Chrome Flags Reference

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

--disable-threaded-compositing

What does --disable-threaded-compositing do?

Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.

Usage

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

chrome --disable-threaded-compositing

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

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

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

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

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

from selenium import webdriver

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

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)