Chrome Flags Reference

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

--log-file

What does --log-file do?

Overrides the default file name to use for general-purpose logging (does not affect which events are logged).

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --log-file using CLI

chrome --log-file

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --log-file using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --log-file using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --log-file using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--log-file')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LOAD_WEBUI_FROM_DISK