Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-gpu-compositing

What does --disable-gpu-compositing do?

Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-compositing using CLI

chrome --disable-gpu-compositing

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-compositing using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-compositing using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-gpu-compositing using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-gpu-compositing')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)