Chrome Flags Reference

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

--help

What does --help do?

These flags show the man page on Linux. They are equivalent to each other.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --help using CLI

chrome --help

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --help using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --help using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --help using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--help')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ANDROID!(CHROMEOS)POSIX && !IS_MAC && !BUILDFLAG(IS_CHROMEOS)