Chrome Flags Reference

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

--force-first-run

What does --force-first-run do?

Displays the First Run experience when the browser is started, regardless of whether or not it's actually the First Run (this overrides kNoFirstRun).

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --force-first-run using CLI

chrome --force-first-run

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --force-first-run using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --force-first-run using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --force-first-run using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--force-first-run')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)