Chrome Flags Reference

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

--no-user-gesture-required

What does --no-user-gesture-required do?

Autoplay policy that does not require any user gesture.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --no-user-gesture-required using CLI

chrome --no-user-gesture-required

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --no-user-gesture-required using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--no-user-gesture-required']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --no-user-gesture-required using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--no-user-gesture-required']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --no-user-gesture-required using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--no-user-gesture-required')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)