Chrome Flags Reference

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

--metal-null

What does --metal-null do?

No description available for this flag.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --metal-null using CLI

chrome --metal-null

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --metal-null using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --metal-null using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --metal-null using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--metal-null')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ENABLE_VULKAN && \