Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-mipmap-generation

What does --disable-mipmap-generation do?

Disables mipmap generation in Skia. Used a workaround for select low memory devices, see https://crbug.com/1138979 for details.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --disable-mipmap-generation using CLI

chrome --disable-mipmap-generation

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --disable-mipmap-generation using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --disable-mipmap-generation using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --disable-mipmap-generation using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--disable-mipmap-generation')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)