Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-accelerated-2d-canvas

What does --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas do?

Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas using CLI

chrome --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--disable-accelerated-2d-canvas']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--disable-accelerated-2d-canvas']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-accelerated-2d-canvas using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-accelerated-2d-canvas')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)