Chrome Flags Reference

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

--request-desktop-sites

What does --request-desktop-sites do?

Force enable user agent overrides to request desktop sites in Clank.

Usage

CLILaunch Chrome with --request-desktop-sites using CLI

chrome --request-desktop-sites

PuppeteerLaunch Chrome with --request-desktop-sites using Puppeteer

const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
  args: ['--request-desktop-sites']
});

PlaywrightLaunch Chrome with --request-desktop-sites using Playwright

const browser = await chromium.launch({
  args: ['--request-desktop-sites']
});

SeleniumLaunch Chrome with --request-desktop-sites using Selenium

from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
options.add_argument('--request-desktop-sites')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options)

Build Conditions

ANDROID