMEOS must be defined.

8.     The constant OS_ANDROID must be defined.

9.     The constant OFFICIAL_BUILD must not be defined, and the constant ENABLE_PRINT_PREVIEW must be defined.

10.  The constant OS_IOS must not be defined, and the constant OS_MACOSX must be defined.

11.  The constant ENABLE_SPELLCHECK must be defined.

12.  The constant ENABLE_TASK_MANAGER must be defined.

13.  The constant ENABLE_WEBRTC must be defined.

14.  The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined.

15.  The constant NDEBUG must be defined.

16.  The constant OS_POSIX must be defined.

17.  The constants OS_ANDROID and OS_IOS must not be defined.

18.  The constant OS_CHROMEOS must not be defined, and the constant OS_LINUX must be defined.

19.  The constant ENABLE_WAYLAND_SERVER must be defined.

20.  The constant ENABLE_IPC_FUZZER must be defined.

21.  The constant GOOGLE_CHROME_BUILD must not be defined.

22.  The constant USE_ASH must be defined.

23.  The constants OS_CHROMEOS and OS_MACOSX must not be defined, and the constant OS_POSIX must be defined.

24.  The constant CHROMIUM_BUILD must be defined.

25.  The constants USE_OZONE and USE_X11 must be defined.

26.  The constant OS_LINUX must be defined.

27.  The constant USE_CRAS must be defined.