Chrome Flags Reference

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

--preinstalled-web-apps-dir

What does --preinstalled-web-apps-dir do?

A directory where Chrome looks for json files describing default/preinstalled web apps. This overrides any default directory to load preinstalled web apps from.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --preinstalled-web-apps-dir using CLI

chrome --preinstalled-web-apps-dir

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --preinstalled-web-apps-dir using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--preinstalled-web-apps-dir']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --preinstalled-web-apps-dir using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--preinstalled-web-apps-dir']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --preinstalled-web-apps-dir using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--preinstalled-web-apps-dir')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)