Chrome Flags Reference

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

--no-xshm

What does --no-xshm do?

Disables MIT-SHM extension. In use only with Ozone/X11.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --no-xshm using CLI

chrome --no-xshm

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --no-xshm using Puppeteer

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

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --no-xshm using Playwright

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

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --no-xshm using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--no-xshm')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

LINUX || IS_CHROMEOS