Chrome Flags Reference

Chrome command line switches and startup flags for automation, headless mode, and debugging.

--app

What does --app do?

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

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --app using CLI

chrome --app

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --app using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--app']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --app using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--app']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --app using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--app')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)